Africa

Mines and quarries across Africa are pushing to maximise output from existing infrastructure while keeping capital expenditure under tight control – and Sandvik Rock Processing’s Reborn programme... 

As Africa's mining industry moves deeper, targets increasingly complex ore bodies and responds to rising global demand for critical minerals, the role of specialist underground mining contractors... 

With the global race for critical minerals entering a new phase, the next opportunity will be turning resources into processing, manufacturing and long-term growth. In addition to critical mineral... 

By: Daniel Wilmot -  Partner at Stewarts specialising in international commercial and investor-state arbitration As critical minerals become geopolitically strategic, resulting disputes become... 

Critical minerals have become critically important because of the development of technology and of global political rivalries in recent years. So pointed out specialist market supply and demand... 

Africa’s next energy breakthrough may not come from building more power stations alone, but from strengthening the electricity networks that connect countries and enable power to flow across... 

The US International ​Development Finance Corp plans to increase direct equity investments, including in Africa and the critical minerals sector, the agency's Africa head said, as the US steps up... 

South Africa needs to build manufacturing capacity in parts of value chains in which its industries can compete sustainably, while leveraging and adapting its existing industrial base to meet... 

For SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa MD Raymond Obermeyer, the company’s 40-year milestone is less about assessing what has been built than what will be required to remain relevant as industrial... 

With the prospect of even more extreme climate change, with the challenges faced in the environmental space worldwide, the importance of a holistic, joined-up, collective understanding of... 

The future of Africa’s railway sector will come under the spotlight in Johannesburg this October as industry leaders gather for the 15th Annual SARA Rail Conference and Exhibition. Taking place... 

Africa’s creator economy is projected to reach nearly US$18 billion by 2030, but turning an audience into a viable business takes planning, financial discipline and reliable delivery. Project... 

For businesses looking to grow, the right connection can lead to a new customer, supplier, investor, partner or market. On 11 November 2026, the Cape Town Manufacturing Summit will bring together... 

Africa’s energy sector is entering a defining period as governments, investors and industry leaders confront one of the continent’s most important economic questions: how can Africa build the... 

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources has announced that the sixth edition of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF), a global platform for shaping the future of minerals, will be held... 

Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) have formed a partnership to develop... 

As climate change, urbanisation and geopolitical uncertainty reshape infrastructure priorities around the world, the Middle East is emerging as a global laboratory for resilient engineering. The... 

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) president and CEO Andrew Kirby this year marks a decade in the driver’s seat at the country’s best-selling vehicle brand. (Toyota has, in fact, been South... 

Engineers are increasingly required to specify linear motion systems capable of handling heavier payloads at higher operating speeds, without compromising precision, reliability or service life,...