Infrastructure News

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.

During an energy...

South Africa and the United States have signed an agreement for co-operation and research in the field of nuclear energy.

The agreement was signed in Vienna on Monday 14 September in the presence of the American Energy Secretary...

A Nigerian company, Phase 3, is going to be extending its fibre optic network to Benin and Togo, it was announced on Wednesday 16th.

The Phase 3 Group has signed an agreement with the Electricity Community of Benin for the...

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.

Receiving the funds is...

Belgian company Electrawinds has just announced the construction of a high production wind farm near Port Elizabeth in South Africa.

Commissioned by the Government, the farm will consist of 25 wind generators measuring 150...

Gambia energy minister Ousman Jammeh has called for donors to help fund two projects identified in 2007 to improve rural electrification.

Represented by minister of the Interior Ousman Sonko, Mr Jammeh was reported by Foroyaa...

Executive director of the Uganda National Roads authority Pete Ssebanakitta has announced the approval of a new bridge crossing the Nile.

Speaking through authority spokesperson Dan Alinange during a workshop in Kampala, the...

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...

An agreement between SES and Intersat will increase broadband penetration in ten eastern and central African countries, it has been announced.

Due to start in the January 2010, the deal is aimed at bringing internet to the...

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.

The announcement was made on...

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...

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...

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...

The enterprise African Energy Resources have announced their intention of

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

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...

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,...

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,...

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...