Infrastructure News

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Indian firm Indure (Private) Limited has won a tender to rehabilitate and upgrade the ash plant at the Hwange Thermal Power Station at cost of about US$11 million. The exercise is being financed by the Zimbabwe...

The Sunday Mail

In their numbers, they moved in and filled yawning vast tracts of lands previously controlled by a few former white farmers. On that land, they are doing well and production is on the rise. As a result of the...

The Sunday Mail

A NEW fund to accelerate the building of infrastructure across Africa and reduce a current annual funding gap estimated at US$45 billion should be open for business by the end of this year, the president of the...

Huffington Post

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)'s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) initiative just announced its investment in mWater. A non-profit tech startup, mWater has created an app for...

Punch

The Federal Government says it is targeting a $3.07bn overhaul of the electricity transmission infrastructure in the country. The transmission infrastructure has been described as the weakest link in the country's...

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...