Infrastructure News

Senegal announces 131 million dollars for access to water and sanitation

06/12/2010

A huge project in the domain of infrastructures for sanitation and access to drinking water in Senegal was announced Monday November 29 by the Director of Rural Hydraulics, Diène...

Category: Water

South African wind farm gets 'increased investment'

06/12/2010

A South African wind farm will benefit from a 146 million rand (£13.4 million) investment in it.

The project, which is located in the Eastern Cape province, will improve the energy infrastructure of the area, Business Week...

Category: Energy

African countries to get money for energy projects

03/12/2010

Nine countries in Africa are to benefit from a project that will improve the energy infrastructure of the continent.

The 280 million Kenyan shilling (£2.3 million) scheme will see the nations make efficient use of...

Category: Energy

Tunisia: the government takes stock of its efforts in ITC

03/12/2010

A conference on information and communication technologies was organised last Wednesday in Tunis, in collaboration with the World Bank.

Mohamed Ammar, minister of...

Category: ICT

Telecoms infrastructure development 'is helping Kenya'

02/12/2010

Enhancements in telecoms infrastructure is set to bring economic growth to Kenya.

This is according to the latest forecast by the World Bank, which noted the economy will expand from 4.9 per cent in 2010 to 5.3 per cent in...

Category: ICT

The Port of Dakar seeks to raise 20 million USD via a bond issue

02/12/2010

The autonomous Port of Dakar has launched a bond issue for nearly 20 million dollars, which was first listed Tuesday last.

100 percent guaranteed by the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement, it...

Categories: Water, Transport, Energy

EU wants to strengthen regional integration in Africa

01/12/2010

The third Africa-EU summit began Monday last in Tripoli, Libya. The president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, declared during the opening ceremony that the EU was determined to help...

Category: General

New plant in Tanzania 'to enhance energy infrastructure'

01/12/2010

Tanzania's energy infrastructure is to benefit from a $2 million (£1.3 million) investment from Brazil.

The money will go towards building a hydro plant that could see the country turn into a net exporter of...

Category: Energy

Transport infrastructural developments 'needed in Eastern Africa'

01/12/2010

East Africa needs to improve transport infrastructure in the area in order to foster long-term growth.

This is the view of Kelvin Kizito Kiyingi, writing for the Daily Monitor, who noted railway networks have to be enhanced if...

Category: Transport

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