March 17, 2022
Africa: NGOs and Drugmakers Slam Compromise Plan on Covid-19 Patents
The European Union, the U.S., India and South Africa have reached a provisional compromise on waiving Covid-19 vaccine intellectual property (IP) rights. Read more »
January 14, 2022
South Africa: Another Seismic Survey Legal Battle Looms for South Africa #AfricaClimateCrisis
Environmental activists are preparing for another legal battle against a planned seismic survey. This comes less than a month after the Makhanda High Court granted an interdict… Read more »
December 28, 2021
South Africa: Win for Fishing Communities as Court Pauses Oil Giant's Seismic Scanning
An interdict against seismic scanning by oil giant Shell has been granted by the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda, IOL reports. This puts the oil giant's fuel exploration… Read more »
December 06, 2021
Congo-Kinshasa: "Today, We Are At the Door of Economic Liberation" - Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
The DRC-Africa Business Forum 2021, which was held on November 24 and 25 in Kinshasa, has come to a close. The process of manufacturing a regional electric battery industry from… Read more »
November 25, 2021
Africa: The DRC Faces a Skills Shortage in its Quest to Manufacture Electric Vehicle Batteries in the Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will develop a lithium battery industry and drive a regional value chain. Firm commitments have been signed, but the country will have to… Read more »
November 19, 2021
South Africa: Oil Giant Capitalising on 'Loophole' to Pursue Hazardous Seismic Scanning #AfricaClimateCrisis
A 2014 government decision to grant oil giant Shell permission to pursue seismic scanning of an area situated over 20km off the Eastern Cape coast has resulted in a cascade of… Read more »
November 25, 2021
Africa: Commitments Signed to Build an Electric Battery Industry in the DRC
The DRC-Africa Business Forum 2021 kicked off with a bang on Wednesday, November 24 in the Congolese capital. A series of firm commitments have been signed for the development of a… Read more »
November 23, 2021
Congo-Kinshasa: The Pitfalls to be Overcome for the Integration of the Congolese in the Value Chain of the Electric Battery Industry
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has all the potential to become an industrial hub for batteries and electric vehicles. To achieve this, the country of Félix Antoine… Read more »
November 22, 2021
South Africa: Heavy Rains Flood Roads Along South Coast #AfricaClimateCrisis
A downpour of heavy rains in George led to flooding in the Garden Route town, affecting transports and damaging homes and businesses. Read more »
November 11, 2021
South Africa: No Time for Fossil Fools, Say Activists on South Africa's Push for Coal Power #AfricaClimateCrisis
Greenpeace Africa has criticised Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, who at the opening of the Africa Energy Week conference in Cape Town called for "African solidarity"… Read more »
November 03, 2021
South Africa: Good Start But More Transparency Needed on Energy Transition Deal - Activists #AfricaClimateCrisis
A "historic" plan to create an U.S.$8.5 billion partnership to fund a climate finance deal for South Africa has been welcomed by climate and environmental justice groups along with… Read more »
June 04, 2021
South Africa: Is Africa's Biggest Polluter Capable of Transformation?
The public utility which supplies the vast majority of South Africa's electricity, Eskom, is the biggest polluter on the continent, according to a local non-governmental… Read more »
December 23, 2020
Africa: Chemical Industry Targets Kenya for Dumping Plastic, Chemical Waste
Kenya has been a beacon for global efforts to reduce plastics. The country’s 2017 plastic bag ban reduced environmental degradation that comes from plastic waste and… Read more »
December 04, 2020
South Africa: Explosion Sets Engen Oil Refinery on Fire
An explosion has set the Engen oil refinery in Durban South aflame, IOL reports. Read more »
October 26, 2020
Africa: African Union Seeks to Seize Initiative Over Nile Dam Talks
Days after President Donald Trump accused Ethiopia of breaking a deal he had negotiated over Egypt's rights to water from the Nile, the African Union is kick-starting renewed… Read more »
May 20, 2020
Africa: To Stop Falling Behind, Africa Needs Proactive Approach to Beat Pandemics
The novel coronavirus pandemic has claimed over 300,000 lives worldwide, and like in the rest of the world, in Africa is seeing COVID-19 tighten its grip, with over 91,000… Read more »
December 09, 2019
South Africa: BREAKING NEWS: Passenger Rail Service Placed Under Administration
The troubled Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa, Prasa, has been placed under administration, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced. Read more »
November 07, 2019
Africa: How Power Africa Plans to Electrify the Continent
Andrew Herscowitz, coordinator for Power Africa, aims to double access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa within two decades. Speaking in a special briefing, Herscowitz said that… Read more »
October 23, 2019
Kenya: Plan to Build an Expressway Through Uhuru Park Angers Kenyans
Kenyans from all walks of life have come out in their numbers on Twitter under the hashtag #UhuruPark, to express their disgust at the government's insatiable hunger for… Read more »
October 02, 2019
Sierra Leone: Idris Elba to Help Bring Economic Prosperity to Sherbro Island
The British award-winning actor and musician has committed to developing Sherbro Island into a world-class city as part of his drive to give back to Sierra Leone. Read more »
July 08, 2019
Africa: The Long Road to Fixing Africa's Infrastructure Deficit - Here's How
Samaila Zubairu - an accomplished Infrastructure development finance specialist with over 29 years of professional experience who the third President & Chief Executive Officer… Read more »
March 19, 2019
South Africa: Power Utility, Govt in 'Race Against Time' to Stave Off National Blackouts
The government and Eskom have entered the planning phase for Stage 5 and Stage 6 load shedding in order to prevent the national grid from collapsing, according to a report from… Read more »
January 30, 2019
South Africa: Major Restructuring Looming for Cash-Strapped Power Utility?
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has said that a discussion will have to be held on whether energy parastatal Eskom should be split into three separate entities, ESI… Read more »
December 05, 2018
South Africa: Dark Times Ahead? Cash-Strapped Power Utility Needs Massive Govt Bailout
In light of festive season power cuts, Eskom's woes continue to mount. The embattled power utility plans to ask the government to absorb about R100 billion - nearly U.S.$7.2… Read more »
October 26, 2018
Africa: Spotlighting Innovation for Infrastructure – CCA's Florie Liser
The 25-year-old Washington, DC-based Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) is hosting on 5-6 November in Johannesburg its first U.S.-Africa Infrastructure Conference to be held outside… Read more »