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high unemployment - South Africa

PPC profit slumps 38%: The labour-intensive building industry is critical to Africa's biggest economy, which is struggling with a high unemployment rate Johannesburg - Pretoria Portland Cement [JSE:PPC] reported a 38% drop in first-half earnings on Tuesday, hit by continued weakness in the country's construction industry. PPC, South Africa's biggest cement producer, said headline earnings per share fell to 71.3c in the six months to end-March, compared with 114.3c a year earlier. Headline EPS, the main measure of profit in South Africa, excludes certain one-time items. South Africa's construction industry, which was shielded from the worst of the global economic crisis because of big World Cup projects, is struggling to bounce back as the government and private sector tighten purse strings. The labour-intensive building industry is critical to Africa's biggest economy, which is struggling with a high unemployment rate. Keywords - Africa struggling with a...
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Create job creators, not seekers

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Create job creators, not seekers: Kalam Create job creators, not seekers: BS Reporter / Chennai/ Hyderabad December 17, 2010, 0:34 IST Former president APJ Abdul Kalam has called for new ways to harness rural entrepreneurship and for reorienting the education system to address the twin issues of skills gap and employment. “Create job creators rather than job seekers,” he said presenting cases of innovative applications originating in rural areas of Assam and Kerala. “ Grassroots innovators come up with creative solutions out of experience or necessity (An example moladi ).These need to be integrated with appropriate technology to make them marketable and competitive,” he said. #Back2Basics Kalam was speaking at the inaugural of an international conference on skill development in the context of a technology-driven society. The two-day conference is organised jointly by the Rural Educational and Economic Development Society (Reeds) and the Ministry of Labour and Employmen...
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Housing construction costs in Yemen: Affordability & Purchasing Power - Middle East News

Housing construction costs in Yemen: Affordability & Purchasing Power - Middle East News : The substantial problem of a housing shortage is becoming an enduring feature in Yemen. All the same, the response to housing needs was hasty. Construction projects were executed using inappropriate and costly construction and design practices resulting in low-quality housing, causing further escalation in construction and housing costs to prices beyond the financial reach of the majority of the population in Yemen. A report by Dr. Basel Sultan.Improving the construction and housing sector is essential for several reasons. First for economic reasons, the performance of the construction & housing sector has a considerable influence on the overall economy where it contributes seven to 15 percent of the Gross National Product (GNP). Secondly, for social reasons, because housing is a basic human need. Third, for environmental reasons in order to reduce the consumption of resources, especially...
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What is the cost to 3D print a house?

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What is the cost to 3D print a house? What is the cost to 3D print a house or rather the "walls" of a house? What is the cost to 3D print the walls of a house? Whenever there is a post regarding 3D printing of homes, we are tagged by friends and colleagues to respond to the advantages of moladi vs 3D Printing. We therefore want to make it quite clear that this post is published purely to summarise our take on the topic and to have the ability to reference these questions and statements without having to repeat what we see as inherent issues associated with the 3D printing process of houses. All of the numbers used for 3D printing cost purposes are assumed, as these cost are not readily available for the purpose of this cost example. We would invite any 3D printing entity to help with the actual numbers to take any guesswork out of the cost estimation. First 3D printing post in 2017:  3D Printing a house or is it in reality - 3D Printing Walls?    - Link The de...
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Moladi reduces high costs of conventional building techniques through new technology

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Moladi reduces high costs of conventional building techniques through new technology Moladi reduces high costs of conventional building techniques through new technology New moladi construction technology Africa is a rapidly urbanising continent, which according to the UN Habitat, is increasing at a rate of 230,000 people who are moving into cities across Africa each week. Currently, sub-Saharan Africa alone has an estimated housing deficit of 30 million units and every year, the backlog of houses across Africa’s 54 countries collectively increases by 4 million houses. With the population of the African continent expected to reach a staggering 2 billion people by 2050, almost twice the population number estimated in 2010, it is a stark reality that every year, there will be more and more people needing homes, over and above the current demand.  reduce cost of housing construction Although the extensive and many complex difficulties, relating to the delivery of a...
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