Explosives and blasting specialist BME recently achieved the first blast outside of South Africa with its new AXXIS Silver electronic initiation system in Lesotho
Construction
INZAG procures Liebherr mobile crane for Ghanaian construction project
The German construction company, INZAG, has been awarded a contract for ‘Lot 1’ of the rehabilitation of the Eastern Corridor Road in Ghana
Construction begins on Rhodes University’s state-of-the-art INI building
The construction of a state-of-the-art building at Rhodes University, South Africa, has officially begun after the institution’s vice-chancellor, Sizwe Mabizela, officiated a sod-turning ceremony
Heavily invested Cogmanskloof Pass opens in Montagu

The ribbon cutting marked the completion of the Western Cape government’s rehabilitation of 13.4 km of Trunk Road 31/2 from Ashton to Montagu through the pass. (Image source: Western Cape Government)
The Western Cape Minister of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, and Langeberg Mayor, Schalk Van Eeden, have launched the Cogmanskloof Pass in Montagu at a ceremonial ribbon cutting
Major highway development project approved in Kenya
The board of directors of the African Development Bank Group approved financing of US$150mn to Kenya to support a major highway development project under the government’s first mover public-private partnership (PPP) programme