MAN and BIA have officially launched their partnership in Côte dIvoire, a move that will see MAN vehicles to be distributed exclusively by BIA Côte dIvoire
Manufacturing
Urgent US$621bn needed for Africa to meet UN SDGs
![African need investment to boost infrastructure in drinking water and sanitation. (Image source: Oxfam International/Flickr)](/images/global_sdg.jpg)
African need investment to boost infrastructure in drinking water and sanitation. (Image source: Oxfam International/Flickr)
The Global Infrastructure Hub, a G20 initiative, has revealed an urgent need for infrastructure investment in 10 Compact with Africa countries and highlights that reforms are required to encourage greater investment
thyssenkrupp supplies modular chlor-alkali plant to Tanzania
![Model of a 45 tonnes per day chlorine plant from thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (Italia). (Image source: thyssenkrupp)](/images/chlorin_eplant.jpg)
Model of a 45 tonnes per day chlorine plant from thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers (Italia). (Image source: thyssenkrupp)
Germany-based thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions recently has won a contract for the engineering and procurement of a modular skid-mounted chlorine plant in Tanzania
EGA’s Guinea bauxite project 50 per cent completed
![According to EGA, first bauxite exports are expected during the second half of 2019. (Image source: Vicki Nunn/Pixabay)](/images/ega_bauxite.jpg)
According to EGA, first bauxite exports are expected during the second half of 2019. (Image source: Vicki Nunn/Pixabay)
The Guinea Alumina Corporation (GAC) project by Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the UAE’s leading industrial company outside oil and gas, has reached 50 per cent construction completion
AfDB grants US$62mn loan for water and sanitation project in Uganda
The project aim to increase access to clean water and sanitation services in the major urban centres and their suburbs to 100 per cent by 2030. (Image source: Gena/Adobe Stock)
In a bid to help Uganda improve health and productivity across cities, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$62mn concessional loan to finance its Strategic Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Project (STWSSP)