Engineering
Jan 31,
2017
Toyota lost its crown as the world's top-selling automaker in 2016, company figures showed, with the Japanese giant overtaken by Volkswagen as the industry prepares for an uncertain trade environment…
Jan 25,
2017
Apple is currently working on an iCar, an electric vehicle, which is undergoing research and development process and for which a number of Apple employees are engaged. The reports suggest…
Jan 23,
2017
A potential $300-billion could be added to the African economy by 2026 through the adoption of digitalization in industrial sectors ranging from transport to manufacturing. Digital technology will drive African…
Dec 16,
2016
Indian state-run oil refiners have indicated interest to increase total crude oil consumption volume next year with additional 2 million metric tonne (mt) of crude oil import from Nigeria in…
Dec 16,
2016
Half a million people over the next four years will benefit from at least 90 mini-grids powered with renewable energy. Initially 50 communities will be electrified in 2017 using mini-grids…
Dec 16,
2016
Construction of the Harare-Beitbridge highway is set to start next April after government on Wednesday signed an agreement with the Austrian contractor Geiger international.The highway is Zimbabwe’s busiest and most…
Dec 16,
2016
Global Oil Shale, a leading Scandinavian energy company, will set up a cement plant worth MAD3 billion ($296.5 million) worth in Tarfaya, Morocco, located 1,200-km south of Rabat, said a…
Oct 24,
2016
We may have just seen a major player in the drive towards autonomous cars apply screeching brakes. Apple has reportedly abandoned its plans to build its own self-driving electric vehicle…
Oct 17,
2016
The Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA) says the country lost potential investments worth nearly $3 billion in 2015 as a result of bureaucracy and corruption.The multimillion agreement with the Essar to…
Oct 11,
2016
Nigeria says it expects to get as much as $4 billion in investment facilities for oil industry infrastructure as a 40-member Chinese investment team arrives the country at the end…
Oct 03,
2016
Nigeria’s president has claimed “mind-boggling” sums have been stolen from the country’s oil industry. Just how much is now becoming clear. President Muhammadu Buhari Lawmaker in the House of Representatives…
Sep 29,
2016
RioZim Ltd. chose a state-owned Chinese company to design a US$2,1 billion power plant it plans to build in Zimbabwe, which faces frequent blackouts, and is lobbying South Africa’s electricity…
Sep 27,
2016
Nuclear energy in South Africa is a very contentious issue. The decision on whether to proceed with the construction of a fleet of nuclear power plants is destined to become…
Sep 25,
2016
Nigerian lawmakers are set to investigate whether $17 billion in undeclared oil and fuel exports were stolen by companies and various government agencies under former president ”Goodluck” Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan,…
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