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Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell

Rebecca Campbell is Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.

By Rebecca Campbell

Global nuclear energy summit announced for early next year

4th December 2023

The intergovernmental International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo have... 


Airlink has upgraded its Johannesburg – Richards Bay service

4th December 2023

South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has announced that it has significantly upgraded its service on its Johannesburg-Richards Bay route, with effect from Monday. Previously operated... 


Wesgro CEO and CTAA official spokesperson Wrenelle Stander

Campaign launched to promote tourism to George, the Garden Route and Klein Karoo

4th December 2023

Inter-agency and public private partnership Cape Town and Western Cape air connectivity initiative Cape Town Air Access (CTAA) has announced it is partnering with Cape Town-based and leading... 


A passenger carrying a bag next to a carousel with luggage

ACSA urges airline passengers to adhere to hand baggage regulations

1st December 2023

With the high-demand Christmas season about to start, the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has called on airline passengers to adhere to the regulations regarding hand baggage (the bags that... 


Chinese communications company considering assembly operations in South Africa

1st December 2023

China-based mission-critical communications hardware and software company Hytera Communications is in early-stage discussions to hopefully start basic assembly operations in South Africa. Based in... 


An aircraft engine used to test SAF

Rolls-Royce says all its commercial aero engines can run on 100% green fuels

1st December 2023

UK-based global major propulsion and power systems group Rolls-Royce announced on Monday that it has successfully tested every one of its current production commercial (including business) aircraft... 


Sierra Leone to get its first wind farm next year

30th November 2023

UK-based renewable energy group Octopus Energy has announced that it has entered a partnership to develop the first ever wind farm in the West African country of Sierra Leone. Its partner in the... 


An Embraer E195-E2 of Porter Airlines

Canadian airline orders another 25 jetliners from Embraer

30th November 2023

Brazil-based major aerospace group Embraer has announced that Canadian carrier Porter Airlines has ordered a further 25 E195-E2 airliners, which will take its fleet of this type to 75. The airline... 


FlyNamibia to link Windhoek with Victoria Falls in joint strategy with Airlink

29th November 2023

Independent Namibian airline FlyNamibia has announced that it is to institute a new route on April 4 next year. This will connect the country’s capital, Windhoek, to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.... 


Packaged meat on sale in a supermarket

South African food inflation is accelerating again

29th November 2023

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation – hereafter to be referred to as food inflation, for short – continued its renewed acceleration in October, the Bureau for Food and... 


Rolls-Royce seeking a 'step change' in its mid-term financial performance

28th November 2023

UK-based global major propulsion and power systems group Rolls-Royce announced on Tuesday, as part of a Capital Markets Day that it is hosting, that it is targeting a major uplift in its... 


Containers on a ship at sea

South Africa seeks re-election to council of global shipping regulator

28th November 2023

The Department of Transport (DoT) has announced that it has launched a campaign to get South Africa re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), for the period... 


IATA director-general Willie Walsh

IATA welcomes aviation decarbonisation conference agreements, but demands States act

27th November 2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has welcomed the outcomes of the intergovernmental International Civil Aviation... 


Necsa Group CEO Loyiso Tyabashe

South Africa has hosted major nuclear energy school for African countries

27th November 2023

The fourth International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nuclear Energy Management (NEM) school for Africa was held in Cape Town, from November 13 to November 24, the South African Nuclear Energy... 


A model of one of the 3U VDES nanosatellites being developed by ASIC

Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s fourth CubeSat project well on track

24th November 2023

The Africa Space Innovation Centre (ASIC) of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) is currently busy with its fourth nanosatellite programme, ASIC Chief Engineer Nyameko Royi tells... 


SCS Space CEO Dr Sias Mostert

Satellite constellation project to support African farmers highlighted

24th November 2023

South African space infrastructure company SCS Space, based in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, is highlighting its SCS-Agrisense project at the 2023 Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Week and... 


GMES Africa initiative stimulating use of satellite data on the continent

24th November 2023

Intergovernmental organisation the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Africa is attending the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Week and Ministerial Summit 2023 (being held at... 


UK researchers adapt astrophysics technology to look for icebergs

23rd November 2023

Lancaster University in the UK has successfully adapted artificial intelligence (AI) technology, developed to hunt for and characterise galaxy clusters deep in space, to detect and track icebergs... 


One of Spaceflux’s space domain awareness telescope sensors

UK company wins major satellite and space debris monitoring contracts

23rd November 2023

UK space domain awareness (SDA) services company Spaceflux (founded in 2022) has won two important contracts from Britain’s military and civilian space organisations, UK Space Command and the UK... 


Kenya Airways has resumed services to Bangkok

22nd November 2023

Kenya Airways (KQ), the national flag carrier of the East African country, has announced that it has resumed flights from its hub in Nairobi to Bangkok, in Thailand. This service will be operated... 


Winners of the 2023 Irish Tech Challenge South Africa announced

22nd November 2023

South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) and the Embassy of the Republic of Ireland have jointly announced that five South African growth-stage technology startup companies, out of... 


Photo of an aeroplane

Africa has huge potential for the production of sustainable aviation fuels

22nd November 2023

In the drive to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions aviation by 2050, Africa potentially has a great advantage, International Air Transport Association (IATA) regional VP Africa and the... 


Aviation safety in Africa is improving, but airline industry seeks to always get better

21st November 2023

African airlines need to become more active in the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA’s) regional safety and flight operations groups (which are action oriented), IATA regional VP... 


IATA regional VP Africa and the Middle East Kamil Al-Awadhi

African airlines still face government-imposed financial pressures that exceed global norms

21st November 2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the global representative body for the airline industry, has again highlighted the problem of high commercial aviation costs in Africa... 


Global packaging industry is dynamic, says new head of representative body

20th November 2023

Incoming World Packaging Organisation (WPO) President Luciana Pellegrino has highlighted the dynamism of the global packaging industry. Speaking in Cape Town on Monday, she pointed out that it had... 


Global packaging sector facing five major trends

20th November 2023

As far as the global packaging industry is concerned, there are currently five top trends, outgoing World Packaging Organisation (WPO) president Pierre Pienaar highlighted, at a press briefing in... 


Chinese communications company considering local assembly in South Africa

15th November 2023

China-based mission-critical communications hardware and software company Hytera Communications is in early-stage discussions to hopefully start basic assembly operations in South Africa. Based in... 


Artistic impression of an A350 in Egyptair livery

Egyptair has ordered next-generation Airbus airliners

14th November 2023

Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus announced on Tuesday that Egypt’s national flag carrier, Egyptair, had ordered ten next-generation A350-900 widebody airliners. Next-generation... 


An aircraft engine used to test SAF

Rolls-Royce has announced that all its commercial aero engines can run on 100% green fuels

13th November 2023

UK-based global major propulsion and power systems group Rolls-Royce announced on Monday that it has successfully tested every one of its current production commercial (including business) aircraft... 


Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury

Airbus reports strong demand for its airliners during the first three quarters of this year

10th November 2023

Europe-based global major aerospace and defence group Airbus has released its results for the first nine months of this year (9M23). Consolidated group revenues, at €42.56-billion, were up 12%,... 


An aeroplane taking off

IATA has reported that air passenger traffic growth continued to be strong

10th November 2023

In September, global air passenger demand continued to recover strongly from the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. IATA is the global... 


Kenya Airways has achieved IATA ground handling services accreditation

9th November 2023

Kenya Airways, the East African country’s national flag carrier, announced on Thursday that it, and its Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (Nairobi) hub, have been accredited by the IATA Safety... 


Global air cargo demand continued its recovery during September

9th November 2023

Global air cargo demand in September continued its recovery, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported. (IATA is the global representative body for the airline industry.) In... 


A model of one of the 3U VDES nanosatellites being developed by ASIC

Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s 4th CubeSat project well on track

8th November 2023

The Africa Space Innovation Centre (ASIC) of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) is currently busy with its fourth nanosatellite programme, ASIC Chief Engineer Nyameko Royi tells... 


GMES Africa initiative stimulating the use of satellite data in Africa

8th November 2023

Intergovernmental organisation the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Africa is attending the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Week and Ministerial Summit 2023 (being held at... 


Satellite-based maritime monitoring system for South Africa being developed by company

7th November 2023

South African space infrastructure company SCS Space is mobilising the country’s space engineering supply chain to build a satellite-based service to monitor South Africa’s maritime domain, company... 


SCS Space CEO Dr Sias Mostert

South African company highlighting satellite constellation project to support African farmers

7th November 2023

South African space infrastructure company SCS Space, based in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, is highlighting its SCS-Agrisense project at the 2023 Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Week and... 


NNR CEO Ditebogo Kgomo and NRF acting deputy CEO: National Research Infrastructure Platforms Dr Angus Paterson

South Africa’s research funding and nuclear regulatory agencies sign partnership agreement

6th November 2023

The National Research Foundation (NRF) and the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) announced on Monday that the NRF has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the NNR’s Centre for Excellence... 


The NRF highlights the work of the OR Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative

3rd November 2023

The National Research Foundation has put the spotlight on the successful meeting, this past week, of the 2023 OR Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative (ORTARChI) annual gathering. The NRF is... 


NRF highlights success of meeting of African Covid research partnership initiative

3rd November 2023

South Africa’s national research funding, research facilities and human resources development agency, the National Research Foundation (NRF), highlighted on Friday the success of the meeting this... 


Nickel sulphate

Africa aims to use global demand for critical minerals as a basis for development

3rd November 2023

African countries were determined to use the opportunity provided by the world’s need for the metals and minerals essential for the clean energy systems of the future to develop their economies... 


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