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Ethiopia’s mega dam has taken 14 years to build: what it means for the Nile’s 11 river states and why it’s so controversialJohn Mukum Mbaku

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Shaped by Place: Saota marks 40 years of architectural practice

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What a geotechnical report can reveal about the ground beneath a property

What a geotechnical report can reveal about the ground beneath a property

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Africa's water investment pledge faces skills gap challenge

29 Aug 2025

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South Africa and Zimbabwe enter landmark water sharing deal

18 Mar 2024

Grand infrastructure projects aren't a magic bullet for industrial development - insights from Ghana and Kenya

Grand infrastructure projects aren't a magic bullet for industrial development - insights from Ghana and Kenya

Seth Schindler and Tom Gillespie 22 May 2023

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

Virusha Subban 2 Feb 2023

Chinese workers on Africa's infrastructure projects: the link with host political regimes

Chinese workers on Africa's infrastructure projects: the link with host political regimes

Pippa Morgan and Andrea Ghiselli 12 Jan 2023

Zambia to ration electricity following big drop in water levels in Lake Kariba

Zambia to ration electricity following big drop in water levels in Lake Kariba

Chris Mfula 2 Dec 2022

Desalination may be key to averting global water shortage, but it will take time

Desalination may be key to averting global water shortage, but it will take time

Kiran Tota-Maharaj 2 Sep 2022

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like

Southern African countries can do better at infrastructure: what the choices might look like

Lesley Wentworth and Deon Cloete 31 Aug 2022

South Africa doesn't need new cities: it needs to focus on fixing what it's got

South Africa doesn't need new cities: it needs to focus on fixing what it's got

Philip Harrison and Alison Todes 15 Aug 2022

7th Regional Conference for Africa to focus on smart, safe and resilient roads

7th Regional Conference for Africa to focus on smart, safe and resilient roads

14 Jun 2022

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

4 May 2022

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

African Development Bank secures $32.8bn for projects in Africa

Bate Felix 22 Mar 2022

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Russia's nuclear power exports: Will they stand the strain of the war in Ukraine?

Hartmut Winkler 7 Mar 2022

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Effective implementation of PPPs critical to address Africa's infrastructure deficit

Teddy Daka 28 Feb 2022

A Chinese engineer and a local construction worker work on a section of the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway (SGR) in Emali, Kenya. Reuters/Noor Khamis

Chinese funding of sub-Saharan African infrastructure dwarfs that of West, says think tank

Andrea Shalal 9 Feb 2022

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Tools of the water stewardship trade - a global perspective

Sindy Peters 3 Dec 2021

A giraffe walks near an elevated railway line that allows movement of animals below the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line linking Nairobi and Naivasha, inside the Nairobi National Park, in Nairobi, Kenya. Reuters

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

Duncan Miriri 22 Nov 2021

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Namibia to host virtual 2021 Africa Water and Sanitation Week

19 Nov 2021

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China will no longer build overseas coal power plants - what energy projects will it invest in instead?

Yixian Sun 4 Oct 2021

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How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

Shamilah Grimwood-Norley 15 Sep 2021

The Blue Nile sets the border between Amhara and Oromia regions in Ethiopia. By Rosemania , CC BY-SA 4.0,

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

Michelle Nichols 9 Jul 2021

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Big irrigation projects in Africa have failed to deliver. What's needed next

Tom Higginbottom, Roshan Adhikari and Timothy Foster 10 Jun 2021

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AfDB board approves bank's policy prioritising water security

27 May 2021

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Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 30 Apr 2021

Sonja Jansen van Rensburg, chief communications officer at Zutari

#BehindtheBrandManager: Sonja Jansen van Rensburg, chief communications officer, Zutari

Sindy Peters 14 Apr 2021

People walking next to traffic in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.
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People living in African urban settings do a lot of walking: but their cities aren't walkable

Seth Asare Okyere, Daniel Oviedo, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Mariajose Nieto & Michihiro Kita 29 Mar 2021

The Bui Dam was the subject of political contestation during its construction. ,

Ghana's Bui Dam raises concerns - again - about hydro power projects

Roger Gocking 24 Mar 2021

An aerial shot of The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir filling up. Taken in 2020. Photo by Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2020

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Mike Muller 19 Mar 2021

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