Sunny side up A major car marque is stepping up solar production at its manufacturing plant in East London, South Africa. Mercedes-Benz South Africa is investing ZAR100 million in Phase 2 of its… Read more
Vital link Thousands of people in a South African township now have access to fast, affordable fibre internet. As part of its initiative to provide fibre to 150 000 homes in townships by… Read more
Critical mineral One of the continent’s biggest copper mines is changing hands in a US$1.88 billion deal. The Khoemacau copper mine, located on a 4 040 km² tenement in north-west Botswana on the… Read more
Added charge Eskom is building extra capacity into the national power grid. Business Tech reports that the state-owned electricity utility is carrying out 47 transmission expansion projects, which in turn will unlock… Read more
Partners in space Members of the East African Community are pooling their resources to launch a satellite to improve internet service to the region. Space in Africa reports that ICT ministers from Uganda,… Read more
