TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Hirya, N.N.M. A1 - Bjegovic, D. A1 - Uzoegbo, H.C. A1 - Kumaran, S.G. T1 - Cement technology in sub-Saharan Africa-practical and scientific experiences N2 - Sub-Saharan Africa is populated by more than half a billion people, and rapid urbanization is creating challenges in the areas of housing, roads, railways, power supply, dams and water pipelines — aspects of infrastructure that are critical to the well being of the population. This situation indicates that cement and concrete will play a major role in the future construction technology in Africa, despite the fact that it does not have a long-lasting tradition over most of the continent. Although the continent is rich in natural resources for the production of mineral binder systems, many sub-Saharan African countries exhibit challenging boundary conditions, that have to be well understood in order to use cement and concrete technologies in a sustainable and reasonable way. KW - Africa KW - Cement KW - Technology transfer KW - SPIN PY - 2012 SN - 0002-7812 VL - 91 IS - 5 SP - 52 EP - 56 PB - American Ceramic Society CY - Westerville, Ohio AN - OPUS4-26075 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -