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Zimbabwe: Masvingo city officials seek to improve water infrastructure

30/04/2012

The Zimbabwean city of Masvingo is actively seeking significant funding to improve the water system in order to cope with a sudden population surge, The Herald has reported.

In order to build new water pumping, conveyance and...

Category: Water

RDC: Annonce d'un vaste projet de production d'électricité sur le fleuve Congo

30/04/2012

Les gouvernements sud-africain et congolais ont annoncé la mise en place d'un grand projet de production d'énergie hydroélectrique à partir du fleuve Congo, qui alimenterait l'ensemble du...

Egypte: Inauguration d'un pont reliant les deux rives du Nil

30/04/2012

Un nouveau pont reliant les deux rives du Nil a été inauguré le 28 avril par le ministre des Transports Dr Galal El Said

Le Pont Phoh, qui a nécessité un investissement de 130 millions de livres égyptiennes (21,5 millions de...

Category: Transport

Rural Namibia to benefit from electricity improvements

29/04/2012

Within the next five years, all Namibian schools and households within an identified radius in rural areas will be electrified, it has been announced.

The move, which is also set to involve churches and market places, forms part...

Category: Energy

Lancement d'un fonds pour développer les projets verts en Afrique

29/04/2012

La Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD) vient d'annoncer le lancement prochain d’un Fonds Carbone dédié à l’Afrique (FCA), doté de 45 millions...

Mauritanie: Les travaux de modernisation du Port de Nouadhibou officiellement terminés

26/04/2012

Les travaux de modernisation du port minéralier de Nouadhibou, en Mauritanie, viennent de s'achever le 22 avril dernier.

Réalisés grâce à un investissement de l'Union Européenne...

Category: Transport

Africa: Call for More Investment in Water

26/04/2012

allAfrica.com - 24 April 2012

SUB-Saharan African countries including Tanzania need to revisit their water policies and invest heavily in the sector.

Zanzibar President Dr Ali Mohamed Shein said in Dar es Salaam on Monday that...

Category: Water

South Africa’s Transnet to Buy Site of Former Durban Airport

26/04/2012

Bloomberg BusinessWeek - 25 April 2012

Transnet SOC Ltd., operator of South Africa’s ports and railways, will acquire the site of the former Durban International Airport to build a new port, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele...

Category: Transport

Nigeria: Govt to Use Sure Funds to Complete Road Projects

26/04/2012

allAfrica.com - 24 April 2012

The Federal Government will use funds from the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment (SURE) programme to complete ongoing road constructions and rehabilitation projects in the country.

The...

Category: Transport

South Sudan to Get Aid From China; No Oil Deal

26/04/2012

New York Times - 25 April 2012

BEIJING — China has welcomed the president of South Sudan and agreed to provide bank loans and humanitarian aid, but it has stopped short of moving forward on an oil pipeline, a sign of the ...

Categories: General, Energy

Pennine Energy develops waterless toilet for rural areas (video)

26/04/2012

ABNDigital - 25 April 2012

A hi-tech waterless toilet for densely populated rural areas. Pennine Energy Innovation has developed a unique and "dignified" waterless toilet which uses special technology to separate...

Category: Water

La technologie mobile 4G fait son apparition en Angola

25/04/2012

La compagnie de téléphonie mobile Movicel a lancé la semaine dernière à Cabinda son réseau LTE/4G, qui permet l'accès rapide à l'internet sur téléphone...

Category: ICT

Sénégal: 13 millions USD pour l'accès à l'eau potable en milieu rural

25/04/2012

Les régions de Tambacounda, Kédougou et Matam, au Sénégal, vont bénéficier d'un programme d'amélioration des conditions d'hygiène et d'assainissement...

South Africa wants nuclear contracts to stay at home

25/04/2012

Reuters - 23 April 2012

JOHANNESBURG, April 23 (Reuters) - South Africa wants to see its firms eventually being awarded the bulk of the contracts in its $50 billion plan to build six nuclear plants to power Africa's biggest...

Category: Energy

Africa: U.S. in Drive to Boost Africa's Energy Supply

25/04/2012

allAfrica.com - 24 April 2012

As I fly over Africa at night - a regular occurrence in my job - the continent is an indelible image of sporadic pinpricks of light that identify the largest cities and towns, with millions of...

Category: Energy

Russians eye South Africa’s nuclear plans

25/04/2012

Summit TV talks to Ivo Kouklik of Rosatom, the Russian state atomic energy company, about its aim to get involved with the roll-out of nuclear power generation in South Africa

Category: Energy

AfDB seeks to support transport infrastructure project

24/04/2012

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has confirmed its interest in supporting the improvement of transport infrastructure between Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia, The Star has reported.

According to Gabriel Negatu, regional...

Category: General

Shell envisage d'investir 4 milliards USD au Nigeria

24/04/2012

Shell souhaite investir quatre milliards de dollars d'ici 2015 dans les infrastructures énergétiques du Nigeria.

« Shell évalue des nouveaux projets onshore au Nigeria, qui augmenteront la...

36 millions USD du FADES pour la construction d'un port à Djibouti

24/04/2012

Le Fonds arabe pour le développement économique et social (FADES), basé au Koweït, a accordé un prêt de 36 millions de dollars pour la construction du futur port de Tadjourah, au nord de...

Category: Transport

Scientists discuss ways to extract water supplies in Africa

23/04/2012

The continent of Africa - Libya, Algeria and Chad, in particular - is currently sat on a vast reservoir of groundwater, a group of scientists have claimed.

Many Africans, of course, struggle for access to clean drinking water -...

Category: Water

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