Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) has signed a US$25mn contract with US-based Tetra Tech Inc to develop Phase-1 of the Konza Techno City in Kenya
Manufacturing
Indian firm ACME wins deal for ESS unit in Africa

This contract marks ACMEs foray into Africa, aims to help reduce energy deficits. (Image source: Yuankuei/Flickr)
Indian energy management company ACME has won a contract to install Africa’s first lithium-ion based energy storage solution (ESS) unit
Kirloskar Brothers build on African business

KBL’s CSR is based on the concept of ‘teach to fish’. (Image source: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Flickr)
By strengthening the local workforce in Africa, Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) have created a niche for themselves in the continent, says Shipra Tripathi, head of Corporate Global Marketing and Communications at KBL
Developing sustainable growth from minerals industries

Outotec provided gas cleaning, sulphuric acid and effluent treatment technologies for Namibia Custom Smelters
Outotec demonstrates how the use of technologies to support minerals and metals firms is now supporting water access and utilisation, and associated environmental concerns
South Korean firm to build desalination plant in Tunisia

GS Inima will help construct a desalination plant in Tunisia, which is expected to treat 50,000 tonnes of seawater. (Image source: RO Plant/Flickr)
South Korean builder GS E&Cs subsidiary has won a US$93.9mn deal to construct a desalination plant at a resort in southern Tunisia