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Bureau Veritas and Somali Bureau of Standards Strengthen Partnership to Ensure Product Compliance and Consumer Protection

The ongoing collaboration between Bureau Veritas and local authorities ensures that best practices are implemented

Bureau Veritas (www.BureauVeritas.com), a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has partnered with the Somali Bureau of Standards (SOBS) to strengthen Somalia's quality infrastructure through successful training on the Consignment-Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) system. Global Expertise and Local Collaboration The CBCA program, replicated by several other countries, benefits from…

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Green Building Trends in Africa: Africa’s urbanization provides the opportunity to embrace Green Building (By Julien Fouilliart)

Despite continental issues of poverty, unemployment and rapidly developing informal settlements among other issues, many countries in Africa are embracing green, sustainable building practices

By Julien Fouilliart-Building & Infrastructure Growth Leader Middle East, Caspian and Africa, Bureau Veritas (https://group.BureauVeritas.com)​. Globally, buildings are responsible for a substantial share of energy, electricity, water and materials consumption using between 35-40% of energy demand and contributing 37 per cent of world carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Including the manufacturing of…

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Bureau Veritas Kenya assumes operation and management of Yana Oil Limited Laboratory Facility in Kenya

The company operates a Lube Oil Blending Plant (LOBP) in Nairobi with a total capacity of 20 million litres per year

Bureau Veritas (www.group.BureauVeritas.com/), a world leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) industry, is pleased to announce its agreement to take over the operation and management of Yana Oil Limited lubricating oil laboratory in Nairobi, effective from March 1, 2024. Yana Oil, established in 2020 manufactures lubricants for both automotive and…

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Driving food security with appropriate conformity and compliance standards across Africa and beyond

Supporting agriculture on the continent using state-of-the-art testing methods and new technologies: enabling drones and satellites to map fertility, increase production and optimize fertilizers and pesticides

Bureau Veritas (https://apo-opa.co/47xOR07), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification services and with a large global and African footprint of some 35 countries, proudly shared expertise in support of agricultural productivity and export trade at the Intra-Africa Trade Fair (IATF) in Egypt which ran from on 9th to 15th November.…

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Bureau Veritas AgriFood goes Solar in Cape Town

Bureau Veritas has taken a bold step toward undertaking a solar and back up project that allows it to sustain its business continuity for its Cape Town AgriFood Laboratory

Bureau Veritas (https://group.BureauVeritas.com), a global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, announces that Bureau Veritas’s AgriFood Laboratory in Cape Town has successfully completed a solar power and back up energy project that enables it to operate independently of the national electricity grid of South Africa­­­­­­­­­. Bureau Veritas has taken a…

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Leveraging momentum for Africa’s Infrastructure development and regional integration to build sustainable and inclusive growth on the continent

The economy needs reliable infrastructure to connect supply chains and efficiently move goods and services across borders

Overview Infrastructure development is an essential driver for progress on the African continent and has the potential to be an enabler of sustainable and inclusive economic growth. The economy needs reliable infrastructure to connect supply chains and efficiently move goods and services across borders. The recent multifaceted crises, including climate-related…

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Much awaited game changer for the African business community simplifies lengthy procedures, bolsters the economy, and encourages regional integration

Enhancing Trade Efficiency with Single Window Solutions

Overview Trade in Africa has become a popular talking point; with infrastructural, innovation and technical challenges dogging the process, impacting economic growth, thwarting intra-country business, and slowing the development of regional economic corridors. It has become clear that a sustainable trade environment is needed to boost trade, which is currently…

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The impact of conformity of standards on intra-African trade and the Nigerian economy

Bureau Veritas plays a key role in facilitating intra-African trade, helping support their clients to achieve market access for the made-in-Africa products, whilst also facilitating and promoting relationships with International Financial Institutions, including Afreximbank

Overview The African continent presents huge potential for growth and the recently introduced African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement promises to underpin trade facilitation and economic expansion with be the largest free trade area since the formation of the World Trade Organization in 1995. The longest journey starts with…

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Bureau Veritas continues on its transformation journey to Shaping a Better Workplace

Making quantum leaps and bounds in gender equality as scientists make a difference to people and planet

Bureau Veritas (https://apo-opa.info/3sZvaPr), a world leader in testing, inspections and certification services, is continually on a passionate drive to fulfil its mission of shaping a world of trust through its unrivalled expertise, independent and worldwide presence to benefit society. The company is fast gaining ground on its sustainability trajectory to meet its…

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Bureau Veritas Africa appointed by Kasada to provide Asset Life Cycle Oversight and Quality Assurance

For Kasada’s property acquisitions and new developments, Bureau Veritas will provide technical due diligence, environmental impact assessment, technical control and Health and Safety over construction and renovation works

Kasada (https://www.Kasada.com/), the leading independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to the hospitality sector in sub-Saharan Africa, is going to collaborate with Bureau Veritas (www.BureauVeritas.com) to provide third party quality assurance as it develops its portfolio of properties. For Kasada’s property acquisitions and new developments, Bureau Veritas will provide…