Infrastructure News

allAfrica.com - April 2, 2012

Addis Ababa — A failure to incorporate water quality data into measurements of progress on the Millennium Development Goal of access to safe water has made some countries appear closer to...

allAfrica.com - April 2, 2012

As part of its commitment to ensure availability of safe water and food security in Nigeria, the TY Danjuma Foundation (TYDF), has announced an initial commitment of $250,000 to the Safe Water for...

fin24 - April 1, 2012

Johannesburg – Ion exchange, the technology that Trailblazer Technologies wants to use to process South African acid mine drainage into water for stimulating agricultural production, also involves all ...

Environmental Expert.com - March 30, 2012

The Water Quality Reporter (WQR) application was developed by the iCOMMS team at the civil engineering department at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, under the leadership of...

La construction du barrage de Bagatelle, sur la rivière Terre Rouge, vient de débuter sur l'Ile Maurice.

Le Premier ministre, Navin Ramgoolam, a procédé le 29 mars dernier à la pose de la...

The World Bank has offered financial assistance to the Kenyan government as it seeks to become the global hub for mobile phone applications, Business Daily Africa has reported.

Indeed, the Bank has provided Sh4.5 billion ($55...

The Africa Report - March 30, 2012

In a previous column, I commented on the rapid changes in direct satellite-to-home TV reception across Africa, thanks to the launch of a number of packages, most of them free of charge. A wind...

The Africa Report - March 29, 2012

Imagine you are in Yokadouma, a rural community in eastern Cameroon with little electricity and inaccessible roads. You have an old, inexpensive mobile phone with which you can only make and...

The Africa Report - March 19, 2012

Strong economic growth brings more business for construction companies, but the top firms are facing capacity problems and uncertain regulatory prospects Africa's construction materials...

BBC News - March 29, 2012

Mobile phone firms are losing $58bn (£36bn) a year worldwide to billing errors and fraud, a report says.

Juniper Research found operators were "leaking" revenue because the complexity of...

La Banque mondiale vient d'octroyer un financement de plus de 134 millions de dollars au Cameroun afin de participer au financement de la construction du barrage de Lom Pangar.

Ce projet, dont le coût total est...

BizCommunity.com - March 29, 2012

Government ministers attending the recent Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit in Ethiopia, this week pledged their support for the ZA Central Registry's (ZACR) bid to become the dotAfrica...

News Time Africa - March 29, 2012

Despite Malawi registering surplus maize yields in recent years, food production in the southern African nation has been on the decline, a climate change study has indicated. Malawi has in the...

NEW DELHI (AP) — The leaders of five of the world's fast-rising powers agreed Thursday to move toward creating a new development bank that would improve access to capital for poor nations.

Accusing current international...

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 29, 2012

The South African government confirmed on Thursday that it had received a total of 79 tenders, representing 3 233 MW of potential power generation capacity, during the...

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 30, 2012

State-owned power utility Eskom has started to deploy a hybrid smart grid model that supports its legacy time- division multiplexing management system, while gradually...

DesignBuiltSA - March 23 & 29, 2012

Two newly uploaded videos in ICA energy infrastructure playlist:

1. Affordable Electricity in South Africa at a Tipping Point?

Mike Rossouw, Chairmen of the heavy energy users group in...

DesignBuiltSA - March 20 & 23, 2012

Two newly uploaded videos in ICA water infrastructure playlist:

1. Sappi Tugela River Project (South Africa)

Energy savings and load shifting capabilities at a water treatment and bulk...

L'Angola va investir 120 millions de dollars dans les prochains jours dans la construction du nouveau système d'approvisionnement en eau et assainissement de la ville de Malanje.

L'annonce a été...

Le ministre angolais de l'Energie et Eau, João Baptista Borges, a posé mardi dernier la première pierre du chantier de construction de la centrale thermoélectrique de Menongue, en Angola.

Elle...