(IN BRIEF) Novo Nordisk has launched the Childhood Obesity Prevention Initiative, aimed at combating rising obesity rates among children in underserved urban communities across six cities worldwide. Backed by an investment of over 250 million Danish kroner and a coalition … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Environment, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged Brazil, CANADA, France, Global Childhood Obesity Initiative, Healthier Urban Communities, Japan, Katrine DiBona, Novo Nordisk, partnership, South Africa, Spain, sustainability, wellbeing
(IN BRIEF) Standard Chartered has officially launched its Sustainable Finance variants of Borrowing Base Trade Loans (BBTL), enhancing its suite of Sustainable Trade Finance solutions to support the decarbonization of the commodities sector. This innovative financing option will be accessible … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, International Trade, Investment, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Borrowing Base Trade Loans (BBTL), Finance Options, Hong Kong, partnership, Singapore, Sofia Hammoucha, South Africa, Standard Chartered, sustainability, the UK, UAE, United States
(IN BRIEF) UEA will host an art exhibition from 30 September to 18 October, showcasing works by South African artist Norman Kaplan, who used his art to protest apartheid. The exhibition, featuring Kaplan’s linocuts and cartoons, will mark the 30th … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Business, Education, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Media, News, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Apartheid, art exhibition, Caroline Kamana, Dr. Nicholas Grant, Norman Kaplan, South Africa, UEA
(IN BRIEF) African Clean Energy Developments (ACED) has placed a 144 MW order with Vestas for the Khangela Emoyeni wind farm in Western Cape, South Africa. This order includes 32 V163-4.5 MW wind turbines and a 10-year service agreement. It … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News
Tagged African Clean Energy Developments (ACED), Khangela Emoyeni Wind Farm, Novani Ganess-Johnson, partnership, Sam Cook, South Africa, sustainability, Vestas, wind turbine
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall is acquiring a majority stake in Resonant Holdings (Pty) Ltd, a South African specialist in plant engineering for chemical applications, by securing 51% ownership in a new joint venture, Rheinmetall Resonant South Africa. This move aims to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Defence, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged acquisition, partnership, Resonant Holdings, Rheinmetall, South Africa
(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies is withdrawing from South Africa’s offshore Block 11B/12B and Block 5/6/7 due to economic viability challenges, following the exit of partner CNRI. Despite significant gas discoveries in Block 11B/12B, the company decided it is not feasible to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News
Tagged Offshore Blocks, partnership, South Africa, TotalEnergies, Withdrawal
(IN BRIEF) Kumba Iron Ore Limited, a subsidiary of Anglo American plc, has announced that its Sishen and Kolomela mines in South Africa have attained the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance’s (IRMA) IRMA 75 level of performance. This achievement underscores … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Aimee Boulanger, Anglo American, Awards, IRMA 75 Performance Level, Kolomela, Kumba Iron Ore, mining, Mpumi Zikalala, Sishen, South Africa, sustainability, Themba Mkhwanazi
(IN BRIEF) ASSA ABLOY, a global security solutions provider, is set to acquire Amecor (Pty) Ltd, a South African manufacturer specializing in security communication equipment. The acquisition aims to strengthen ASSA ABLOY’s presence in the South African security market and … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) TotalEnergies has revealed its strategy to divest non-core assets by signing an agreement to sell its 36.36% minority stake in the National Petroleum Refiners of South Africa (Natref) to the Prax Group. The Natref refinery, situated in Sasolburg, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News
Tagged divest, Jean-Pierre Sbraire, Minority Stake, Natref Refinery, partnership, Prax Group, South Africa, sustainability, TotalEnergies
(IN BRIEF) Vodacom and Eskom have signed a pioneering Virtual Wheeling agreement in South Africa to address the country’s energy crisis. Load shedding, planned power cuts by Eskom due to high demand, has disrupted daily life and telecom services. Vodacom … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Prof Maren Duvendack, a Professor of Evaluation in Economics at the University of East Anglia (UEA), is embarking on an 8,000 km sailing journey from South Africa to Australia as part of the Clipper Round the World race. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Industrial, Management, Media, News, Non Profit, United Kingdom
Tagged Australia, charity, Clipper Round the World race, fundraising, Prof Maren Duvendack, South Africa, UEA, UNICEF
(IN BRIEF) Global visualization technology leader Barco has forged a strategic partnership with DWR Distribution, a respected distributor in South Africa’s audiovisual and entertainment sectors. This collaboration designates DWR Distribution as an official agent for Barco’s innovative solutions within the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Entertainment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Media, News, Technology
Tagged Abdulghani Hejazi, audiovisual Market, Barco, DWR Distribution, partnership, Robert Izzett, South Africa, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) MAN Truck & Bus has achieved a significant milestone in urban transit with the handover of the first all-electric complete bus in Cape Town. Unlike its usual practice of offering chassis globally and assembling complete buses locally, MAN … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alexander Vlaskamp, Barbaros Oktay, Cape Town, electric bus, emission-free, Jan Aichinger, Lion's Chassis E, MAN Truck & Bus, partnership, South Africa, sustainability, Urban Transit
(IN BRIEF) BevZero, a major player in the non-alcoholic beverage industry, is set to launch an advanced mobile flash pasteurization unit at its South African facility in Q4 2023. The unit, a TMCI PADOVAN, will enhance the safety and longevity … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Food & Beverage, Industrial, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged BevZero, Flash Pasteurization, Gustav Fouche, Jerome Eckert-Nathan, Micro stability, mobile flash pasteurization unit, non-alcoholic beverage, non-alcoholic beverages, pasteurization unit, Renee Timmons, South Africa, TMCI PADOVAN
(IN BRIEF) Vodacom has introduced eSIM support for all smartphone plans, enabling customers in South Africa to benefit from the convenience and flexibility of eSIM technology. With eSIMs, users can easily connect to the Vodacom network and have multiple eSIMs … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged connectivity, Davide Tacchino, eco-friendly, eSIM, Rishaad Tayob, South Africa, sustainability, Vodacom, Vodafone Group
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has been awarded a contract by Mpact Operations to upgrade the pulping line at the Mkhondo Paper Mill in South Africa. The upgrade will increase the line’s capacity and improve product strength to meet the demand for … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Andritz, Brian Smith, Mkhondo Paper Mill, Mpact Operations, Mpumalanga, pulping line, South Africa
(IN BRIEF) Rheinmetall has begun constructing a solar park at its site in Somerset West, South Africa. The solar park, fully funded by Rheinmetall, is expected to be operational by year-end. The initiative aims to reduce the company’s environmental impact … Read the full press release
Posted in Defence, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Technology
Tagged AC electricity, Alan Winde, Armin Papperger, Denel, Genergy, Green Energy, Jan-Patrick Helmsen, RDM, Rheinmetall, Rheinmetall Denel Munition, Rheinmetall Waffe und Munition GmbH, solar park, Somerset West, South Africa, Terrence Billson
(IN BRIEF) JUWI Renewable Energies Pty. Ltd., a leading global solar, wind and hybrid project developer, has announced that the 84 MW Wolf Wind Project in South Africa’s Eastern Cape has reached financial close and construction has started. The project … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) DÜSSELDORF, 3-Aug-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Rheinmetall AG (ETR: RHM), a German integrated technology group active in the automotive and defence industries, has announced a new contract for the delivery of 155mm ammunition from its Assegai product line for … Read the full press release
(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) DÜSSELDORF, 3-Aug-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Rheinmetall AG (ETR : RHM), un groupe technologique intégré allemand actif dans les secteurs de l’automobile et de la défense, a annoncé un nouveau contrat pour la livraison de munitions de 155 mm … Read the full press release
Full-service logistics provider to Africa Expansion reflects Africa’s growing importance in world trade Regional control tower serves as a single point of contact to an integrated network across the continent (PRESS RELEASE) DUBAI, UAE, 5-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Kuehne+Nagel (SWX: … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Management, News, Switzerland, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Africa, cargo flow, Durban, Healthcare, Johannesburg, Kuehne+Nagel, Lee I’Ons, logistics, offices, perishables, pharma, shipment, South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, supply chain
(PRESS RELEASE) LUND, 31-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, announces that it has won another contract for the supply of a complete processing line to a vegetable oil plant … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) ROME/ JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 22-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — The Enel Group’s South African renewable energy subsidiary Enel Green Power RSA (EGP RSA) announces that its 140 MW Nxuba wind farm in the Eastern Cape province has successfully reached … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy, News, Technology
Tagged Adams, Blue Crane Route, Cookhouse, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape province, EGP RSA, electricity grid, Enel Green Power, Enel Green Power RSA, energy transition, Eskom, Garob, Gibson Bay, Green Energy, investment, Karoo Hoogland, Karusa, Lesotho, Limpopo, Nojoli, Northern Cape, Nxuba wind farm, Oyster Bay, Paleishuewel, Pulida, Raymond Mhlaba, REIPPPP, renewable energy, renewable Independent Power Producer, renewable power plants, Salvatore Bernabei, Soetwater, solar plants, Somerset East, South Africa, The Enel Group, Tom Burke, Upington, Western Cape, wind farm
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 30-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Rio Tinto started the process of resuming operations at Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) in South Africa. Following discussions led by the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Sihle Zikalala, with all stakeholders about securing stability to … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 24-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Anglo American plc appoints Nolitha Fakude as Chairman of Anglo American’s Management Board in South Africa, effective 1 September 2019. In order to take up this new executive role, Ms Fakude will step … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Investment, Metals and Minerals, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Anglo American, appointment, Mark Cutifani, metals, minerals, mining, Nolitha Fakude, South Africa, Themba Mkhwanazi
University of Pretoria Prof. Mike Sathekge is First in South Africa to Treat Non-Melanocytic Skin Cancer Patients with Rhenium-SCT® Garching n. Munich, Germany, 26-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — OncoBeta® GmbH, a commercial stage Medical Device Company specialized in innovative epidermal radioisotope … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Technology
Tagged affordable skin cancer therapy, basal cell carcinoma, Basal Cell Carcinomas, Cancer, carcinomas, epidermal radioisotope therapies, epidermal radioisotope therapy, Garching n. Munich, Martin Magwaza, NMSC, non-invasive, Non-Melanocytic Skin Cancer, non-melanoma skin cancers, nuclear medicine, OncoBeta® GmbH, painless, painless non-invasive skin cancer treatment, painless skin cancer treatment, physician, Prof Mike Sathekge, radioisotope, radioisotope Rhenium-188, radionuclide therapy technology, Rehnium, Rehnium-SCT, Rhenium-188, Rhenium-SCT, Shannon D. Brown III, single-session, skin cancer, South Africa, Squamous cell Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Carcinomas, Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Steve Biko Academic Hospital Nuclear Medical, Tautomer (PTY) LTD, University of Pretoria
PARIS, 14-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Orange Digital Ventures Africa – the Orange Group’s venture capital investment fund for Africa – has made a second investment in one of the continent’s most promising fintech companies, the South African Yoco. Yoco is a … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Investment, Technology, Telecom
Tagged investment, Marc Rennard, merchants, mPOS, Orange Digital Ventures Africa, Payments, South Africa, Yoco
LONDON, 09-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Anglo American plc (“Anglo American”) announces completion of the sale, by its 73%-held subsidiary Anglo American Inyosi Coal (Proprietary) Limited, of the New Largo thermal coal project and Old New Largo closed colliery in South Africa … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, United Kingdom
Tagged Anglo American plc, closed colliery, coal, mining, New Largo, Norman Mbazima, South Africa, thermal coal
The Netherlands and South Africa have set up a data science partnership to establish national and regional data centres in order to tackle one of the most significant challenges presented by the SKA telescope: how to manage, process, and make … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Netherlands, Science, Technology
Tagged SKA telescope, South Africa, Square Kilometre Array, the Netherlands
NAGRA’s ENABLE cardless content protection solutions will secure the South African service provider’s newest set-top box deployments Solution will leverage the NAGRA CAS Cloud hosting service providing a comprehensive set of features and associated services NAGRA’s technology will be integrated … Read the full press release
Posted in Media, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged cardless content protection, NAGRA, OpenView HD platform, Patrick Conroy, Platco Digital, South Africa, Thierry Legrand
Broad-spectrum nematicide portfolio based on chemicals and biologicals / New products and formulations to combat nematode infestations Monheim, Germany, 16-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Bayer CropScience plans to further invest in innovative nematode control tools to help farmers combat these destructive plant parasites … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Chemicals, Germany, Science, Technology
Tagged 6th International Congress of Nematology in Cape Town, Bayer CropScience, BioAct™ (Paecilomyces lilacinus Strain 251) and Velum™ / Verango™, combat destructive plant parasites, Hartwig Dauck, innovative nematode control tools, Nematodes, South Africa, VOTiVO™ (Bacillus firmus)
04-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Improving confidence in the global economy, making decisive progress on the way to sustainable and inclusive global growth, countering protectionism and stepping up the fight against tax avoidance and evasion worldwide: these should be amongst the main results … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, European Union, Government, Politics, Russia
Tagged anti-corruption, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, CANADA, CHINA, Climate, development, Dirk Volckaerts, Employment, ENERGY, EU, fight against tax avoidance, France, G20, G20 leaders, G20 Summit, Germany, Herman Van Rompuy, INDIA, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jens Mester, José Manuel Barroso, Koen Doens, Mexico, Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, protectionism, Republic of Korea, RUSSIA, Saint Petersburg, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States
30-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The world’s largest avocado – an incredible five times the size of the standard variety – is going on sale across Britain. Called the Avozilla, just one of these fleshy fruit is big enough to make a healthy … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged avocados, Avozilla, Crème Fraîche Pasta, fruit, Guacamole, South Africa, Tesco, Tesco supermarkets
02-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Over the next years, 90% of world demand will be generated outside the EU. That is why it is a key priority for the EU to open up more market opportunities for European business by negotiating new … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, European Union, Government, International Trade, Investment, Law
Tagged African, Agreement on investment protection with China, Armenia, ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, bilateral trade and investment agreements, Caribbean and Pacific countries, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cotonou Agreement, Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, El Salvador and Guatemala, EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, forthcoming EU Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade Agreements, GEORGIA, Gulf Cooperation Council, Honduras, INDIA, Karel De Gucht, Mercosur, Mexico, MOLDOVA, Nicaragua, on-going EU Free Trade Agreements, Panama, PERU, South Africa, South Korea, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The largest power plant running exclusively on gas engines on the African continent, and the first of its kind ever in the Republic of South Africa, is to be inaugurated today. The complete turnkey project package at … Read the full press release
The importance of microcredits in reducing poverty among women in developing countries has been exaggerated Helsinki, 20-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — “Microcredits should not be marketed as a panacea for development. They are connected to other livelihood strategies targeting women, plus they cannot … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Financial, Finland, Investment, Society
Tagged Africa, developing countries, group credits, Helsinki, Johanna Hietalahti, joint liability, Limpopo, Microcredits, microfinance, poverty, South Africa
Zurich, Switzerland, 7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $25 million to supply electrical and control systems for a new 75 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) power plant in the Northern … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Infrastructure & Utilities, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB, Africa, automation system, Brice Koch, carbon dioxide emissions, carbon footprint, clean solar power, electrical system, energy mix, Kalahari Desert, Kathu, Kathu PV power plant, national grid, Northern Cape, open-pit iron ore mines, photovoltaic solar plants, power plants, PV power plant, renewable energy, renewable energy developer, single-axis PV power plants, Sishen, South Africa, WBHO, Zurich
Johannesburg, 18-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ROSATOM is among more than 200 exhibitors that are participating in Africa’s largest power and energy show. The exhibition which is known as the “Power and Electricity World Africa 2013” is an annual event which brings … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Marketing, Russia, Technology
Tagged Africa, Alexander Kirillov, CHINA, clean power technology, energy companies, exhibition, France, Germany, INDIA, Israel, Italy, Johannesburg, Kim Frankental, Nigeria, nuclear generation, Power and Electricity World Africa 2013, power and energy, power and energy exhibition, renewable energy, RUSSIA, solar power, South Africa, thermal generation, trends, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe
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