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South Africa courts UK investors to fund infrastructure plans 
By: Bloomberg 1st October 2024 South Africa’s infrastructure development agency has restructured its pipeline of planned projects to make them more attractive to the private... →
As Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja paints rosy picture of his two years in office, we fact-checked claims on revenue, city debt and water supply
By: Africa Check 26th September 2024 On 16 September 2024, Kenyan newspaper the Star published an interview with a “bullish” Nairobi governor, Johnson Sakaja, about his two years in... →
Parliament statement on Heritage Day
25th September 2024 The Presiding Officers of Parliament, Ms Thoko Didiza, Speaker of the National Assembly, and Ms Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, Chairperson of the... →
Shrinking Economic Distance: Understanding How Markets and Places Can Lower Transport Costs in Developing Countries
20th September 2024 Despite the reduction in transport costs over the past few decades, creating a single integrated economy remains elusive. Low- and middle-income... →
Indian billionaire Adani is eyeing Kenya’s main airport, and the govt is backing the deal. But are the official talking points factual?
By: Africa Check 20th September 2024 On 11 September 2024, Kenya's main Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, or JKIA, was grounded for a day as aviation workers went on strike. The... →
South Africa needs more nautical scientists and maritime engineers – if you love the sea these may be the careers for you
18th September 2024 When most people are asked to picture an engineer at work, they probably imagine a civil engineer in a hard hat at a construction site, a chemical... →
SA: Bernice Swarts: Address by Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, at the International Solid Waste Association World Congress, Cape Town (16/09/2024)
17th September 2024 It is an honour and privilege for me to be addressing you during this prestigious occasion. I am here also because Cabinet has approved the hosting... →
Square peg
By: Terence Creamer 13th September 2024 The haste at which the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) is moving to remedy the embarrassment of having to withdraw the... →
