Infrastructure News

Last Wednesday, China gave a package worth over three million dollars to Cameroon to finance a number of economic and technical cooperation projects.

"A gift with no strings...

Cameroon has signed a financing agreement with the World Bank which will allow an urban and water development project to progress in the country.

Under the plans for the scheme, it is expected that the sustainability and capacity...

The Gilgel Gibe II hydroelectric power station in Ethiopia has been brought back online this week, after closing last year following the collapse of part of a tunnel.

"The Gilgel Gibe II...

The World Bank hopes to implement infrastructure initiatives - such as transport and electricity projects - in the Arab parts of Africa.

According to the organisation, its officials will collaborate with the Arab League, after...

Tuesday last, 21 December, the European Union signed a 1.3 million dollar agreement with the Commission of the African Union (AUC), covering a number of infrastructure...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the approval of its biggest-ever loan to Morocco to improve transport infrastructure in the country.

Some €300 million (£256 million) has been extended to the north...

La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et la Banque islamique de développement (BID) ont signé mardi 21 décembre dernier à Djeddah un mémorandum d’entente afin de financer,...

Water infrastructure in Africa is set to improve thanks to over $100 million (£65 million) of investment.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has copper-fastened funding amounting to $114 million for three separate projects...

Morocco has received a loan of 393 million dollars  from the African Development Bank (ADB) to finance a vast railroad infrastructure project.

The aim of the works is to increase...

The new infrastructures of the airport at Bamako Sénou were inaugurated Friday 17 December 2010 by the Malian Head of State, Amadou Toumani Touré.

The airport of Sénou has been renovated to cope...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to invest $806 million (£522 million) in improving the transport infrastructure of Africa.

A series of loans and grants will be given to Morocco, Kenya, Ghana, Chad and the Democratic...

A new investment fund dedicated to infrastructure financing in Africa has just been created by Argan Invest, a member of the group FinanceCom.

Argan Infrastructure Fund (ARIF) will invest...

Energy infrastructure in Ghana is set to improve after the World Bank approved a loan of $38 million (£24.5 million) to the government.

The money will be used to carry out the Oil and Gas Capacity Building Project, which...

The International Development Association (IDA) announced last Wednesday that it was reckoning on collecting some 49.3 billion dollars from 51 donor countries for its new...

Thursday last, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) signed a three-year cooperation agreement.

It will consolidate the cooperation...

The World Bank will support Mali as it tries to improve its energy, transport and irrigation infrastructure.

This is according to Robert B Zoellick, who is the president of the organisation and he hopes to promote regional...

Last Wednesday, Ghanaian president John Atta-Mills traveled to Ghana's very first offshore oilfield to symbolically open the valves.

This event was called "historic" by...

A water infrastructure project in Cameroon will be carried out after a 366 billion CFA franc (£483 million) loan agreement was reached.

The money will come from the Export-Import Bank of China and the water distribution...

Last Monday, the West African Development Bank (WADB) granted a loan of more than 10 million dollars to the Autonomous Port of Lomé (APL).

This package is intended to fund part of the repair...

The energy infrastructure in Tanzania is to be boosted by a $135 million (£87 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (ECB).

It forms part of a wider project by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company to implement...