Infrastructure News

European Union investing in geothermal energy in Kenya

10/09/2009

A geothermal energy project is going to be undertaken in Kenya’s Rift Valley.

Financed by the European Union to the amount of 1.7 billion Sh (about 12 million Dollars), the project will be implemented by UNIDO, the UN body...

Category: Energy

Congo to receive £76 million for road infrastructure

09/09/2009

The Department for International Development has announced a doubling in funding for its road-building programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from £38 million to £76 million.

Africa minister Gareth Thomas...

Category: Transport

African Energy to operate uranium mine in Zambia

08/09/2009

The enterprise African Energy Resources have announced their intention of

putting into production their uranium mine at Chirundu in Zambia in 2010.

Category: Energy

£18 million ICT project approved by AfDB

08/09/2009

The Helios Shared Telecom Infrastructure project in Nigeria has received a $30 million loan (£18.1 million) from the African Development Bank Group (AfDB).

Aimed at stimulating non-oil growth and improving the business...

Category: ICT

IFC and Absa to finance African infrastructures

07/09/2009

The South African bank group Absa announced on Thursday 3 September 2009 that it had signed an agreement with IFC (International Finance Corporation) to invest in infrastructure projects in Africa.

“Absa, by way of Absa Capital,...

Category: General

Congo invites collaboration on hydropower plant

07/09/2009

The Democratic Republic of Congo will open the doors to a $5 billion (£3 billion) Western Power Corridor hydropower project this week, the Congolese ambassador to South Africa has revealed.

In an interview with Bloomberg,...

Category: Energy

New cable project could 'bring new prosperity'

07/09/2009

The new underwater cable Glo 1 could "bridge the digital divide between Africa and the rest of the world," operator Globacom has said.

Launching the Nigerian side of the project in Lagos over the weekend, Globacom's...

Category: ICT

Nigeria: 78 million Dollars for the water sector

04/09/2009

The African Development Bank has just granted a loan of 78 million Dollars to Nigeria for upgrading infrastructures in the water supply and drainage sector.

The prime objective of the project is to improve access to the drinking...

Category: Water

Third phase of fibre optic development in Mozambique

04/09/2009

A contract worth 21 million Euros (about 30 million Dollars) for the deployment of the fibre optic Internet has just been signed between the French company Alcatel-Lucent and Telecomunicacoes de Moçambique (TDM), the Mozambique...

Category: ICT

Kenya's £990 million transmission line project

04/09/2009

Transmissions lines will be built to link Kenya with Ethiopia and Tanzania to reinforce the existing network and allow the latter states access to long-term low tariffs, Capital Business magazine has reported.

The Sh123 billion...

Category: Energy

Tunisia: 66 million Dollars to restructure the electricity network

03/09/2009

On Wednesday, 2 September, the African Development Bank (BAD) approved a loan of 87.83 million Tunisian Dinars (66.306 million Dollars) to upgrade the country’s electricity distribution networks.

The loan will go to finance a...

Category: Energy

Nigeria 'choosing between 13 Nitel investors'

03/09/2009

After trying to sell off the state-owned telecoms monopoly Nitel for years, Nigeria has announced that 13 potential investors could be interested - and president Umaru Yar'Adua has given a 60-day deadline for privatisation.

The...

Nigerian oil-for-infrastructure deal 'a bust'

02/09/2009

A recent report from London think-tank Chatham House has examined the causes of the respective failure and success of the oil-for-infrastructure policies in Nigeria and Angola.

The study concluded that poor governmental...

Category: General

Loss-making Eskom warns of funding shortages

01/09/2009

Eskom has announced that its expansion programme for reducing power shortages will suffer a funding deficiency of 80 billion rand (£6.3 billion) after announcing record losses for this year.

According to the company, the...

Category: Energy

Poor infrastructure 'puts off Agoa investors'

28/08/2009

Poor infrastructure is partly to blame for putting off investors, it has been reported.

AllAfrica.com explained the majority of the countries signed up to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) face problems accessing the...

Categories: General, Transport, Energy

Poorly managed water infrastructure 'affecting power'

27/08/2009

Water infrastructure in Africa is not being managed correctly and it could result in power shortfalls, it has been claimed.

Scientists have met at the Sustainable Water Conference in Kenya, calling for better models to be...

Categories: Water, Energy

Power infrastructure restored in Nigeria

26/08/2009

Nigeria's energy infrastructure has resumed normal output following damage to its gas supply. A pipeline in the Niger Delta, which supplies energy to a number of power plants, was sabotaged by unknown attackers, AFP reports. The...

Category: Energy

Cameroon: A new port will extend over thirty kilometres

26/08/2009

Cameroon will soon be provided with a large deep water port, close to Douala.

This information was released by the Pana press agency, obtained from an official source, on Wednesday 26 July.

The port will be situated in the...

Category: Transport

Algeria: New motorway and a high-speed train being planned

25/08/2009

A high-speed train is going to be linking the cities of Setif and Jijel in Algeria, with an operating speed of 220 km/h, according to a report released this weekend.

The daily El Moudjahid published the invitation to tender on...

Category: Transport

Africa 'should not copy energy infrastructures'

25/08/2009

Africa should not follow the examples of China, India and US by investing in carbon-intensive energy infrastructure, it has been claimed.

This is the view of human rights activist and economic policy analyst Mavuto Bamusi,...

Category: Energy

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