Infrastructure News

US Announces Power Africa Initiative

02/07/2013

Remarks by President Obama at Business Leaders Forum. Hyatt Kilimanjaro
. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 7:30 P.M. EAT

PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Please have a seat.  I apologize that we were a...

Rehoboth Sign-Up to Cellphone Banking Pre-Paid Electricity

01/07/2013

AllAfrica.com

First National Bank (FNB) has partnered with the Rehoboth Town Council to sell pre-paid electricity to Rehoboth residents via FNB's cellphone banking service.

Rehoboth is the latest town to make use of this...

Categories: Energy, ICT

Africa's Tech Engines

01/07/2013

AllAfrica.com

App and software developers are springing up in Africa’s tech-savvy markets. Better engineering training and a few breakthrough stories could promote long-term growth.

Much has been made in recent years of...

Category: ICT

The world’s fastest-growing continent

01/07/2013

economist.com

Celebrations are in order on the poorest continent. Never in the half-century since it won independence from the colonial powers has Africa been in such good shape. Its economy is flourishing. Most countries are at...

Category: General

Industrialization, Infrastructure, Trade Topped South Africa Talks

01/07/2013

AllAfrica.com

Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan led a delegation to the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, which opened in Cape Town, South Africa on Wednesday. What has the delegation returned with?

Jonathan left...

Category: Transport

President Jammeh Pledges Electricity for Marakisa

01/07/2013

AllAfrica.com

The Gambian leader has pledged to provide Marakisa Ward in the Kombo Central District of West Coast Region (WCR) with uninterrupted electricity supply and a technical high school, among many other development...

Category: Energy

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