Infrastructure News

The African Development Bank (BAD) this week approved a loan of 53.3 million Euros to finance the upgrading of a screening plant at Gabel El Asfar, in Cairo.

The aim of the project is to improve the quality of waste water...

A regional electricity project is still awaiting funding confirmation after the announcement of an estimated cost of $282 million (£178.6 million).

The network is expected to see the installation of 700 kilometres of new...

From 12 to 15 October 2009 Cameroon will be hosting the eighth meeting of the continent’s Highway Funds Association.

The main topic this year is the “Management of Highway Maintenance Funds in the Face of the Challenges of...

Private investment in information communication technology (ICT) is transforming the continent and has vindicated this finance model, Rwandan president Paul Kagame has been quoted as saying by the New Times.

Addressing the...

Africa needs an estimated $39 billion (£24.3 billion) more than it is currently receiving to develop roads and other crucial infrastructure, authorities from the African Central Bank have said.

Led by chairman Kane Ousmane...

Key players in the sector of electrification in West Africa gathered in Douala, in Cameroon, at the beginning of the week, with the aim of co-ordinating their strategies in developing access to electricity in rural areas.

A...

The cost of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) is expected to exceed its original estimated price by $400 million (£249.2 million).

Nigeria's deputy minister of energy Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah was quoted by the Lagos...

The German government has just made 37.4 billion CFA Francs (83 million Dollars) available to Senegal so as to encourage the development of renewable sources of energy and micro-credit.

The funds will be used to pursue the...

Tunisia has just taken another step forward in the development of its own energy resources, with the signing of the first contract for the sale on credit of coal in the energy sector.

This involves an agreement between the...

Even though the world economy has hardly emerged from the recession, the Algerian petroleum group Sonatrach is pressing ahead with its policy of investing in energy infrastructures.

“The present state of the world economy has...

Le ministre tunisien ministre des technologies de la communication a dévoilé lors d'une conférence à El Ghazala la mise en place d'un réseau mobile de 2ème et 3ème génération.

The Tunisian Minister of Communications Technologies...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan of $61 million (£38.1 million) towards the Main One project, which aims to bring better broadband to West Africa.

Cote d'Ivoire, the Canary Islands, Morocco,...

The African Development Bank has just approved financing to the amount of 190 million Dollars for a project for upgrading highway infrastructures in the Brazzaville – Yaoundé corridor.

The aim is to facilitate transport and...

A bi-regional bank funded by south American and African nations could be a great help to infrastructure development, investment and project finance, Zambian president Rupiah Banda has been quoted by the Times of Zambia as saying....

Infrastructure limitations could prevent Africa from realising its full potential as a biofuel production hub, business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has warned.

Africa's climate and amount of available land...

Growing urbanisation and the widespread eradication of 'bucket systems' in South Africa has led to the need for big investment in bulk water infrastructure, water and environmental affairs minister Buyelwa Sonjica has said....

The rehabilitation of 78 dams and installation of new pipelines is expected to put an end to the water woes of the Kwara state in Nigeria, the governor has said.

Bukola Saraki told reporters the 8.3 billion Naira (£34.5...

A $173.1 million (£108.9 million) loan towards a road infrastructure project in Uganda should improve general transport conditions and the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has...

An ambitious wind farm power generation project will shortly be seeing the light of day at the Taïba Ndiaye site in Senegal.

The station will produce 125 Megawatts (MW), 15 percent of the electricity consumed in Senegal, with...

A number of highway infrastructure projects are due to be launched as from the beginning of 2010 in the region of Jendouba, in the north-west part of Tunisia, it was learned this week.

This involves major work on 36 km of roads...