Mauritius’ biggest lender by market share will increase exposure to gas and move into into funding the mining of metals needed for clean-energy technologies. Mauritius Commercial Bank — a unit of Port Louis-based MCB Group Ltd. — is making 10 billion rupees ($211 million) available to help clients transition toContinue Reading
Atlantic Lithium (AIM: ALL, ASX: A11) has become the first near-term lithium producer to be listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange after obtaining approvals from both the GSE’s listing committee and Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission. The company is currently advancing its flagship lithium project, Ewoyaa, a hard rock spodumene depositContinue Reading
French energy giant TotalEnergies hopes to resume construction on its giant Mozambique LNG project by the middle of 2024, according to Patrick Pouyanne, CEO of TotalEnergies. TotalEnergies declared force majeure on the Mozambique LNG project in April 2021 and withdrew all personnel from the site due to new attacks. Mozambique LNG includesContinue Reading
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has resumed construction of a concrete barrier wall along the South Africa/Mozambique border to curb the theft of motor vehicles and the movement of illicit goods, after years of delays. In late 2020, the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Roads and Transport, working and financing in conjunctionContinue Reading
Metso’s intelligent crushing and screening offering is expanding with a new software application called Metso Remote IC The new Metso Remote IC is used for remote control and monitoring of the crushing and screening process, and it connects wirelessly all the Lokotrack crushers and screens at the site. With the MetsoContinue Reading
Water scarcity poses a significant challenge to sustainable development and the well-being of people across the Africa and with factors such as a burgeoning population, changing climate patterns, infrastructural gaps, and uneven distribution of resources, the continent is grappling with the tangible consequences of restricted access to clean and safeContinue Reading
Yohannes Tsehai, country manager at Onafriq Ethiopia, explains why Ethiopia could become Africa’s next big fintech giant The fintech sector has been one of Africa’s biggest technology success stories. According to Disrupt Africa, the continent’s 678 fintech startups raised more than US$2.7bn between 2021 and August 2023. Additionally, almost allContinue Reading
Ericsson, a networking and telecommunications company that enables communications services providers and enterprises to capture the full value of connectivity, has sought to build on its footprint in Africa with a new senior appointment Majda Lahlou Kassi, who has garnered nearly 25 years’ worth of experience at the company, hasContinue Reading
Circulor, a provider of a solution for industrial, complex supply chain traceability based on AI and blockchain technology, has suggested that 2023 was a paramount year for supply chain transparency with significant progress being made towards resilient and responsible global supply chains Behind the growing global momentum (which shows noContinue Reading
Leading provider of modular data centre solutions STULZ Modular has partnered with Asperitas, an immersion cooling specialist, to unlock the benefits of immersion cooling for high-density data centre environments Together, the two organisations are devising a concept for a modular data centre solution with integrated immersion cooling for indoor and outdoorContinue Reading
