Infrastructure News

An energy infrastructure project in Guinea is to be funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

A $23 million (£14.5 million) grant will help with the rural electrification project and 60,000 people are to gain access to...

The cost of laying the second submarine communication cable for Angola is estimated at 92 million dollars, it was said last Sunday by António Nunes, engineer with Angola Cable, to...

January 21: William Wu, CEO of Chinese company "Catidc Power", presented Congolese Minister for Energy Gilbert Tshiongo with a project for generating electricity from gas at Lake Kivu, in...

Tanzania can expect its energy infrastructure to improve dramatically once a wind farm project has been completed.

It will be the second biggest scheme of its kind in east Africa - creating 100MW - and will be located in...

The plant to produce photovoltaic solar panels at Rouiba, in Algeria, will be operational by 2012.

Work should commence before the end of the first quarter of this year, the company Sonelgaz,...

The Senegalese government has announced the launch of a project to construct infrastructures for the transport and distribution  of water in order to end the shortages affecting the region...

The government of Algeria is to set up a program comprising 65 renewable energy generation infrastructure projects across the country.

This program, which will shortly be presented to the government,...

China has granted a loan of 73 million USD to Senegal in order to finance an electrical infrastructure project.

The aim is to resolve the problems of shortages experienced by the Dakar...

Water infrastructure in Ghana is set to be enhanced thanks to an innovative organisation.

It is called Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor and it will see local and global expertise combined to improve the quality of water...

The government of Togo has just launched a bond for 1.4 billion dollars, it was learned January 20 by the Xinhua press agency.

The purpose is to finance the construction of road infrastructures, but...

Energy infrastructure in Namibia is to be improved thanks to the development of a wind farm.

The 44MW wind power generation plant will be located at Diaz Point in Luderitz and will cost $150 million (£94 million) to...

Tuesday last, the West African Development Bank (BOAD) granted funding of 24.6 million dollars to renovate and asphalting of the Niamey-Namaro-Farié road.

This project will improve a section of about 67...

Swaziland is to benefit from a major investment from the World Bank that will help fund a number of projects.

A $26.9 million (£16.9 million) loan is being supplied and it will provide support to urban and rural...

Kenya is to benefit from enhanced water infrastructure after a 100 million Kenyan shilling (£805,000) improvement project was completed.

According to Daily Nation, emergency work at the Dunga treatment plant has now been...

The World Bank is to provide finance of 27 million dollars for a fiber optic cable construction project in Gambia, it was learned by the PANA press agency on January...

The government of Togo is to impose a fee on all passengers using the country's airports in order to finance the development of the airport infrastructures.

The announcement was reported...

Water infrastructure in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is to be improved thanks to investment from the South African government.

The four million South African rand (£346,000) is being earmarked to improve the city's waste and...

Telephone operator Bharti Airtel, which has a presence in 16 African countries, has just announced its 2001 action plan to improve its telecommunications infrastructure in Africa.

The...

The Nigerian government has been urged to spend more on infrastructure projects during 2011.

According to the World Bank, the nation is Africa's biggest oil producer but is currently placing too much emphasis on supporting...

ICT infrastructure is to improve in Africa after the International Finance Corporation (IFC) invested in Helios Towers Africa (HTA).

Some $25 million (£15.7 million) is being ploughed into the company so mobile phone towers...