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Cape Business News

Port and maritime authorities and transport corridors are at the forefront of this development and now play a more pivotal role than ever in the continent's growth. According to the U.S. International Trade...

Jeune Afrique

Le producteur d'électricité Ciprel a complété la dernière tranche du financement de sa centrale thermique. D'un montant de 200 millions d'euros, cette opération lui permettra d'accroître sa capacité de production...

Business Day

The pessimists who called Africa "hopeless" could not have been more wrong. The biggest fund on the continent said last week while it still needed to think laterally to find opportunities due to the fairly...

Biztech Africa

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is still fascinated by the story of Sara Maunda, a Malawian village farmer who lives in Dowa, 38-kilometres away from Capital City Lilongwe, whose...

Biztech Africa

Kenya-based Keymerging Technologies Ltd has purchased ING Robotic Aviation's Responderrotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle systems for use in East Africa.  The robotic aircraft will be used for aerial...

Allafrica.com

The Congo River, one of the most powerful rivers in Africa, has very high hydropower potential that could contribute significantly to the needs of the continent. Currently, only the Inga site of the river is being...

African Development Bank

The AfDB approved loans for four private infrastructure projects in Senegal between July 2009-December 2010:
 


Expansion of the Dakar container terminalSendou power plantDakar-Diamniadio toll...

guardian.co.uk

African countries demand tougher laws to end influx of electronic waste amid renewed concerns over toxic components.

African countries have demanded action to stem the import of electronic waste, including old...

East African Business Week

A senior United Nations official, Carlos Lopes, supports the self-help attitude shown by the East African Community (EAC) to improve regional infrastructure.
 
The Kenyan government for example...

Power Generation

The federal government of Kenya has collaborated with Tanzania to explore geothermal energy sources in the country in a bid to diversify its renewable energy portfolio. The alliance is said to be on the back of...

Le Griot.info

D'après un rapport de Standard Bank, la demande en véhicule sur le continent africain est en forte croissance. Le document explique que la majorité des exportateurs de véhicules vers l'Afrique ont vu leurs...

Pana

La Tanzanie, un des premiers parmi les six pays partenaires de Power African, va signer mercredi un protocole d'accord pour un partenariat en matière de régulation de l'énergie avec les agences de régulation américaines...

The Daily Observer (Banjul)

The Gambia's anti-hunger campaign recently got a major boost following a renewed commitment by the number one farmer, the president of the Republic, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Dr. Yahya Jammeh...

Business Daily

Government-owned Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has invited investors to bid for contracts to develop three wells with a combined production capacity of 90 megawatts, marking a major milestone for the...

CNN



A massive fire shut down Nairobi's Kenyatta International Airport on Tuesday, Kenyan government and airport officials said.
 


The blaze has engulfed the entire international terminal, Ken Mijungu of CNN affiliate...

Reuters

Un important incendie s'est déclaré aujourd'hui à l'aéroport international Jomo Kenyatta (JKIA) de Nairobi, paralysant l'un des plus imp ortants hubs d'Afrique orientale, a indiqué un responsable du ministère de...

The Telegraph.co.uk

Infrastructure is improving, violence is in decline, the demographics are excellent. Fund manager Caroline Shaw looks at the case for investing in Africa.

Britain's mobile phone signals are often patchy. I...

All Africa

Three East African countries Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda are implementing a joint $13b project for the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Mombasa via Kampala to Kigali. The project, to be jointly financed by the three...

The Huffington Post

We just saw it out of the corner of our eye as we were bombing down a dusty road in the district of Kamwenge. Out here in Western Uganda, it's so normal, that you'd just pass by without thinking anything of...

The MediaOnLine

Companies that use social media for business correlate with 63.38% more revenue than non-social companies. This, and other insights into 'social' businesses, will be unearthed by Cerebra in its presentation of...