Nando’s chicken shortage: how the pandemic has made supply and demand tougher to predict: Shutterstock/easyknotcoco Peri-peri chicken fans were disappointed and frustrated when Nando’s announced the temporary closure of nearly 50 restaurants. A chicken shortage has been blamed, and while reactions to the closures were satirised on social media, the problem is a serious challenge …
South Africa in the news: JinkoSolar’s subsidiary Signs Long-term Supply Agreement with Wacker for over 70,000 Metric Tons of Polysilicon: Wacker Chemie AG (“Wacker”). According to the agreement, Wacker will supply over 70,000 tons of polysilicon to Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. from September 2021 to December 2026.The purchase price will be …: “South Africa” – …
South Africa in the news: Kellogg Says Pandemic-Era Supply Chain Upheaval Is Persisting: Kellogg is among a group of packaged-food companies that has seen demand swell during the pandemic as consumers stay home and eat there more frequently instead of dining out. While the boom has …: “South Africa” – BingNews Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine project …
The vulnerable points in South Africa’s fuel supply chain: Protestors burnt trucks on the main road between the city port Durban in KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa's industrial heartland. Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images The civil unrest besetting South Africa raises questions about the security of fuel supplies. What are the risks down …
Open source sustainable cities, AI on Arduino, supply chain security, and more: Open source made it into a lot of news headlines last month. Read on to learn about some of the major advances. Stanford unveils open source sustainable cities software 80% of Americans live in cities, and 70% of the world’s population is expected …
South Africa in the news: Copper supply should rise by 1Mt/y by 2050 – Glencore CEO: Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg said on Tuesday that a supply gap was growing in the metals necessary for the world to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy, but he stopped short of predicting a …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
Ghana’s electricity supply mix has improved, but reliability and cost is still a challenge: Ghana produces excess electricity but its mangement is inefficient Wikimedia Commons Ghana has made significant progress over the past 10 years in increasing electricity generation and access. This has supported higher levels of economic growth. However, beneath these improvements lies inefficiencies, …
South Africa in the news: The rise of the prosumer: The case for blockchain technology in South Africa’s electricity supply: Prosumers – producers and consumers – of electricity reflect a shift from passive consumers of centralised, large-scale generated electricity to active players in the energy market. Prosumers invest …: “South Africa” – BingNews Producer Price …
South Africa in the news: Beef supply on red alert: MEAT eaters may have to make peace with beef substitutes as the amount of locally slaughtered cattle is dwindling.: “South Africa” – BingNews Stefanutti’s full-year loss narrows to R111m: Construction company Stefanutti Stocks has posted an operating loss of R111-million for the financial year ended …
South Africa in the news: Eskom wage talks could threaten electricity supply and knock economy: Eskom has warned that electricity supply could be affected if wage talks reached a deadlock as workers’ unions demand up to 15 percent in salary increase, a threat that would knock the struggling …: “South Africa” – BingNews A very …
South Africa in the news: Could waiving patents increase the global supply of COVID-19 vaccines?: Advocates for waiving say letting countries make generic vaccines would help. Skeptics say it’s not that simple.: “South Africa” – BingNews New Curro tech school changes education in South Africa: Curro showed it is possible to build a technologically advanced …
Pandemic underscores flaws in Nigeria’s farming and food supply chains: A tomato vendor attends to buyer at a makeshift food market established to cushion the effect of COVID lockdown in Lagos. Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images During the lockdown in Lagos, Nigeria, I joined a humanitarian team to distribute food to poor …
South Africa in the news: China energy supply faces ‘no problems’ despite Australian coal ban, Myanmar conflict: China’s coal imports fell in the first two months of the year from the same period in 2020, but authorities say they are confident the country’s energy needs are safe.: “South Africa” – BingNews CoinShares Announces Interim Financial …
New software service for the supply chain, fuzzing Java, and more: As part of my role as a principal communication strategist at an enterprise software company with an open source development model, I publish a regular update about open source community, market, and industry trends. Here are some of my and their favorite articles from …
AstraZeneca vaccine: how to fix supply issues: Roland Magnusson/Shutterstock If you thought that vaccine hesitancy was the biggest challenge of the pandemic, think again. A new challenge is approaching: supply chain hesitancy. The potential for interruption along vaccine supply lines may lead to pauses in vaccination rollouts that will affect millions of people. In the …
COVID vaccine weekly: AstraZeneca is safe and effective, but facing supply issues: The European Medicines Agency has said that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective, and not associated with an increased overall risk of developing blood clots. The regulator conducted a review of the vaccine after a small number of people developed blood clots …
South Africa in the news: Washington expecting larger increase of vaccine supply in April; officials worry about variants: Washington officials are expecting the state’s vaccine supply to increase significantly in April, further speeding up the rollout as thousands more people become eligible. In April, officials are …: “South Africa” – BingNews Investing in Africa: Why …
South Africa in the news: BioNTech Sees Potential to Supply 3 Billion Doses in 2022: BioNTech SE could have capacity to make 3 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine with U.S. partner Pfizer Inc. next year, the German company’s chief executive officer said, making their pioneering shot far …: “South Africa” – BingNews Trial and error: …