South Africa's Parliament is to finally begin reconstruction, two years after it was destroyed by a fire. A statement issued last Wednesday by Parliament confirmed that construction would commence in the first quarter of this year and reach its conclusion by the end of 2025. Over R2...
The first week of January sees oil prices rising in surges each morning, an uptick fueled by growing apprehensions that there will be disruptions in the Middle East's oil supply lines, particularly due to issues at a Libyan oilfield and amid global tensions. “While the geopolitical...
SafeQuip is aiming to be at the forefront of South Africa’s lithium fire extinguisher revolution to help overhaul fire safety in the country. Lithium batteries have massively increased in use across the world, in recent years – but the number of lithium battery fire incidents has...
Paxton has unveiled a brand-new manufacturing facility named the Paxton Electronics Centre. The state-of-the-art facility is the next step in the security technology developer's vision for their UK technology park in Brighton, East Sussex. It speaks to the country's continued global expansion. This modern campus is...
Sherif Sedky, CEO of the Egyptian Space Agency, said that aid from China has helped Egypt to become Africa's pioneer in the Space Field. A historic launch for the continent of Africa, the MisrSat-2 launched into space in early December. China launched the Egyptian remote sensing satellite...
Cloud data management vendor Veeam has promoted Tim Pfaelzer to general manager and senior vice president of EMEA. He has been with Veeam since July 2021, holding the position of vice president, of enterprise EMEA and has accrued more than 20 years in the IT industry,...
Over 2023, Artificial Intelligence has become the spearhead of a number of initiatives, industries and more. Recently, the President of Africa Cyril Ramaphosa opened up several Data Centers throughout the continent, celebrating the advancement of technological industry within Africa, in the process. Now, drones monitor the...
A bushfire has broken out in the province of Simonstown in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Emergency services are combatting the fire, with teams climbing hills carrying hoses and buckets, whilst helicopters fly overhead to control the spread of the fire. Bush Fires are particularly common...
Blue Carbon - a company only a year old, with impressive projects but nothing stand out yet in its portfolio, has secured land in Zimbabwe, equivalent to the size of the United Kingdom, across five African nations. Under a new agreement with Zimbabwe's environment minister, Blue...
Eight have been killed and 84 injured following a blast at an oil terminal in Guinea's capital city of Conakry early on Monday 18th December 2023. Whilst the blaze was being brought under control, an officer on scene gave the above as a provisionary toll. [caption id="attachment_8107"...