Infrastructure News

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

The Future for Clean Energy in Africa

17/07/2013

Smart Energy

The latest thought leadership report produced by Clean Energy Pipeline is based upon the analysis of 140+ responses that Clean Energy Pipeline received for their survey on African renewable energy.

This report...

Category: Energy

Zimbabwe: Batoka power project tops funding talks


17/07/2013

The Standard

Financing of regional infrastructure projects including the US$2,8 billion Batoka Gorge hydro-electricity power plant will be up for discussion when three pan-African institutions meet in Tunis this week.

The...

Category: Energy

Geothermal Development in East Africa Boosted By Significant Funding

17/07/2013

Smart Energy

A new project supported by the African Development Group plans to exploit the geothermal potential in the Lake Assail region to enable Djiboutian population's access to a reliable, renewable and affordable source of...

Category: Energy

Protection de la ressource en eau: De la responsabilité du secteur privé

15/07/2013

Sidwaya

Selon l´Organisation des Nations unies, la consommation industrielle d'eau devrait doubler d'ici à 2025, en raison des délocalisations et du développement des industries dans les pays en voie de développement.

Des...

Category: Water

Afrique du Sud : retard pour un méga-projet de centrale électrique

15/07/2013

AFP

Le groupe public d'électricité sud-africain Eskom a annoncé lundi que sa nouvelle centrale à charbon géante de Medupi (nord) ne serait connectée au réseau qu'au secon d semestre 2014, alors que le pays peine à répondre à la...

Category: Energy

Africa's Role in the Future of the Global Energy Sector

15/07/2013

The Knowledge@Wharton Network

As the developed world struggles with decisions concerning fossil fuels and their availability and cost, businesses in Africa and globally have started to think more about how extensive the...

Category: Energy

AfDB continues to support low-carbon development pathways for Africa

15/07/2013

Sierra Express Media 13/07/2013

For the fifth time the African Development Bank  was a co-organizer of the Africa Carbon Forum (ACF) along with UN agencies, the World Bank and the International Emissions Trading As...

Category: Energy

The advantages of investing in Africa

10/07/2013


CampdenFB (UK)

The need for widespread access to electricity in Africa presents a big opportunity to investors - will they follow Obama's example? Marie-France Mathes, managing director and head of Investor Relations at...

Category: Energy

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