After a three-year hiatus, the final 22 kilometres of railway going from Ovu to Warri in Nigeria is to be revived, the minister of transport has said - but some are calling for a wider scope.
The South African electricity company Eskom is planning to invest billions of Dollars in its energy infrastructures over the next ten years in order to cover the country’s demand, according to CEO Kannan Lakmmeharan.
The infrastructure and energy commissioner for the African Union (AU) has said that power pooling could be a way for the whole continent to overcome energy problems.
In an interview with Reuters in Addis Ababa, Elham Ibrahim...
On Wednesday 16th the African Development Bank (BAD/ADB) approved a grant of 20 million Dollars to finance a health improvement project in the cities of Brazzaville and Pointe Noire in the Republic of the Congo.
The president of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has offered the organisation's expertise and advice to the Nigerian government to help with the diversification and development of the country's energy sources.
A programme aimed at improving the supply and sanitation of rural Rwanda's water supply has entered its second phase with the signature of a $25 million (£15.5 million) grant.
The Minister of State with responsibility for energy, Nuhu Somo Way, has just announced approval by Nigeria of a number of new contracts, in particular in the field of energy, amounting to 43.5 million Dollars.
A $175 million (£107 million) mining loan will contribute to both improving both infrastructure development and the business environment in Mauritania, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has said.
Sasol Synfuels has said it is suffering from rising prices due to Eskom's expansion projects and has announced plans to move towards independence using natural gas from Mozambique.
Chief executive officer Pat Davies declared that...
The General Secretary of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Hamadoun Toure, made a statement this weekend about the scale of the progress achieved over the past few years in the field of new technologies in...
A South African public construction company, TCTA, has announced that it is seeking to accrue 44 billion Rand (6 billion Dollars) to finance several infrastructure projects in the water sector, TCTA CEO Halima Nazeer announced on...
A joint project involving five states in the Nile region will be put into effect over the next five years, aimed at the development of transport and electricity distribution infrastructures.
On Wednesday 9 September 2009 the Kenyan government launched an appeal to partner organizations in the development sector with the aim of accruing 400 million Dollars so as to preserve one of the country’s principal water...
