Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology news

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

Recruit Image

Pedestrians walk outside the Safaricom mobile phone customer care centre during the launch of its 5G internet service in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya, 27 October 2022. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenya's Safaricom raises $117m with local sustainability-linked loan

Image source:

Kenya’s devastating floods expose decades of poor urban planning and bad land management

By Sean Avery 6 May 2024

Fishermen catching near windfarms. Source: Tran le Tuan/Pexels

The world needs hundreds of thousands more offshore wind turbines - where will they all go?

By Hugo Putuhena, Fraser Sturt and Susan Gourvenec 7 Jul 2023

More news

Grid or solar: looking for the best energy solution for the rural poor

Grid or solar: looking for the best energy solution for the rural poor

Jörg Peters and Maximiliane Sievert 30 Dec 2020

AfDB approves Desert-to-Power technical support programme

AfDB approves Desert-to-Power technical support programme

28 Dec 2020

World Architecture Festival announces winner of Grohe Water Research Prize

World Architecture Festival announces winner of Grohe Water Research Prize

3 Dec 2020

How digital engineering can help the construction sector meet its decarbonisation targets

How digital engineering can help the construction sector meet its decarbonisation targets

2 Dec 2020

Time for Africa to stop managing poverty and start managing development

Time for Africa to stop managing poverty and start managing development

13 Nov 2020

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

Roberto Minunno, Greg Morrison, Richard L. Gruner, Timothy Michael O'Grady 12 Nov 2020

Sustainable urbanisation the focus this World Cities Day

Sustainable urbanisation the focus this World Cities Day

30 Oct 2020

Covid-19 will not change cities in long term - Norman Foster

Covid-19 will not change cities in long term - Norman Foster

26 Oct 2020

Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa: it takes more than technology

Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa: it takes more than technology

Nic Cheeseman and Lisa Garbe 2 Oct 2020

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

30 Sep 2020

FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems

FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems

23 Sep 2020

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 4 Aug 2020

Kenya's internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Kenya's internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Nixon Muganda 20 Jul 2020

Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Aftermath of Covid-19 requires Africa to be bold in its path to recovery

19 Jun 2020

3 ways blockchain could get the world to act against the climate crisis

3 ways blockchain could get the world to act against the climate crisis

Bernhard Reinsberg 12 Jun 2020

How socially-led innovation can bring positive change in unchartered times

How socially-led innovation can bring positive change in unchartered times

Muhammad Nabil 11 Jun 2020

The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are designed to serve

The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are designed to serve

Colin McFarlane 8 Jun 2020

After Covid-19, Africa can build back better

After Covid-19, Africa can build back better

Amina J. Mohammed 28 May 2020

A resilient Africa will continue to rise above the Covid-19 crisis

A resilient Africa will continue to rise above the Covid-19 crisis

Pieter Bensch 25 May 2020

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

14 Apr 2020

Masterclass unpacks ethics of sustainability within African fashion

Masterclass unpacks ethics of sustainability within African fashion

18 Mar 2020

How heat can be used to store renewable energy

How heat can be used to store renewable energy

Antoine Koen and Pau Farres Antunez 27 Feb 2020

New report offers solutions to gaping digital gap between Commonwealth countries

New report offers solutions to gaping digital gap between Commonwealth countries

24 Feb 2020

New project launched to tackle urban challenges in Kenya, SA cities

New project launched to tackle urban challenges in Kenya, SA cities

Sindy Peters 19 Feb 2020

Abu Dhabi to host 10th World Urban Forum

Abu Dhabi to host 10th World Urban Forum

24 Jan 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

SDGs create investment opportunities in Africa

24 Jan 2020

New UK aid pledged to help build green cities across Africa

New UK aid pledged to help build green cities across Africa

22 Jan 2020

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 15 Jan 2020

3 African projects to receive Internet Society Foundation grants

3 African projects to receive Internet Society Foundation grants

20 Dec 2019

The digital economy's environmental footprint is threatening the planet

The digital economy's environmental footprint is threatening the planet

Raynold Wonder Alorse 9 Dec 2019

More news

AfDB approves Desert-to-Power technical support programme

AfDB approves Desert-to-Power technical support programme

28 Dec 2020

World Architecture Festival announces winner of Grohe Water Research Prize

World Architecture Festival announces winner of Grohe Water Research Prize

3 Dec 2020

How digital engineering can help the construction sector meet its decarbonisation targets

How digital engineering can help the construction sector meet its decarbonisation targets

2 Dec 2020

Time for Africa to stop managing poverty and start managing development

Time for Africa to stop managing poverty and start managing development

13 Nov 2020

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one's designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%

Roberto Minunno, Greg Morrison, Richard L. Gruner, Timothy Michael O'Grady 12 Nov 2020

Sustainable urbanisation the focus this World Cities Day

Sustainable urbanisation the focus this World Cities Day

30 Oct 2020

Covid-19 will not change cities in long term - Norman Foster

Covid-19 will not change cities in long term - Norman Foster

26 Oct 2020

Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa: it takes more than technology

Digital democracy is still a long way off in Africa: it takes more than technology

Nic Cheeseman and Lisa Garbe 2 Oct 2020

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

Nairobi's Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent

30 Sep 2020

FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems

FAO launches Green Cities Initiative to help transform agri-food systems

23 Sep 2020

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 4 Aug 2020

Kenya's internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Kenya's internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Nixon Muganda 20 Jul 2020

Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Aftermath of Covid-19 requires Africa to be bold in its path to recovery

19 Jun 2020

3 ways blockchain could get the world to act against the climate crisis

3 ways blockchain could get the world to act against the climate crisis

Bernhard Reinsberg 12 Jun 2020

How socially-led innovation can bring positive change in unchartered times

How socially-led innovation can bring positive change in unchartered times

Muhammad Nabil 11 Jun 2020

The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are designed to serve

The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are designed to serve

Colin McFarlane 8 Jun 2020

After Covid-19, Africa can build back better

After Covid-19, Africa can build back better

Amina J. Mohammed 28 May 2020

A resilient Africa will continue to rise above the Covid-19 crisis

A resilient Africa will continue to rise above the Covid-19 crisis

Pieter Bensch 25 May 2020

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

Defy to begin building ventilators in SA this May

14 Apr 2020

Masterclass unpacks ethics of sustainability within African fashion

Masterclass unpacks ethics of sustainability within African fashion

18 Mar 2020

How heat can be used to store renewable energy

How heat can be used to store renewable energy

Antoine Koen and Pau Farres Antunez 27 Feb 2020

New report offers solutions to gaping digital gap between Commonwealth countries

New report offers solutions to gaping digital gap between Commonwealth countries

24 Feb 2020

New project launched to tackle urban challenges in Kenya, SA cities

New project launched to tackle urban challenges in Kenya, SA cities

Sindy Peters 19 Feb 2020

Abu Dhabi to host 10th World Urban Forum

Abu Dhabi to host 10th World Urban Forum

24 Jan 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

SDGs create investment opportunities in Africa

24 Jan 2020

New UK aid pledged to help build green cities across Africa

New UK aid pledged to help build green cities across Africa

22 Jan 2020

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 15 Jan 2020

3 African projects to receive Internet Society Foundation grants

3 African projects to receive Internet Society Foundation grants

20 Dec 2019

The digital economy's environmental footprint is threatening the planet

The digital economy's environmental footprint is threatening the planet

Raynold Wonder Alorse 9 Dec 2019

#AfricaCom: Tech skills needed to create future jobs on the 'side-hustle' continent

#AfricaCom: Tech skills needed to create future jobs on the 'side-hustle' continent

Leigh Andrews 18 Nov 2019

African Union for Housing Finance (AUHF) members sign Cape Town Declaration for governments to address housing finance shortage.

5-point plan set for governments to address African housing finance shortage

15 Nov 2019

Embracing disruptive innovation in the social development sector - a road map for 2020 and beyond

Embracing disruptive innovation in the social development sector - a road map for 2020 and beyond

Next Generation 5 Nov 2019

#SACSCCongress: How green roofs can contribute to people, profit and planet

#SACSCCongress: How green roofs can contribute to people, profit and planet

Sindy Peters 23 Oct 2019

Pushing for a green economy and clean energy in Africa

Pushing for a green economy and clean energy in Africa

Zipporah Musau 18 Oct 2019

Klipheuwel Wind Farm

Wind power is far more than just energy

17 Oct 2019

Green roofs improve the urban environment - so why don't all buildings have them?

Green roofs improve the urban environment - so why don't all buildings have them?

Michael Hardman and Nick Davies 7 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Circular cities of the world: What can green infrastructure do?

Daniel Johnson 19 Sep 2019

New technologies can be a force for good in Africa if they're developed from the ground

New technologies can be a force for good in Africa if they're developed from the ground

Roland Benedikter 30 Aug 2019

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

3 steps towards 'glass boxing' your company with a Biz Press Office

Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019