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Tororo Solar North Limited, is a special purpose vehicle company (SPV) established to develop, build, operate and maintain a 10MW Photovoltaic Power Plant in Eastern Uganda.

Red Rocket secures funding for Virginia Solar project

2 May 2024

The inaugural Global African Hydrogen Summit is slated for Windhoek, Namibia from 3-5 September 2024

Inaugural Global African Hydrogen Summit seeks to unite H2 leadership

By Lindsey Schutters 30 Apr 2024

7th Regional Conference for Africa to focus on smart, safe and resilient roads

7th Regional Conference for Africa to focus on smart, safe and resilient roads

14 Jun 2022

Burkina Faso's award-winning architect returns home a hero

Burkina Faso's award-winning architect returns home a hero

Thiam Ndiaga and Anne Mimault 6 Jun 2022

PPC Cement, Nextec to tackle decarbonisation challenge at African Smart Cities Summit

PPC Cement, Nextec to tackle decarbonisation challenge at African Smart Cities Summit

3 Jun 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners May 2022

Biz Most Read Award winners May 2022

Bizcommunity.com 1 Jun 2022

The Africa Centre's £5.6m facelift in Southwark now complete

The Africa Centre's £5.6m facelift in Southwark now complete

26 May 2022

Game of thrones: Why content is king, but context is queen

Game of thrones: Why content is king, but context is queen

Bizcommunity.com 25 May 2022

FBW begins work on first major design project in West Africa

FBW begins work on first major design project in West Africa

12 May 2022

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

4 May 2022

New forms of urban planning are emerging in Africa

New forms of urban planning are emerging in Africa

Sylvia Croese and Philip Harrison 4 May 2022

US to build $537m consulate in Nigeria's megacity

US to build $537m consulate in Nigeria's megacity

MacDonald Dzirutwe 1 Apr 2022

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi and Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke 30 Mar 2022

Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

28 Mar 2022

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Sindy Peters 25 Mar 2022

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted the world's biggest prize

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted the world's biggest prize

Paulo Moreira 23 Mar 2022

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

Bate Felix 22 Mar 2022

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

Biz 'ready-to-wear' Content Features

Bizcommunity.com 17 Mar 2022

EU's Global Gateway initiative to provide access to €150bn for African infrastructure development

10 Mar 2022

Nile basin at a turning point as Ethiopian dam starts operations

Nile basin at a turning point as Ethiopian dam starts operations

10 Mar 2022

6 die as Ivory Coast apartment block collapses

6 die as Ivory Coast apartment block collapses

Loucoumane Coulibaly and Ange Aboa 8 Mar 2022

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Hartmut Winkler 7 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Metals like palladium are essential in automotive manufacturing. John Angerson/Alamy

Five essential commodities that will be hit by war in Ukraine

Sarah Schiffling and Nikolaos Valantasis Kanellos 2 Mar 2022

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Seyed Ghaffar, Mehdi Chougan, Pawel Sikora 2 Mar 2022

Effective implementation of PPPs critical to address Africa's infrastructure deficit

Effective implementation of PPPs critical to address Africa's infrastructure deficit

Teddy Daka 28 Feb 2022

West Africa to jump-start power market with $568m power line

West Africa to jump-start power market with $568m power line

Camillus Eboh 25 Feb 2022

Egypt's new administrative capital awarded Best Arab Sustainable Development Project

Egypt's new administrative capital awarded Best Arab Sustainable Development Project

22 Feb 2022

Ethiopia turns on the turbines at giant Nile hydropower plant

Ethiopia turns on the turbines at giant Nile hydropower plant

Dawit Endeshaw 21 Feb 2022

David Adjaye named first recipient of Charlotte Perriand Award

David Adjaye named first recipient of Charlotte Perriand Award

15 Feb 2022

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Andrea Shalal 9 Feb 2022

MDS Architecture helps evolve mixed-use structure in Accra into office building

MDS Architecture helps evolve mixed-use structure in Accra into office building

7 Feb 2022

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Md Sazan Rahman 3 Feb 2022

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Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

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New forms of urban planning are emerging in Africa

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US to build $537m consulate in Nigeria's megacity

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Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

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Global smart building deployments to see growth of over 150% by 2026

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28 Mar 2022

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

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The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted the world's biggest prize

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted the world's biggest prize

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African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

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Nile basin at a turning point as Ethiopian dam starts operations

Nile basin at a turning point as Ethiopian dam starts operations

10 Mar 2022

6 die as Ivory Coast apartment block collapses

6 die as Ivory Coast apartment block collapses

Loucoumane Coulibaly and Ange Aboa 8 Mar 2022

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Hartmut Winkler 7 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Metals like palladium are essential in automotive manufacturing. John Angerson/Alamy

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Effective implementation of PPPs critical to address Africa's infrastructure deficit

Effective implementation of PPPs critical to address Africa's infrastructure deficit

Teddy Daka 28 Feb 2022

West Africa to jump-start power market with $568m power line

West Africa to jump-start power market with $568m power line

Camillus Eboh 25 Feb 2022

Egypt's new administrative capital awarded Best Arab Sustainable Development Project

Egypt's new administrative capital awarded Best Arab Sustainable Development Project

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Ethiopia turns on the turbines at giant Nile hydropower plant

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Dawit Endeshaw 21 Feb 2022

David Adjaye named first recipient of Charlotte Perriand Award

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Source: Supplied. Senegal's Regional Express Train, co-financed by the African Development Bank, was launched in December 2021.

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25 Jan 2022

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

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Michael Grubb 20 Jan 2022

Despite challenges, Gibb successfully oversees refurbishment of Nalubaale Dam

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17 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: The Anglophone Africa buildings industry - a continued evolution

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Technology has made buildings less climate-friendly: but we can look back in time for solutions

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Bashar Al Shawa 12 Jan 2022

Construction begins at DP World's $1.1bn port in Senegal

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Diadie Ba 4 Jan 2022

WEC Projects to use natural processes at Botswana mine sewage treatment facility

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30 Dec 2021

People enjoy the water while container ships park near the El Ain El Sokhna port before entering the Suez Canal, Egypt, 25 September 2020. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Suez Canal Economic Zone signs $2.6bn methanol plant contract

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