Infrastructure News

La Banque mondiale vient d'accorder un prêt de 240 millions de dollars à l’Egypte afin de financer la construction de la centrale électrique de Gizeh-Nord.

Alimentée au gaz, la centrale...

allAfrica.com | February 16, 2012

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the Government of Zimbabwe yesterday signed an agreement under which the bank will extend a grant of US$1 million to cover the costs of a...

Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation | February 15, 2012

Colombo -- Following two days of intense deliberations, the Africa-Asia Regulatory Conference successfully ended today with regulators from Africa and Asia,...

WORLD BANK - WASHINGTON, February 15, 2012 – World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick announced today he would step down at the end of a five-year term in which a transformed Bank played an historic role during the...

TRL News Hub | February 15, 2012

Ethiopia is set to upgrade its transport infrastructure with a $234.5 million (£149 million) loan from the African Development Bank.The money will be used to reconstruct two roads that...

New York Times | February 15, 2012

With the world’s freshwater supplies under mounting pressure from pollution and galloping consumption, understanding the how, where and why of water use is more important than ever.

To that...

PARIS, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The International Energy Agency said revenue disputes between Sudan and South Sudan means overall production estimates are down 25 percent.

South Sudan gained control of most of the oil reserves when...

Creamer Media's Engineering News (South Africa)  | February 15, 2012

The City of Cape Town has initiated a net-metering pilot project to allow domestic energy producers to feed electricity back into the grid, Dr...

KINSHASA, Feb 15 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton's decision to abandon plans for an aluminium smelter in the Democratic Republic of Congo could create problems for the planned Inga 3 hydro power project, the energy minister said on...

Business Day | February 16, 2012

Nigeria’s huge developmental needs make it imperative to borrow to finance infrastructure and other developmental projects, with an aim to improving the lives of citizens analysts say,...

Le gouvernement du Sénégal a lancé plusieurs projet de construction et réhabilitation d'infrastructures routières et hydrauliques afin de désenclaver et développer la...

Un consortium algérien, espagnol, allemand et Italien prévoit d'injecter près de trois milliards de dollars dans un projet de construction de champs gaziers à Reggane nord, dans le Sahara...

Antony Wamukota of the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Ltd has confirmed that an ambitious infrastructure project that is designed to integrate Lamu to other parts of the country is set for completion, the Nairobi Star has...

Business Day | February 14, 2012

A US energy trade mission, led by deputy assistant secretary for African Affairs, William Fitzgerald said on Tuesday that the trade mission will invest $1.5 billion on energy business in...

Market Watch - Wall Street Journal | Feb 14, 2012

(GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- ERHC Energy Inc., a publicly traded American company with oil and gas assets in Sub-Saharan Africa, has provided an update on its...

Agence Ecofin | 15 février 2012

Lors d’une rencontre avec le ministre nigérian de l'énergie à Abuja, les représentants du groupe américain General Electric ont annoncé leur intention de prendre pied dans le secteur...

@BIDJ@N .net | 15 février 2012

Abidjan, Les assises du 16ème congrès de l’Association africaine de l’eau (AAE) qui se tiendront du 20 au 23 février à Marrakech, au Maroc, seront une occasion pour plus d’un millier de...

MARCHÉS Tropicaux & Méditerranéens | 13 fevrier 2012 L’économie informelle ne cesse de se développer dans les centre-villes africains. Elle va de pair avec l’explosion du marché de la téléphonie mobile.

« Il...

Politicsweb.za | February 14, 2012

Prepared speech by Malusi Gigaba MP, Minister of Public Enterprises, on the occasion of the State of the Nation Debate in the National Assembly, February 14 2012.

Excerpts on...

allAfrica.com (Xinhua) | February 15, 2012

The overall savings in the five-member East African Community (EAC) bloc as a result of a harmonised axle load control could exceed 1 billion U.S. dollars annually, officials...