Infrastructure News

African Development Bank To Launch $3bn Infrastructure Fund

06/05/2014

CNBC

African Development Bank plans to launch a $3bn infrastructure fund to raise money to deliver on vital infrastructure on the continent.

The money will be raised from regional and non-African pension funds, insurance...

Categories: Transport, Energy, Water, ICT

Japan vows to steadily implement $32 billion in aid for Africa

06/05/2014

Kyodo News International

Japan told foreign ministers and senior officials from about 50 African countries on Sunday that it will steadily implement 3.2 trillion yen, or $32 billion, in aid for Africa over a five-year period...

Category: General

With A Little Help, Africa Could Become Renewable Energy Powerhouse

06/05/2014

Climate Progress by Ari Phillips

The United States, China, India, Japan, and Europe all fit within Africa, a continent that lags behind those places in development. When it comes to energy and electricity, this lack of...

Category: Energy

Kenya: AfDB to meet on cheap power loan

06/05/2014

Daily Nation

The first batch of funds meant to subsidise new power connections is expected in September. The government hopes that its proposal to the African Development Bank will get board approval during the bank´s meeting in...

Categories: Energy, General

Our Future, Made in Africa: Event highlight

01/05/2014

madeinafricafoundation

Internationally-renowned designer Ozwald Boateng OBE curated a stunning fashion show featuring four designers from Africa or its diaspora communities, wowing guests at his Gala event Celebrating Africa's...

Transparence de l'industrie extractive : Madagascar, un exemple de « bonne pratique »

28/04/2014

La Gazette de Madagascar

La Grande Ile est promue comme un exemple de bonne pratique pour les pays frncophones lors de la 26ème réunion du board international de l'Initiative pour la transparence de l'industrie extractive (EITI)...

Category: General

World Water Day 2014 - Interview With Alex Rugamba, Afdb Director of Energy, Environment and Climate Change

28/04/2014

All Africa

On the occasion of World Water Day, which is celebrated on March 22 and this year focuses on water and energy, Alex Rugamba, Director of the African Development Bank's Energy, Environment and Climate Change...

Categories: Energy, Water

Returning Arab donors target Madagascar's infrastructure

28/04/2014

Africa Review

Arab donors are pushing to re-establish ties with Madagascar quickly even as most other development partners await the green light from multilaterals such as the IMF.

A top Madagascar official said infrastructure...

Category: General

Nigeria Requires $7.7bn To Improve Power Supply - TCN

28/04/2014

Ventures



Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), a business unit under the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), says it would need $7.7 billion to improve power infrastructure in the next five years.
 


Mack Kast,...

Category: Energy

$870m financing agreements signed for biggest clean energy project in Africa

28/04/2014

BiztechAfrica

The Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (http://ltwp.co.ke) meant to add an existing 300MW of reliable, low cost wind energy to the national grid of Kenya reached a critical milestone following the signing of the...

Category: Energy

Tunisie : bientôt un audit sur la concession des aéroports d'Enfidha et Monastir

28/04/2014

Tunisia IT

La réalisation d'un audit concernant la concession des aéroports d'Enfidha et de Monastir, accordée à la société turque TAV, et la révision de ses aspects techniques et financiers sont les principales décisions issues...

Category: Transport

Cameroun : Les aéroports du Cameroun pas toujours compétitifs

28/04/2014

Camer.be

La 3è édition du Bulletin Statistique de la Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority dévoile les statistiques sur le transport aérien au Cameroun.

Intéressant lorsqu'on sait que le dernier classement établi par le Conseil...

Category: Transport

AfDB Approves 18.74 Billion CFA francs for Senegal's Water and Sanitation Sector Project

28/04/2014

Senegal will receive a combined African Development Fund loan and grant amounting to 18.74 billion CFA francs approved by the Fund's Board on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 in Tunis, to finance the country's Water and Sanitation...

Category: Water

World Bank to Finance New Hydropower Development in Burundi

24/04/2014

World Bank

The World Bank Group's Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$100 million grant to the Republic of Burundi for the Jiji and Mulembwe hydropower project.
 


Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) is suffering from a...

Category: Energy

MoU to help AfDB focus on infrastructure

24/04/2014

Infrastructure News

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Africare have signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen the Bank's capacity to use a community-focused lens while designing its programs and...

Category: General

Investors scramble for Emerging Nigerian oil firm Seplat

24/04/2014

Business Day

Investors are betting on the emergence of a Nigerian made global brand or African champion in the oil and gas space with the scramble for shares of Seplat Petroleum Development Company, which raised $500 m in an...

Category: Energy

Bringing Power to Africa, Literally

24/04/2014

FreeNewsPos.com

During President Obama's trip to Africa in 2013, he made four major commitments. Some in his administration have referred to the commitment as the four points of a diamond, each addressing a critical need in...

Category: Energy

Focus on Africa, says tech investor

24/04/2014

News24

Emerging markets are where investors should focus their energies to secure a place in the next wave of growth in technology companies, an industry insider insists.

"Ten years ago, I couldn't say 'I was global' if I...

Category: ICT

Transport infrastructure before development

24/04/2014

The Africa Report

While African governments and development partners are investing more in roads and rails infrastructure much more needs to be done for any meaningful socioeconomic impact to be made.
 


The Democratic...

Category: Transport

Addis Ababa to host US-Africa Energy Summit

23/04/2014

The Reporter

The governments of Ethiopia and the United States will co-host the US-Africa Energy Ministerial (AEM) meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from June 3 to 4.

According to the Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Energy, AEM...

Category: Energy

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