Safe zone Resource-efficient design and technology have earned green-building certification for the new Ghana Infectious Disease Centre (GIDC), developed to help fight the spread of COVID-19. The Excellence in Design for Greater… Read more
By the numbers South Africa is piloting the country’s first digital census, which will be conducted in localised areas via online and telephonic data collection platforms. According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA),… Read more
Open doors A multi-stakeholder collaboration is taking steps to help South Africa’s tourism and hospitality sector recover as it prepares to welcome back visitors. In partnership with Bidfood, the Tourism Business Council… Read more
United front Public-private partnerships are working to provide South Africans with improved access to healthcare and education through ICT services, amid the coronavirus pandemic. The national Department of Communications and Digital Technologies… Read more
Bright thinking Egypt’s national utility provider is making progress towards converting the country’s power distribution system into a ‘future-ready’ smart grid. In an EGP4.6 billion agreement between state-owned Egyptian Electricity Holding Company… Read more
