Africa
GCCA South Africa Names Cold Chain Advisory Council
July 17 2020 Cold Chain Industry Leaders to Help Strengthen Cold Chain in South Africa Cape Town, South Africa. The Global Cold Chain Alliance’s South Africa regional office has named five cold chain industry leaders to its Advisory Council. Council members help shape GCCA’s regional strategy and prioritize actions to strengthen South Africa’s cold chain industry, forge...
AREA Welcomes a Union of African Associations in AC&R
Air conditioning and Refrigeration European Association (AREA) is delighted to welcome the creation of the Union of Associations of African Actors in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (U-3ARC) consisting of 25 associations from 24 countries. Following in the footsteps of AREA’s experience with continental associations for contractors, and with AREA’s support, the first meeting was hel...
Energy can power Africa’s recovery from pandemic and recessi
29 June 2020 Too often in human history, access to reliable and affordable energy has been a privilege for the few when it should be a basic right for all. This has been especially true in Africa where – despite remarkable progress in recent years – hundreds of millions of people still have no electricity. Now, a global pandemic is further threatening vulnerable populations i...
Distributor Spotlight: BioThermal SA
Jun 30, 2020 BioThermal SA is a proud distributor of Pelican BioThermal products to the South Africa and Africa markets. Established in 2020, BioThermal SA’s main goal is to offer products that...
Africa Ministerial roundtable
June 26, 2020 Background information The Covid-19 pandemic and global economic shocks are testing the resilience of the energy sector in countries across Africa. While the outlook remains uncertain, these shocks are certain to have major and varied implications for the development of the continent’s energy sector. Assessing the nascent impacts across the energy sector can help inform the p...
Daikin: Joint Venture Established for AC Subscription Busine
AC Manufacturer Daikin and Electrical Power Service WASSHA Team Up in Tanzania June 16, 2020 Daikin Industries, Ltd. WASSHA Inc. Daikin Industries, Ltd. and WASSHA Inc. have recently established a...
2.11 AFRICA
Africa’s economy gradually recovered in 2019, and the GDP growth rate accelerated to 3.5 from 2.8% in 2018. The middle class constitutes the majority of the air conditioner consumers. Most of...
Africa and Covid-19: Economic recovery and electricity acces
2 June 2020 Covid-19 is threatening the lives of millions of people and disrupting every sector, including across Africa. In just a few weeks, the virus and measures to contain it have brought many African economies to a standstill, harming lives and livelihoods across the continent. As lockdown measures cut disposable income for electricity and endanger energy suppliers, Africa’s vulnerabl...
AREA welcomes a Union of African Association in Refrigeratio
June 5, 2020 We are delighted to welcome the creation of the Union of Associations of African Actors in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (U-3ARC) consisting of 25 association from 24 countries. Fol...
Maersk delivers Refrigerated Containers to South Africa
Cape Town, April 28, 2020 -- To offset the scarcity of reefer containers in South Africa ahead of this citrus season and to support the nation’s agricultural sector, Maersk, the world’s la...
