A company that transforms groundnut shells into fuel briquettes in Gambia and a business in Kenya where women produce aloe-based skin care products are among this year’s winners of a United Nations-backed award recognising projects that help promote sustainable development.
Manufacturing
Flowserve goes green on Madagascar
Local water, air and sewage treatment specialist Ozone Service Industries installs Biozone NoKak Sewage Treatment Plants on east coast of Madagascar.
Africa to the fore in food security
A new report by Foresight argues for a fundamental change to the global food system if a rapidly expanding global population is to be fed over the next 40-years
Zimbabwe initiates sanitation and hygiene strategy
Zimbabwes National Action Committe on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene has developed a sanitation and hygiene strategy to accelerate access to sanitation and hygiene for the MDGSs
Wacker offers liquid silicone rubber grades for fire protection
Wacker is offering two new liquid silicone rubber grades: Elastosil LR 3011/50 FR and Elastosil LR 3170/40.