Background support Nigeria has received a two-pronged boost to drive the country’s economic growth. The World Bank has given the nod to a US$1.25 billion development financing initiative to support reforms that promote investment,… Read more
Closing the gap South Africa’s telecommunications parastatal, Telkom, is promoting the expansion of the country’s digital and artificial intelligence (AI) skills. It has committed ZAR100 million to establish the Telkom AI Institute to… Read more
Value extraction Construction work on the US$870 million first phase of a plant to beneficiate ilmenite has begun in earnest in KwaZulu-Natal. According to a report in Mining Weekly, the foundation piling… Read more
Tight connection South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has been selected as the site of a strategic international connectivity hub. ITWeb reports that the new digital exchange port is the first of four… Read more
Case study Students from Stellenbosch University will be able to get real-world, on-the-ground experience with the development of the ZAR8 billion Cape Winelands Airport. The two entities have signed a co-operation agreement that… Read more
