The Indian government has approved a US$178mn loan to Tanzania for the implementation of water projects in an attempt to help alleviate water scarcity in the East African country
Manufacturing
Revitalising Lake Victoria
The executive secretary of the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC), Dr Canisius Kabungo Kanangire, spoke recently of the need for transparency and accountability, with respect to the correct functioning of sustainable partnerships, and appropriate funding of development initiatives
Africa requires engineers as much as doctors to save lives, says entrepreneur
Africa needs engineers as much as it needs doctors to prevent deaths, according to South African entrepreneur and founder of Paramount Group, Ivor Ichikowitz
Thinking differently about the environment
A Finnish parliamentarian and a UNEP practitioner speak on natural resources as sources of conflict and as the basis for peace
Zambia Kansanshi Mining to build US$640 million smelter
Kansanshi Mining Plc plans to construct a copper smelter valued at US$640mn in Zambia’s North-Western province in the hope it will increase the company’s production