Infrastructure News

Morocco announces series of new energy projects

03/06/2011

The Moroccan Minister for Energy, Amina Benkhadra, announced last Tuesday at Oujda, at the second Moroccan Energy Conference, that Morocco was planning to bring new electricity power stations into production...

Category: Energy

Renewable energy: Mauritius wants to set standard

03/06/2011

Mauritius wants to set the standard in the domain of renewable energies in Africa.

The Prime Minister, Navin Ramgoolam, made this declaration at the opening of the African Presidential Round Table 2011,...

Category: Energy

FDA finances project to extend natural gas network in Tunisia

02/06/2011

A project to develop the infrastructures for natural gas transport in the North West of Tunisia has just been adopted by the government. It requires an investment of 578...

Category: Energy

Experts call for African energy targets

02/06/2011

African governments have been urged to come up with a plan of action regarding how best to tackle issues regarding energy accessibility on the continent.

Experts have recommended that governments formulate an action plan to bring...

Category: Energy

Bharti International plans massive investment in Africa

02/06/2011

Massive investment from Bharti International is expected to have a significant impact on mobile communications in several African nations.

The Indian firm plans to pump $1 billion (£610 million) into its growing African...

Category: ICT

AfDB to fund South African power plant projects

01/06/2011

Two power plant projects in South Africa are to receive funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB), it has been revealed.

The financial institution is loaning Eskom some $365 million (£222.2 million) to build the 100...

Category: Energy

DuPont calls for further renewable energy investment in South Africa

01/06/2011

DuPont, science-based products and services company, has backed calls for South Africa to invest heavily in renewable energy, Business Live reports

The firm explained ahead of World Environment Day on June 5th that the government...

Category: Energy

The WADB grants 80 million euros in aid to Niger for energy

01/06/2011

The West African Development Bank (WADB) announced last Sunday that it was going to grant 80 million euros to Niger to finance several energy projects.

The announcement was made by...

Category: Energy

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