DHL Industrial Projects is on track with a historic move of 676 passenger coaches across continents

The team is facilitating end-to-end transport including packaging, customs clearance, and pre-carriage

DHL Industrial Projects supports Dunakeszi Járműjavító Kft, owned by TMH International AG and Magyar Vagon Zrt, with the transport of passenger coaches from Hungary to Egypt; the order includes the transport of 676 coaches, which will be delivered over the course of the next 32 months; the team is facilitating end-to-end…

Africa Can, and Should, Decide How to Harness Its Natural Resources especially with Gas (By NJ Ayuk)

Africans have every right to decide how and when to use their natural resources without interference from the rest of the world, no matter how well-intentioned

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) Pressure is building to phase out petroleum production in Africa to fight climate change. But harnessed strategically, Africa’s oil and gas industry can power a better future for Africa. Are calls to “keep it in the ground” really in Africa’s best…

ENGIE acquires 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power plant in South Africa

The plant is located in the Northern Cape of South Africa, which is also the location of ENGIE’s 100 MW Kathu CSP plant

ENGIE (www.ENGIE-Africa.com) is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement to acquire from Abengoa a 40% equity stake in Xina Solar One, a 100 MW Concentrated Solar plant, as well as 46% of the Operations & Maintenance Company. The plant is equipped with parabolic trough technology and a…

Are you Self-Employed in Equatorial Guinea? (By Pablo Mitogo and Ana Vizcarro Dyombe)

According to the law of Equatorial Guinea, a self-employed worker is any natural person who performs economic activities on his account

By Pablo Mitogo, Associate and Ana Vizcarro Dyombe Challenge to Solution. In the African environment with economies facing growth challenges, the self-employed assumes an indispensable role in the functioning of the market economy, as they constitute the first stage in the creation of a crowded and competitive market. The self-employed are faced…

5th for Clarke at the Royal Bernard Drome Classic

Andrea Bagioli (DQS) won the 9th Royal Bernard Drome Classic finishing eleven seconds ahead of the bunch

Defending champion, Simon Clarke placed in 5th place for Team Qhubeka ASSOS (www.TeamQhubeka.com), riding strongly in the race. It was a team effort throughout, with multiple appearances on the front of the peloton, keeping the break at a controlled distance. Once the break was caught, there were plenty of attacks…

Hapag-Lloyd opens new office in Kenya

The new office will be headed by Country Manager Prashant Sindhwani

Hapag-Lloyd (www.Hapag-Lloyd.com) is continuing to grow in Africa. Today, the shipping company opened a new office in Kenya. While the main business will be managed from the port city of Mombasa, the company will also have an office in Nairobi, the country’s capital. Hapag-Lloyd mainly transports agricultural goods out of…

Coronavirus - Rwanda: COVID-19 update (27 February 2021)

Total cases: 18,790 (+101) Recovered: 17,307 (+5) Active cases: 1,222 In critical condition: 11 Tests: 1,004,667 (+4,162) Test positivity rate: 2.4% Recovery rate: 92.5% Deaths: 261 (+3) | 1.4%

Coronavirus - Nigeria: COVID-19 update (27 February 2021)

341 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria Lagos-96 Rivers-41 Kaduna-33 Edo-21 Osun-20 Akwa Ibom-17 FCT-17 Ondo-15 Gombe-11 Kano-11 Imo-10 Ekiti-9 Kebbi-9 Kwara-8 Oyo-8 Borno-6 Enugu-3 Plateau-3 Delta-1 Niger-1 Ogun-1 155,417 confirmed  133,256 discharged  1,905 deaths

Coronavirus - Zimbabwe: COVID-19 update (27 February 2021)

As at 27 February 2021, Zimbabwe had 36 058 confirmed cases, including 32 590 recoveries and 1 463 deaths.

Sports Journalism: Guinean Security must free Dioulde now - AIPS Africa

The Union of Sports Journalists in Africa think that Dioulde's continued detention is also a deliberate attempt to censure and gag the press in Guinea

As we wait in vain  for the details of his detention by the Guinean security agency, the entire family of the Sports Press in Africa want to call on the Guinean political authority to release Dioulde Diallo with immediate effect and without any condition. His continued incarceration for over a week is…