Africa investor (Ai) recently announced the shortlisted candidates for its 2018 African Infrastructure Projects Developer Awards...
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Makoma Lekalakala and Liz McDaid are the recipients of this year's Goldman Environmental Prize...
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Urban communities often face many challenges in obtaining electricity access...
Rebekah Shirley 1 day ago
As mass urbanisation continues across Africa, putting in place the fundamental infrastructure needed to build smart cities has never been more important...
Eckart Zollner 13 Apr 2018
Many cities - an increasing number of major African metros among them - are beginning to outgrow themselves...
Wayne Hull 12 Apr 2018
Builders Warehouse embarked on its African expansion in 2011 and is about to open its seventh store on the continent and the third store in Mozambique...
11 Apr 2018
Population growth has seen skylines creep ever higher and entire cities rise from ocean depths...
Katherine Dafforn, Ana Bugnot, Eliza Heery, Marian 26 Mar 2018
Rapid urbanisation across the continent is having an effect on water demands and it is estimated that by the year 2030, the world will need 40% more water than its current accessible, reliable supply...
Sabine Dall'Omo 23 Mar 2018
According to Mercer's 2018 Quality of Living Survey, Port Louis is the best city in Africa, ranking 83rd globally. The Mauritian city is followed by Durban (89), Cape Town (94) and Johannesburg (95)...
22 Mar 2018
To improve cities, governments are increasingly promoting the use of technology and data-driven decision-making...
Anthony Burke and Prasuna Reddy 19 Mar 2018
The current water crisis in the Western Cape has highlighted serious problems with South Africa's approach to water management and finding viable solutions...
Dr Kevin Gast 16 Mar 2018
Each year UNESCO releases a World Water Assessment Report, a document that explores potential solutions to the globe's water problems. The 2018 report will focus on nature-based solutions...
Mike Muller 13 Mar 2018
French water and waste giant Veolia is to seek World Bank arbitration in a bitter dispute over pollution between its Gabonese subsidiary and Libreville, the group said on Friday, 9 March...
12 Mar 2018
Biophilic design is beginning to boom. Witness its recent incorporation into the Melbourne Metro project and Sydney's award-winning One Central Park, Chippendale...
Jordan Lacey 8 Mar 2018
On 21 March 2018, Hotel Verde Zanzibar - Azam Luxury Resort & Spa will open its doors to guests for the first time...
6 Mar 2018
In Africa, the potential of data to improve governance is just beginning to make itself felt...
Dustin Homer 6 Mar 2018
The West African state of Ivory Coast on Monday, 5 March, said it was earmarking 3,760 billion CFA francs ($7.07bn) in infrastructure spending over the next five years, especially in transport...
6 Mar 2018
Kenyan conservationists expressed outrage on Thursday, 1 March 2018, after construction of a railway line began inside Nairobi's famed national park, saying this defied a court order halting the project...
5 Mar 2018
The majority of the world's citizens reside in urban areas and when cities are managed effectively, they can provide their inhabitants with vital opportunities for economic development...
Roy Alves 5 Mar 2018
It sounds like something from Wakanda, the futuristic African kingdom of the hit movie Black Panther. But "Transaqua" is a very real proposal for a very real problem - how to replenish the shrinking waters of Lake Chad...
Stephanie Findlay 2 Mar 2018
