On the side South Africa has unveiled what its developers say is the country’s first solar facade skyscraper. The 80m-high Metalbox skyscraper, in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, features monocrystalline solar panels on its facade… Read more
Piece by piece A copper mine in Namibia is joining the crypto era. A digital asset manager has signed a US$300 million deal to tokenise the assets of the mine over two years, reports… Read more
First gear Kenya is to start assembling right-hand drive electric vehicles (EV) within the next two months. Africa Business Communities reports that Chinese auto manufacturer Neta Auto is opening a vehicle assembly… Read more
The wheel deal Less than a year after construction began, what has been described as South Africa’s largest wheeling project has been commissioned. A collaboration between the SOLA Group and Tronox Mineral Sands,… Read more
Back on track South Africa’s state-owned freight and logistics company Transnet has received a US$1 billion boost for its five-year, US$8.1 billion recovery plan. The AfDB is stumping up the new 25-year loan,… Read more
