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Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land managementSean Avery

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

Knowing what leads to building collapses can help make African cities safer

Knowing what leads to building collapses can help make African cities safer

Festival Godwin Boateng 27 Jun 2019

3 trends energising Africa's power sectors

Paul Grota 11 Jun 2019

How technology could help rural South Africa turn sunshine into income

How technology could help rural South Africa turn sunshine into income

Thomas Wolfgang Thurner 3 Jun 2019

WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

29 May 2019

Water security research expenditure not reflecting scarcity reality

Water security research expenditure not reflecting scarcity reality

Alicestine October 21 May 2019

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

20 May 2019

Sanitation innovation - a key to Africa's development strategy

Sanitation innovation - a key to Africa's development strategy

Dhesigen Naidoo 15 May 2019

2018/2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards finalists announced

2018/2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards finalists announced

13 May 2019

The desalination plant on the Waterfront is not operating and the company that runs it is in a legal dispute with the City of Cape Town. Photo: Kristine Liao

Dirty sea water brings Cape Town desalination plant to a halt

Kristine Liao 7 May 2019

Increasing population growth in Africa's megacities a challenge for authorities

Increasing population growth in Africa's megacities a challenge for authorities

Finbarr Toesland 3 May 2019

Mozambique water project: insights into supply and use in a peri-urban area

Mozambique water project: insights into supply and use in a peri-urban area

Ana Rita Sequeira et al. 23 Apr 2019

Closing Africa's infrastructure gap

Closing Africa's infrastructure gap

Gerald Gondo 4 Apr 2019

Copper was part of the deal between the DRC and the Chinese company Sicomines. Shutterstock

The DRC and China's Sicomines: why future deals should be different

Andoni Maiza Larrarte & Gloria Claudio-Quiroga 3 Apr 2019

Veolia installs packaged potable water treatment plant in Stellenbosch

Veolia installs packaged potable water treatment plant in Stellenbosch

3 Apr 2019

Delivering on climate resilience in Africa

Delivering on climate resilience in Africa

Danette Breitenbach 15 Mar 2019

How data collected from mobile phones can help electricity planning

How data collected from mobile phones can help electricity planning

Eduardo Alejandro Martínez Ceseña, Joseph Mutale, Mathaios Panteli, and Pierluigi Mancarella 14 Mar 2019

Time to reframe the discipline of finance to focus on sustainability

Time to reframe the discipline of finance to focus on sustainability

Danette Breitenbach 13 Mar 2019

Cape Town has a plan to manage its water. But there are big gaps

Cape Town has a plan to manage its water. But there are big gaps

Jasper Knight 1 Mar 2019

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the new reality. Why a deal must be done

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the new reality. Why a deal must be done

Shimelis Dessu 27 Feb 2019

New water supply, waste management project launched in Welenchiti, Ethiopia

New water supply, waste management project launched in Welenchiti, Ethiopia

25 Feb 2019

Renewable energy programme attracts R209.4bn to SA economy

Renewable energy programme attracts R209.4bn to SA economy

25 Feb 2019

#BizTrends2019: What's happening in the African energy space?

#BizTrends2019: What's happening in the African energy space?

16 Jan 2019

How to negotiate infrastructure deals with China: four things African governments need to get right

Folashade Soule 9 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Great cities are built on great collaborations

#BizTrends2019: Great cities are built on great collaborations

Elaine Jack 7 Jan 2019

AfDB approves €115m in funding for Rwandan water and sanitation programme

AfDB approves €115m in funding for Rwandan water and sanitation programme

24 Dec 2018

Utility management in East Africa - leapfrogging into the future

Utility management in East Africa - leapfrogging into the future

Marleze van Loggerenberg 12 Dec 2018

Southern African nations need to up their groundwater management game

Southern African nations need to up their groundwater management game

Gaathier Mahed 11 Dec 2018

Did fear-mongering help Cape Town avert Day Zero?

Did fear-mongering help Cape Town avert Day Zero?

5 Dec 2018

PIDA Week ends with call for Africa to accelerate infrastructure projects

PIDA Week ends with call for Africa to accelerate infrastructure projects

3 Dec 2018

'World's worst environmental disaster' set to be repeated with controversial new dam in Africa

'World's worst environmental disaster' set to be repeated with controversial new dam in Africa

Timothy Clack 29 Nov 2018

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WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

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29 May 2019

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All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

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Sanitation innovation - a key to Africa's development strategy

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2018/2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards finalists announced

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Increasing population growth in Africa's megacities a challenge for authorities

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Mozambique water project: insights into supply and use in a peri-urban area

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Copper was part of the deal between the DRC and the Chinese company Sicomines. Shutterstock

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Andoni Maiza Larrarte & Gloria Claudio-Quiroga 3 Apr 2019

Veolia installs packaged potable water treatment plant in Stellenbosch

Veolia installs packaged potable water treatment plant in Stellenbosch

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Delivering on climate resilience in Africa

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Danette Breitenbach 15 Mar 2019

How data collected from mobile phones can help electricity planning

How data collected from mobile phones can help electricity planning

Eduardo Alejandro Martínez Ceseña, Joseph Mutale, Mathaios Panteli, and Pierluigi Mancarella 14 Mar 2019

Time to reframe the discipline of finance to focus on sustainability

Time to reframe the discipline of finance to focus on sustainability

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Cape Town has a plan to manage its water. But there are big gaps

Cape Town has a plan to manage its water. But there are big gaps

Jasper Knight 1 Mar 2019

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the new reality. Why a deal must be done

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is the new reality. Why a deal must be done

Shimelis Dessu 27 Feb 2019

New water supply, waste management project launched in Welenchiti, Ethiopia

New water supply, waste management project launched in Welenchiti, Ethiopia

25 Feb 2019

Renewable energy programme attracts R209.4bn to SA economy

Renewable energy programme attracts R209.4bn to SA economy

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#BizTrends2019: What's happening in the African energy space?

16 Jan 2019

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#BizTrends2019: Great cities are built on great collaborations

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AfDB approves €115m in funding for Rwandan water and sanitation programme

AfDB approves €115m in funding for Rwandan water and sanitation programme

24 Dec 2018

Utility management in East Africa - leapfrogging into the future

Utility management in East Africa - leapfrogging into the future

Marleze van Loggerenberg 12 Dec 2018

Southern African nations need to up their groundwater management game

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Gaathier Mahed 11 Dec 2018

Did fear-mongering help Cape Town avert Day Zero?

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'World's worst environmental disaster' set to be repeated with controversial new dam in Africa

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CT signs R1.3bn loan with German bank to upgrade wastewater treatment plants

CT signs R1.3bn loan with German bank to upgrade wastewater treatment plants

27 Nov 2018

RisCura, Africa Investor to launch infrastructure performance index

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19 Nov 2018

Water experts explore solutions to sector challenges

12 Nov 2018

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Infrastructure Africa 2018 looks to unlock opportunities in African build projects

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Mineral Resources focuses on gas and oil

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Why linking rural and urban areas matters for development: a Ghana case study

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Nature's whims cause water crises. Its infrastructure can stop them

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