Dr Blade Nzimande, minister of transport in South Africa, has requested the Western Cape Provincial Government to suspend plans to rollout Phase 4B of the George Integrated Public Transport Network (GIPTN)
Manufacturing
Liberia signs MoU with Niron for iron ore export project
![The MoU relates to the use of existing rail and port infrastructure in Liberia. (Image source: Luisao Pepe/Pixabay)](/images/train-1430637_640.jpg)
The MoU relates to the use of existing rail and port infrastructure in Liberia. (Image source: Luisao Pepe/Pixabay)
The Government of the Republic of Liberia and Niron Metals Plc have signed an MoU, regarding the passage through Liberia of iron ore from the Zogota iron ore deposit in the Republic of Guinea
MENA steel demand is set to recover in 2020, reports worldsteel
![Economic diversification efforts in the GCC continue but fiscal consolidation is still suppressing construction activities. (Image source: marcin049/Pixabay)](/images/steel_factory.jpg)
Economic diversification efforts in the GCC continue but fiscal consolidation is still suppressing construction activities. (Image source: marcin049/Pixabay)
Global steel demand is projected to reach 1,735 mt in 2019, up 1.3 per cent from 2018, and 1,752 mt in 2020, according to a report by the World Steel Association (worldsteel)
Angola’s Aenergy receives anti-bribery certificate
![The award ISO 37001 is testament proactive anti-bribery measures that indicated how to develop businesses in a transparent way in Africa. (Image source: Aenergy)](/images/AENERGY_illustration.jpg)
The award ISO 37001 is testament proactive anti-bribery measures that indicated how to develop businesses in a transparent way in Africa. (Image source: Aenergy)
Angola-based Aenergy, which operates the countrys largest thermal power plant and provides locomotive engines for the nation’s railways, has been awarded the anti-bribery management system certificate
HP targets fraudulent manufacturers in Africa
![Ugandan authorities dismantled a criminal ring that had distributed counterfeit cartridges for HP printers destined for sale in several East African countries (Image source: rodrigo_fontenele/Flickr)](/images/hp_me.jpg)
Ugandan authorities dismantled a criminal ring that had distributed counterfeit cartridges for HP printers destined for sale in several East African countries (Image source: rodrigo_fontenele/Flickr)
HP’s anti-counterfeiting fraud (ACF) team, alongside local African authorities, have conducted two operations to stop the trade of counterfeit cartridges for HP printers across Uganda and Mozambique