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On-the-ground business intelligence in South Africa & Eswatini, since July 2019.
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A smelter is not a mine. A mine can operate at the end of a gravel road with diesel generators and a single-lane border crossing for its concentrate trucks; a smelter, refinery or metals-fabrication plant cannot. It needs firm grid power at industrial scale, a rail or...
In the world of engineering and construction, there are few projects as ambitious and awe-inspiring as the Fehmarn Belt tunnel. Once completed, this structure will become the longest immersed tunnel in the world, connecting Germany and Denmark under a body of water...
A factory needs a site before it needs a strategy. SADC's public institutional record now names agro-processing as one of three priority sectors for regional industrialisation, alongside mineral beneficiation and pharmaceuticals, with a target of lifting...
Education authorities have directed schools to retire donkey carts for student transport, citing safety and animal welfare, in an April 2023 move toward formalised transit.
Egypt's Central Business District (CBD) at the New Administrative Capital is a massive development project that is expected to have a significant impact on the country's economy. The CBD is a transformational enterprise that aims to alleviate Greater Cairo's...
Egypt has recently inaugurated the first phase of its newest city, New Mansoura, located along the northern Mediterranean coast of the Nile Delta region. The city, which is expected to boost employment and tourism in the area, is considered one of the fruits of...
A power line does not stop being an asset class at a border post, but the financing behind it usually does. That is the built-environment problem the Southern African Development Community has been trying to solve for years, and it was the practical subject underneath...
Local authorities were told in March 2023 to find safer alternatives to the donkey carts ferrying learners to school, weighing safety against tight budgets.
Khoemacau and Sandfire Resources’ Motheo mine ramped up output in 2023 on strong global copper and coal demand, though power and rail bottlenecks loom.