After more than three decades of talk about the potential of building green, we've still failed to change the way we design and construct buildings...
Meg Holden and Rebecca Holt 6 Feb 2019
Experts provide insight in to the emerging trends in African energy and infrastructure projects.
16 Jan 2019
"You don't negotiate with China!" I was quickly told when I started interviewing African public servants about their infrastructure deals with Beijing...
Folashade Soule 9 Jan 2019
2019 seems to be the year of an 'opening up' of Africa, whether it be opening trade borders or opening key infrastructure projects...
Lesley Squires 7 Jan 2019
Urbanisation continues to be one of the most powerful megatrends reshaping our world. It is a shift that is creating countless problems, but even more opportunities...
Elaine Jack 7 Jan 2019
The fourth Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week was held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from 26-28 November...
3 Dec 2018
RisCura and Africa Investor have partnered to launch Africa's first infrastructure performance index in early 2019...
19 Nov 2018
One of the fastest growing economies in Africa, Ethiopia, has an ambitious plan to cut a green, sustainable path to becoming a middle-income country by 2025...
Nathanial Matthews and Frank van Steenbergen 31 Oct 2018
African cities will gain a billion new residents by 2050...
Sarah Colenbrander and Ian Palmer 24 Oct 2018
In this day and age, building 'green' should be the norm rather than the exception, however, misconceptions on green building 'tax' still seem to hinder the decision...
19 Oct 2018
The seventh annual Infrastructure Africa Business Forum is set for 9-10 October at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg...
4 Oct 2018
Egypt is the latest country to build a new capital city from scratch, with ambitions to move parliament away from Cairo as early as summer 2019...
Nuno Pinto and Aya Badawy 28 Sep 2018
Big has completed WeWork's first micro-school on West 18th Street in Manhattan, the school aimed at focusing on children's abilities and revealing their talents at early stages...
19 Sep 2018
Mace has released a new report providing its latest tender cost update for Sub-Saharan Africa...
15 Aug 2018
Heat Island Limited is the African winner of the Cities for our Future competition...
25 Jul 2018
From a water perspective, we live in a 'world of Cape Towns'...
Dhesigen Naidoo 20 Jul 2018
Improved infrastructure is a prerequisite for long-term sustainable growth and development in Africa...
Alain Ebobissé 18 Jul 2018
South African engineers and those from other sub-Saharan countries are invited to enter the fifth edition...
16 Jul 2018
Ruckus Networks and World Wide Worx recently released its 2018 Wi-Fi in South Africa study. The study focuses on the usage, priorities, intentions, and attitudes regarding Wi-Fi technology and its deployment in smart cities...
29 Jun 2018
Local governments need to look at deploying sensors and making use of those that already exist in order to harness the data they require to take their cities into the future...
Eckart Zollner 28 Jun 2018