Infrastructure News

Tuesday March 15 2011: the World Bank has granted two loans to a total value of 342 million dollars to Morocco, which will be used to finance modernization projects in the sectors...

Malawi's water infrastructure is to improve after it was allocated $12.7 million (£7.9 million) from the World Bank to complete four irrigation schemes.

Some 197,000 farming households are set to benefit from the...

The sixth meeting of the Africa-European Union energy partnership (PAEE) opened Wednesday last at Port-Louis, on the island of Mauritius.

A large number of experts will take part in...

Major spending is required in order to improve Africa's energy infrastructure, one expert has claimed.

Emmanuel Nzabanita, manager of the energy finance division for eastern and southern Africa at the African Development Bank...

Africa needs to heavily invest in its transport and energy infrastructure if it is going to encourage economic growth.

J Kofi Bucknor, managing partner of private equity firm Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management, told Reuters there...

Abdelkader Kheta, director of maritime infrastructures, announced that 1.4 billion dollars will be invested over the next four years in order to complete several construction and renovation...

Regional integration needs to be examined as a tool for growth in southern Africa, one expert has claimed.

African Development Bank (AfDB) president Donald Kaberuka said he was happy with the progress being made by the Southern...

Mauritius and Madagascar are to collaborate in the domain of Information and Communication Technology and after signing a protocol of agreement, the Xinhua press agency...

Some $20 billion (£12 billion) is needed to regenerate the transport infrastructure of the East African Community (EAC).

Comprising Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, the EAC is looking to improve the Central and...

March 9 in Bujumbura, the government of Burundi started a national campaign to promote low-energy light bulbs (LEBs).

The reason this campaign came about is to reduce energy consumption by...

South Africa's energy infrastructure is to receive a boost as a 30MW power plant is to be built.

Engineering and project management consultancy RSV Enco Consulting (Enco) said the project will be used to bring electricity to...

The Dutch Government has just granted a loan of 200 million rand (€20.9 million) to the municipality of eThekwini,  in South Africa, to help provide drinking water to the...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to give Nigeria a $34.3 million (£21 million) loan to finance capacity building for Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).

Under the terms of the agreement, the money will be...

Japan and Morocco, through the Japanese Bank of international cooperation (JBIC), have signed an agreement in order to extend their cooperation in the domain of infrastructures and the...

South Africa's ICT infrastructure is set for a boost as six cities in the nation are to get access to a 1Gbps capable fibre optic broadband network.

The plan by i3Africa to radically improve the country's internet...

Energy infrastructure in Ghana will be enhanced by a bio-fuel project.

The scheme is being carried out by Indian-owned company Abellon CleanEnergy and is expected to provide power for over 100,000 homes, IANS reports.

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During an official visit which took place March 4, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced its financial support for the first submarine fiber optic project in the Seychelles.

This loan, to the...

Kenya's transport infrastructure may be improved as the Thika super highway is set to be completed by the end of 2011.

The 27 billion Kenyan shillings (£197 million) scheme has a finish date of December after overcoming...

Japan has signed a financing agreement to the value of 17 billion FCFA, destined for a project to reinforce electrical infrastructures and for rural electrification...

Kenya is hoping to attract 160 billion Kenyan shillings (£1.17 billion) in foreign and domestic investment.

It hopes to get the sum of money during the fiscal year, which runs from July to June, with Reuters reporting it...