Into orbit The Egyptian Space Agency (EgSA) and the University of Cairo have signed an agreement to develop the country’s space science and technology by establishing an educational satellite laboratory at the… Read more
Test case The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat, a regional intergovernmental organisation, is introducing a digital data tracking tool to ease cross-border movement disrupted by COVID-19 regulations. The EACPass, which consolidates the… Read more
Renewed force Copper and silver concentrate production has resumed at the Kombat mine in Namibia, after years of inactivity following severe underground flooding in 2008. Canadian miner Trigon Metals revived the mine… Read more
Sustaining factor A start-up accelerator programme has been launched in Kigali, Rwanda, to boost local solutions that address food security in East Africa. Among the IGNITE Food Systems Challenge’s aims are to… Read more
In the works In a first for South Africa, plans for one of the world’s largest green ammonia export plants have been announced. It is expected that the US$4.6 billion facility will export… Read more
