Solar power is often touted as the obvious solution for the 600 million Africans who live without electricity. But some of the biggest solar power-focused businesses on the continent say some bumps remain on the way to large-scale deployment of solar power either as an alternative to or complement of...[READ MORE]
We need a serious delivery plan in place for post-Brexit skills and immigration policy, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said in response to the Migration Advisory Committee’s Interim update. Commenting on the Migration Advisory Committee’s Interim update, Brian Berry Chief Executive of the FMB, said: “The...[READ MORE]
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, says the country’s mining sector is in crisis due to the neglect of the sector by successive governments. Referring to the current impasse between Gold Fields Ghana Limited and the Mine-workers Union, the Tamale South Member of Parliament said much needed to be done to set the mining industry on the right...[READ MORE]
Hundreds of workers of the Tarkwa Mine of Goldfields Ghana yesterday embarked on a demonstration against measures by the company to change their status from permanent workers to contract miners. 
The workers, with the support of the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU), are resisting the change, arguing that it will not inure to their benefit, as they stand to...[READ MORE]
Ethiopia is set to construct an industrial park in the course of 2018. The park is to be constructed by one of the top three private conglomerates in Turkey, Turkish Holding AS. It will mostly engage in ceramic production, steel manufacturing, and pulp products. The new development of the industrial park will connect with the construction investment projects of Ethiopia, which...[READ MORE]
Against a backdrop of 2018’s Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, a roundtable of UK experts proposed holistic solutions around Sub-Saharan infrastructure projects that can provide wide-reaching, long-term economic opportunities for African communities. Their idea is impactful: Say...[READ MORE]
Chairman of the Civil Engineering Division of the Ghana Institution of...[READ MORE]
The Ghana Chamber of Mines, the umbrella body that speaks for mining...[READ MORE]
As part of moves to revive the railway sector, the Vice-President, Dr...[READ MORE]
The Government has revealed it is turning its focus to other cladding systems used on buildings after revealling a total of 266 high-rises are fitted with aluminium cladding failing fire safety tests.t has also called on local authorities to check the safety of buildings using concrete panel systems and the safety of cladding in high winds. The long-awaited...[READ MORE]