Infrastructure News

Powering Africa a challenge, but could charge wellbeing

31/07/2013

Gallup

Gallup surveys in 26 sub-Saharan African countries in 2012 suggest U.S. President Barack Obama's new initiative to double access to electric power in Africa will be difficult to implement, particularly given the...

Category: Energy

Djibouti va appréhender le développement du solaire

31/07/2013

Afriquinfos

Dans la quête d'une indépendance énergétique basée sur les énergies renouvelles, Djibouti s'apprête à appréhender le développement du solaire en tenant compte de l'évolution des autres projets énergétiques et plus...

Category: Energy

Maroc: le chinois Sepco III va construire une centrale électrique

31/07/2013

Jeune Afrique

L'entreprise chinoise Sepco III, spécialiste de l'ingénierie électrique, a signé avec l'Office nationale de l'électricité et de l'eau potable (ONEE) pour l'extension du site de la centrale électrique à charbon de...

Category: Energy

Démarrage en 2014 des travaux de la route entre le Gabon et le Congo

31/07/2013

APA

Le représentant résident de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) au Gabon, Moulay Lahcen Ennahli, a déclaré; lundi lors d'une conférence de presse à Libreville, que les travaux de la route transafricaine devant relier...

Category: Transport

Renewable energy fund for SADC on the cards

31/07/2013

The Southern Times

Regions of Climate Action (R20) will next year hold a conference in South Africa to find existing funding gaps in renewable energy within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, an official...

Category: Energy

Côte d'Ivoire €50 million power expansion project

30/07/2013

ESI-Africa.com

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a senior loan of up to €50 million to finance the Ciprel power expansion project in Côte d'Ivoire to increase the existing plant capacity by 222 MW.

Electricity...

Category: Energy

Tanzania: Namanga Border Post Ready By December

30/07/2013

Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)

CONSTRUCTION of the One-Stop-Border-Post (OSBP) at Namanga, in Longido District is expected to be completed by December, this year.

The Tanzania Roads Agency (TANROADS) has stated here that...

Category: Transport

Addressing Africa's Energy Gap for Economic Development

29/07/2013

The Huffington Post

One of the key issues for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSAfrica) is bridging the energy-infrastructure gap the region has and the impact of these sectors on the region's overall development.

Yes, we have all heard...

Category: Energy

Hello Africa? Investors Are Calling

29/07/2013

The Wall Street Journal

The $1 billion financing for African mobile telecommunications infrastructure developer IHS Towers is yet another sign that global investors are warming up to investing on the continent again.

The...

Categories: ICT, General

Africa to grow 5.5% per annum, but risks remain

29/07/2013

Zawya

Africa is now the world's fastest growing continent in the world and is set to grow at more than 5.5% per annum for the foreseeable future, according to the latest report from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group....

Category: General

Southern Africa: SADC - New Frontier for Renewable Energy Sources

26/07/2013

Southern African News Features (Harare)

A recent announcement by an international firm that it has invested more than US$12 million in a solar power project in South Africa highlights the emergence of southern Africa as a new...

Category: Energy

Nigeria: FG, AfDB parley on infrastructure, transformation

24/07/2013

The Guardian by Taiwo Hassan

The Federal Government and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have concluded plans to hold a high level policy dialogue on 'Infrastructure and Structural Transformation in Nigeria' that is expected...

Category: Transport

Realising a renewable energy dream


24/07/2013

Power Engineering International - Penny Hitchin

Access to power is vital for both social and economic development. However, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a vast area containing nearly 50 diverse countries with a combined population...

Category: Energy

AfDB-Rwanda and Burundi launch one stop border post to accelerate integration

AfDB-Rwanda and Burundi launch one stop border post to accelerate integration

23/07/2013

The Bank received from the Governments of the Republic of Rwanda and Republic of Burundi, an invitation to witness the official launching ceremony of the One stop border post which took place on Wednesday 17th July 2013 at Ruhwa.

Category: Transport

New fund to boost infrastructure development in Africa endorsed

23/07/2013

AfricaInvestor

African institutions have endorsed the African Development Bank (AfDB) 'Africa50Fund' an innovation vehicle for financing infrastructure development on the continent.

'Africa50Fund' is an initiative by AfDB to...

Category: ICT

AfDB finances flagship Djibouti geothermal energy project

23/07/2013

NewNet

The African Development Group (AfDB) has provided financing for a new geothermal energy project in Lake Assal, Djibouti. The project has been established as a public-private partnership, according to ESI-Africa, with the...

Category: Energy

Africa's institutions support Africa50 fund for infrastructure financing

23/07/2013

Pana

Rising from their meeting in Tunis over the weekend, African institutions endorsed AfDB's Africa50 Fund as Africa's vehicle to facilitate large-scale mobilization of resources and unlock international private financing...

Category: ICT

Grands projets d’infrastructures - 4500 milliards de cfa à la Côte d’ivoire - 30 entreprises chinoises déjà installées

22/07/2013

abidjan.net

D'ici à six ans, la Chine pourrait octroyer dix milliards de dollars de prêts à la Côte d'Ivoire pour financer de grands projets d'infrastructures.

Selon Albert Mabri Toikeusse, ministre chargé du Plan et du...

Category: Energy

Tunis capitale de l'infrastructure africaine

17/07/2013

Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Présidente de la Commission de l'Union africaine (CUA), Carlos Lopes, Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (UNECA) et Donald Kaberuka, Président du Groupe de la...

Category: General

Powering Africa


17/07/2013

nytimes.com

President Obama's "Power Africa" initiative, unveiled during his recent trip there, has the potential to make a major impact on a continent where millions of people - including more than two-thirds of those...

Category: Energy

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