Infrastructure News

Kaberuka addresses Africa's infrastructure gap at the OECD in Paris

17/07/2014

PR Newswire

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka made a strong case for the importance of tackling private investment impediments in the African infrastructure agenda during the joint AfDB, Organisation for...

Category: General

1,300 MW addition to electricity grid in August may not end power outages: Energy expert

17/07/2014

Egypt Daily News

A total capacity of 1,300 MW from Ain Sokhna power station will be added to the national electricity grid in August and October, Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker said in a Sunday statement.

The station is...

Category: Energy

Power developments in Africa

17/07/2014

eePublishers

Africa off-grid energy challenge
 
IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) says that the Green Village Electricity Project (GVEP) was a winner of the Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge - an initiative launched...

Category: Energy

Sénégal : Potabilisation de l'eau dans le Faboli : L'Etat pour un partenariat public-privé

03/07/2014

www.lesoleil.sn

Le ministère de l'hydraulique et de l'assainissement, avec l'unité de coordination du Pepam, a organisé un atelier de restitution d'une étude sur la délégation de gestion des unités de potabilisation dans le...

Category: Water

SEFA and AREF Reach Out to Nordic Investors in Renewable Energy

03/07/2014

All Africa

The promotion of renewable energy in Africa was the focus of a seminar entitled Opportunity Africa: Sustainable Energy Investments held on June 24 and 25 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The gathering was jointly organized by...

Category: Energy

Norton Rose Fulbright advises on $1bn Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund 2

03/07/2014

Polity.org.za

Global elite legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the South African Government E mployees Pension Fund (GEPF), African Development Bank (AfDB) and DTD Holdings (DTD) on their proposed...

Category: General

AU and AfDB signed agreement for improved access to rural water supply and sanitation in 10 African countries

03/07/2014


Mbendi.com

Five million people in ten countries - eight of them fragile states - are set to benefit from an Africa-wide resource mobilization initiative aimed at improving their access to drinking water, sanitation and...

Category: Water

Responsible Investment, Prudential Regulation and Infrastructure Finance in Africa

03/07/2014

Business Day

Three major events that would ultimately reshape Africa's infrastructure policy discourse occurred in the second quarter of 2014. The First was the World Economic Forum in Africa, which held in Abuja in early May...

Category: General

Foreign policy: Germany's all inclusive package for Africa

03/07/2014

The Africa Report

Germany is caught between hard interests and soft values as it tries to find its way into the African market. But is Chancellor Angela Merkel's government doing enough?

The international community has been...

Category: General

Ghana Among Three Most Favourable Africa Countries For Investment

03/07/2014

Ghana News Agency

Ghana is rated amongst the first three most favourable destinations in intra Africa for investment.

This was revealed in a statement signed by Zuweira Ibrahim, Minister Consular in-charge of Information at the...

Category: General

Côte d'Ivoire's return to peace heralds new investments

03/07/2014

Bloomberg

Construction foreman Hilaire Adou doubled his staff to meet a September deadline to build 45 houses in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 's commercial capital, for employees of the African Development Bank."The pressure...

Category: General

Electrify Africa and Save Hundreds of Millions of Lives

01/07/2014


Forbes

Since 1990, 650 million Chinese have been lifted out of poverty, infant mortality has been reduced by 70%, and life expectancy has increased six years - a historic evolution powered by coal, and what the IEA has referred...

Category: Energy

African Economies Expected to Continue to Grow

30/06/2014

Voice of America

Good news for Africa, say the experts. Growth is healthy and broad-based, fueled in part by infrastructure spending, domestic demand and trade.

"A lot of people think growth in Africa is only driven by...

Category: General

AfDB approves $142m loan to construct concentrated solar project in South Africa

30/06/2014

Power Genration Solar

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted a loan of $142m to construct a 100MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in South Africa.

The loan, which includes a $41.5m concessional financing from the...

Category: Energy

Germany announces new approach to Africa development cooperation

27/06/2014

EurActiv

Education Minister Johanna Wanka announced a change of course for German development cooperation in Africa last Friday (20 June). In the future, projects in science and research should be regionally targeted. EurActiv...

Category: General

Foreign investment growth in Africa patchy

27/06/2014

Deutsche Welle

Foreign direct investment in Africa has risen over the last few years, though rather more modestly than elsewhere. A number of revealing details are to be found in UNCTAD's 2014 World Investment...

Category: General

AfDB Approves US$ 117 Million Loan for Mauritius Power Plant

27/06/2014


All Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on 25 June, 2014 a US$ 116.7 million loan to the Mauritius Central Electricity Board (CEB), the state owned electricity utility, for the...

Category: Energy

AfDB to Finance Its First Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Project in South Africa

27/06/2014

All Africa

On 23 June 2014, The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a senior loan of USD 142 million, including a USD 41.5 million concessional financing from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), to...

Category: Energy

AfDB Finances Construction of Two Hydropower Plants in Burundi

25/06/2014

All Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on 23 June 2014 in Tunis a US$22 million grant from its Fragile States Facility for the Jiji and Mulembwe Hydroelectric Plant Project in...

Category: Energy

RCA: 3 milliards de F CFA pour la rénovation de l'Aéroport Bangui M'Poko

25/06/2014

Journal de Bangui

La partie centrafricaine devra verser une contrepartie de 200 millions de francs CFA afin de permettre le déguerpissement et l'aménagement des sites, selon le membre du gouvernement.

Le gouvernement...

Category: Transport

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