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For South Africa, ICT has pushed progress ahead rapidly in the past two decades, helping to level the playing field between urban and rural areas and enabling the country to better compete at a global level.

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The World Bank has announced ambitious plans to bring about a dramatic improvement in broadband connectivity in countries across North Africa.

To this end, the Bank said that it will ensure that it brings utilities' fiber...

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 12, 2012

Commercial bank Absa has partnered with French development finance institution Agence Français de Developpmente (AFD) to offer R400-million worth of loan financing to...

Al Jazeera English - March 12, 2012

Ethiopia is pursuing a massive dam building project that it hopes will generate alternative sources of power, but critics have said the endeavour will be an environmental disaster.

The...

South Africa.info - March 12. 2012

South Africa and Lesotho will show off their jointly managed Lesotho Highlands Water Project - one of the biggest engineering projects of its kind in the world - at the world's biggest...

Sunday news - March 10, 2012

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s energy regulator said on Friday last week it had cut the increase in electricity rates for power utility Eskom to 16 percent for the 2012/13 financial year from a...

Reuters - March 12, 2012

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Monday it would loan Kenya 21.8 billion shillings to finance the construction of roads and energy projects in east Africa's biggest...

Government of Ghana - March 9, 2012

Vice President John Dramani Mahama yesterday inaugurated Ghana’s section of the Abidjan-Lagos corridor road project at Akatsi in the Volta Region.

The upgraded Akatsi- Agbozume, Akatsi- ...

Le Fonds koweitien de développement économique a accordé un prêt de cinq milliards de FCFA au Niger, le 8 mars dernier, afin d’aider à l’aménagement du tronçon...

A new water plant, built in Otobi in order to reduce the risk of water-borne diseases, has been visted by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Leadership has reported.

President Jonathan visited the N2.6 billion plant earlier...

Le Directeur Général de l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Zerah Dov, et le Ministre de l’Economie et des Finances guinéen, Kerfala Yansané, ont signé, le lundi...

La ville d’Accra, au Ghana, accueillera les 3 et 4 avril prochains le 10ème Forum africain de l’investissement.

Organisé par le Conseil d’Affaires du Commonwealth (CBC) en collaboration avec la...

One of the leading internet providers in Africa, MTN, has announced plans to invest significant sums of money in the internet infrastructure in Nigeria, the Daily Trust has reported.

Wale Goodluck, MTN Nigeria's corporate...

African Development Bank - March 7, 2012

The cost to the Nigerian government of its fuel subsidy shot up by almost five times to USD 9.3 billion between 2006 and 2011, and accounted for 30 percent of all federal expenditure –...

This Day Live - March 8, 2012

As part of the efforts to promote  e-payment solution in governance, Ekiti State, last week,  launched  the state’s Integrated Digital Media Channels, designed to boost efficiency...

TradeMark Southern Africa - 6 mars 2012

Africa commands a powerful position on the world stage. It is seen as a land of opportunity — an emerging destination of choice for many investors and development actors as they look for...

Banque africaine de développement - 7 mars 2012

Le Conseil d'administration de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé, le 1e mars, un prêt de 58 millions d'euros (l’équivalent de 38 milliards de FCFA) dans le...

African Development Bank - March 7. 2012

The African Development Bank‘s (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a €58 million loan (equivalent to FCFA 38 billion) towards the financing of the construction, operation and ...

Business Day - March 8, 2012

ELLEN HAGERMAN: Tide may be turning for private-sector investment

Whereas political announcements may bode well for progress, what the private sector will still be looking for is a reassurance that...

World Bank - March 06, 2012

DOHA - The World Bank today launched a regional initiative to improve broadband connectivity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by bringing utilities' fiber optic networks into...