Infrastructure News

La téléphonie mobile en plein boom sur le continent africain

23/07/2014

Le Monde.fr S'il reste inférieur à celui des Européens ou de certains Asiatiques (plus particulièrement Japon, Corée du Sud, Chine), l'usage du téléphone mobile en Afrique se développe.
 


Le continent, qui a littéralement...

Category: ICT

How should I go about investing in Africa?

23/07/2014

The Telegraph.co.uk

Ask an Expert: the continent is tipped as the next region to boom but how can investors take advantage?There are several approaches. First, there are a handful of specialist funds. Alquity Africa,...

Category: General

Africa sees infrastructure as a necessity

22/07/2014

CNBC

Africa, as a whole, has begun to link the necessity for infrastructure with the industry itself, says Andrew Johnstone.

"The linkage between the necessity for infrastructure and industry go hand in hand now. Ministers...

Category: General

Kaberuka addresses Africa's infrastructure gap at OECD

22/07/2014

BiztechAfrica

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka made a strong case for the importance of tackling private investment impediments in the African infrastructure agenda during the joint AfDB, Organisation for...

Category: General

Power: Inga III will have to wait

21/07/2014

The Africa Report

With the legal framework, tenders, impact studies and financing still to be finalised, construction of the dam is unlikely to start before the end of 2016.
 


Despite the desire of President Joseph Kabila...

Category: Energy

Les investissements chinois stimulent le développement de l'Afrique

21/07/2014

Xinhua

D'après le Rapport d'enquête 2013 sur l'attractivité de l'Afrique, publié ; par le cabinet d'audit financier Ernst et Young le 6 mai dernier,cité par le magazine la Chine au Présent, le continent africain attire...

Category: General

OCDE : Donald Kaberuka veut remédier au déficit d'infrastructures en Afrique

21/07/2014

PR Newswire

Venu à Paris pour participer à une réunion conjointe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) et de l'International Growth Center (IGC),...

Category: General

Powering Africa From the Ground Up

18/07/2014

Fair Observer

African start-ups can bring affordable energy solutions to millions of people around the continent.
 


"The Dallas Cowboys Stadium uses more power than the entire country of Liberia." Let that sink...

Category: Energy

Africa hopes for help from new BRICS bank

18/07/2014

Deutsche Welle

The new BRICS development bank and reserve fund launched this week are intended to provide an alternative to existing Western-led institutions. Africa hopes for aid to make infrastructural improvements.

At a...

Category: General

L'Afrique souffre encore d'un déficit d'infrastructures

18/07/2014

L'Opinion

Pour Donald Kaberuka, le président de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), le retard pris dans le domaine de l'équipement coûte deux points de croissance au continent.

Alors que le siège de la Banque africaine...

Category: General

Kenya: State Seeks Funding for Rural Power Lines

18/07/2014

The Star

Rural Electrification Authority Chairman, Simon Gicharu joins Rural Electrification Authority workers to position a pole at Kapseret Primary school in Uasin Gishu County. The Authority is connecting electricity to the...

Category: Energy

How much more electricity generating capacity does South Africa need?

17/07/2014

Daily Maverick

While most debate around South Africa's energy future tends to focus on the best source of new power generation (coal, gas, nuclear renewables), environmental issues and the role of Eskom, much less attention is...

Category: Energy

Africa Railways Secures Final Instalment Of $164m Capital

17/07/2014

Ventures

Africa Railways, a subsidiary of Qalaa Holdings (formerly Citadel Capital), has completed the drawdown of the final $69.6 million of a $164 million senior debt facility, which it raised through global and East African...

Category: Transport

Kaberuka addresses Africa's infrastructure gap at the OECD in Paris

17/07/2014

PR Newswire

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka made a strong case for the importance of tackling private investment impediments in the African infrastructure agenda during the joint AfDB, Organisation for...

Category: General

1,300 MW addition to electricity grid in August may not end power outages: Energy expert

17/07/2014

Egypt Daily News

A total capacity of 1,300 MW from Ain Sokhna power station will be added to the national electricity grid in August and October, Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker said in a Sunday statement.

The station is...

Category: Energy

Power developments in Africa

17/07/2014

eePublishers

Africa off-grid energy challenge
 
IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) says that the Green Village Electricity Project (GVEP) was a winner of the Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge - an initiative launched...

Category: Energy

Sénégal : Potabilisation de l'eau dans le Faboli : L'Etat pour un partenariat public-privé

03/07/2014

www.lesoleil.sn

Le ministère de l'hydraulique et de l'assainissement, avec l'unité de coordination du Pepam, a organisé un atelier de restitution d'une étude sur la délégation de gestion des unités de potabilisation dans le...

Category: Water

SEFA and AREF Reach Out to Nordic Investors in Renewable Energy

03/07/2014

All Africa

The promotion of renewable energy in Africa was the focus of a seminar entitled Opportunity Africa: Sustainable Energy Investments held on June 24 and 25 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The gathering was jointly organized by...

Category: Energy

Norton Rose Fulbright advises on $1bn Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund 2

03/07/2014

Polity.org.za

Global elite legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the South African Government E mployees Pension Fund (GEPF), African Development Bank (AfDB) and DTD Holdings (DTD) on their proposed...

Category: General

AU and AfDB signed agreement for improved access to rural water supply and sanitation in 10 African countries

03/07/2014


Mbendi.com

Five million people in ten countries - eight of them fragile states - are set to benefit from an Africa-wide resource mobilization initiative aimed at improving their access to drinking water, sanitation and...

Category: Water

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