Amsons Group’s takeover of Bamburi Cement approved

[ad_1] Kenya: Amsons Group, a Tanzanian business conglomerate with interests in power, construction, cement and concrete, has received regulatory approval from Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa’s (Comesa) Competition Commission for its proposed acquisition of up to 100% of Bamburi Cement. The commission confirmed that the proposed acquisition falls within its ambit and does not pose a competition risk …

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Kisumu-based Zone01 to train hundreds of Kenyan coders with $80k grant

[ad_1] Youth coding accelerator Zone01, owned by the Kisumu-based LakeHub, is planning on training hundreds of young Kenyans to code, and place them in jobs, via a KES10 million (US$80,000) grant from KIEP-SKIES. Founded last year, Zone01 Kisumu trains and provides jobs in tech to at least 100 youths in Kisumu County every year. It does this by offering a …

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Australian Construction Workers Are Fighting Back

[ad_1] Three months ago, Australia’s Labor government rushed extraordinary legislation through Parliament to force one of the nation’s largest trade unions, the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), into administration. The state seized our union’s finances, sacked our democratically elected leadership, and disenfranchised tens of thousands of unionized workers across the country. As the national president of the construction …

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Findings show potential for cryopreservation and food engineering

[ad_1] Mechanism of the reversal of the ice front deflection. Credit: Physical Review Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.214002 When water freezes slowly, the location where water turns into ice—known as the freezing front—forms a straight line. Researchers from the University of Twente showed how droplets that interact with such a freezing front cause surprising deformations of this front. These new insights …

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Award of Merit, Health Care: Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Radiation Oncology and Imaging Center

[ad_1] Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Radiation Oncology and Imaging Center Bellflower, Calif. Award of Merit Submitted by: Turner Construction Co. Owner: Kaiser Permanente Lead Design Firm: The S/L/A/M Collaborative General Contractor: Turner Construction Co. Civil Engineer: Brandow & Johnston Structural Engineer: IMEG Corp. Mechanical/Plumbing: tk1sc (Member of WSP) Electrical: …

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