Feb 28, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
PLANS announced by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba in his recent budget speech are insufficient to address the difficulty many small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) experience in accessing finance. That’s according to Simon Leps, CEO of XPRS Capital Africa who,...
Feb 28, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal
THE R9 billion that the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has put aside for the green fields portion of the N2 Wild Coast Road Project in the Eastern Cape will go a long way towards improving the lives of people in the Mpondoland area of the province....
Feb 28, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Social Development
ESKOM recently signed an agreement with Technology Research Activity Centre South Africa (TRAC SA) to extend the coverage of the Eskom Science Enhancement Initiative support programme, which aims to assist with science, mathematics and technology education in Eastern...
Feb 28, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Water & Effluent Management
MANY business owners in greater Port Elizabeth area fear that the region could soon be facing its own Day Zero water crisis and there is overwhelming support for desalination as a potential solution. These were two of the insights to emerge from the results of a...
Feb 28, 2018 | Business Tech, EC Industrial & Business News
UNITED States-based PayJoy and South African specialist mobile distributor, Allied Mobile, are collaborating to bring affordable smartphone payment plans to markets across Africa. Allied Mobile will use PayJoy Checkout, a paperless finance system for customers without...
Feb 28, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Water & Effluent Management
THE Coega Development Corporation (CDC) this past week received news of a landmark approval of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a 440 ha Land-based Aquaculture Development Zone (ADZ) and Desalination plant in Zone 10 of the Coega Special Economic Zone...
Feb 28, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support
FIFTEEN small businesses drawn from across the Nelson Mandela metro graduated recently from a six-month Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC)/Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMBBC) enterprise development programme. Besides receiving a certificate during the...
Feb 28, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News
LEADING Materials Handling Equipment (MHE) solutions provider, Goscor Lift Truck Company, has launched Crown’s InfoLink in South Africa, a wireless operator and fleet management solution that it says puts up-to-date business metrics right at management’s fingertips....
Feb 28, 2018 | Automotive, Chemical & Allied Industries, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation
AIR Products recently celebrated two significant milestones for its Eastern Cape operations. The company’s Packaged Gas Facility in Deal Party received a Noscar award for maintaining its outstanding safety record for the thirteenth consecutive year. This shortly after...
