Hans Paulsen, managing director of Zamtel, Zambia’s only total communications solutions provider, talks to Jayne Alverca about the restructuring programme that is creating the foundation for a brighter future.

Polaris International Industrial Parks looks set to become an historic project that will cement economic relations between Turkey and Egypt. Osman Arikan, general manager, and Elif Gurpinar, corporate communications director, talk to Jayne Alverca.

Iceland has little in the way of natural resources with the exception of clean energy, which it is putting to good use to boost the economy, as Alan Swaby discovers.

In a fascinating insight into the flow of discarded garments from the West into the free ports of western India, and their subsequent return in different guises to Europe and the US, executive director Nohar Nath explains to John O’Hanlon how Kishco Group manages the complex net of supply, processing and demand.

Gianni Porta, operations directorfor Sub-Saharan Africa at civil engineering construction firm Impregilo S.p.a., talks to Jane Bordenave about the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme.

Steve Timms, managing director of HGS Ghana Ltd, talks to Jayne Alverca about what it means to protect and enhance mining and industrial assets.

2010 was South Africa’s year of pride: it was never going to be easy to get back to business as usual following the World Cup but building world class infrastructure is still a work in progress for Goba, the country’s leading consulting engineering firm.

The Gladstone area of Central Queensland has a long history as an industrial area—but with so much activity, by the mid-1980s there was a shortfall of appropriate labour skills. Kerry Whitaker, CEO of Gladstone Area Group Apprentices Ltd, explains to Andrew Pelis how her organisation has helped to fill that gap.

Maintaining growth at a manageable rate is hard enough, without the added complications of red tape when that growth is cross-border. Wayne Hartmann gives Andrew Pelis an insight into the strategy behind an ambitious international expansion programme.

Construction work across the Middle East has created a wealth of opportunity for consultancy firms that can deliver diversity in engineering. Ashraf Khalil, vice president and head of the Business Development Division at ECG Engineering Consultants Group, tells Andrew Pelis how the company has grown across a changing landscape for the past 41 years.