Global engineering company Sandvik has opened a new 16,000 sq m distribution hub near Johannesburg, South Africa, in order to enhance its business in southern Africa
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Samsung commissions engineering academy in Lagos
Nicholas Shin (left), managing director of Samsung Electronics West Africa, and Lagos State governor Babatunde Fashola (center) at the inauguration ceremony of the academy. (Image source: www.samsung.com)
Samsung Electronics West Africa (SEWA) has commissioned an engineering academy in Lagos for training electronic engineers
MDM Engineering to carry out expansion work at African Barrick’s plant
Work in progress at the Bulyanhulu process plant in Tanzania. (Image source: www.africanbarrickgold.com)
MDM Engineering has entered into an agreement with African Barrick Gold to carry out expansion work at African Barrick’s Bulyanhulu process plant in Tanzania
Figures indicate South African manufacturing slump
Mining strikes have been blames as one reason for the PMI drop. (Image source: Duncan Edwards)
South Africas purchasing managers index (PMI), which is used to gauge manufacturing sector activity, fell to a three-year low in September
WHO tobacco guidelines concern Kenyan manufacturers
The tobacco industry may have created jobs but controlling the sale and distribution of tobacco needs to be administered under individual country laws, according to KAM chief executive officer, Betty Maina (Image source: Traumrune)
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has spoken out against the full implementation of the World Health Organisations tobacco control recommendations in the region
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The transaction will give TotalEnergies an interest in hydropower projects in Uganda, Rwanda and Malawi. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
The project carries an estimated total cost of US$12bn. (Image source: The Republic of Ghana Presidency)
The initiative was unveiled at a meeting at the UIA head office. (Image source: UIA)
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