Infrastructure News

A new water plant, built in Otobi in order to reduce the risk of water-borne diseases, has been visted by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Leadership has reported.

President Jonathan visited the N2.6 billion plant earlier...

Le Directeur Général de l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Zerah Dov, et le Ministre de l’Economie et des Finances guinéen, Kerfala Yansané, ont signé, le lundi...

La ville d’Accra, au Ghana, accueillera les 3 et 4 avril prochains le 10ème Forum africain de l’investissement.

Organisé par le Conseil d’Affaires du Commonwealth (CBC) en collaboration avec la...

One of the leading internet providers in Africa, MTN, has announced plans to invest significant sums of money in the internet infrastructure in Nigeria, the Daily Trust has reported.

Wale Goodluck, MTN Nigeria's corporate...

African Development Bank - March 7, 2012

The cost to the Nigerian government of its fuel subsidy shot up by almost five times to USD 9.3 billion between 2006 and 2011, and accounted for 30 percent of all federal expenditure –...

This Day Live - March 8, 2012

As part of the efforts to promote  e-payment solution in governance, Ekiti State, last week,  launched  the state’s Integrated Digital Media Channels, designed to boost efficiency...

TradeMark Southern Africa - 6 mars 2012

Africa commands a powerful position on the world stage. It is seen as a land of opportunity — an emerging destination of choice for many investors and development actors as they look for...

Banque africaine de développement - 7 mars 2012

Le Conseil d'administration de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé, le 1e mars, un prêt de 58 millions d'euros (l’équivalent de 38 milliards de FCFA) dans le...

African Development Bank - March 7. 2012

The African Development Bank‘s (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a €58 million loan (equivalent to FCFA 38 billion) towards the financing of the construction, operation and ...

Business Day - March 8, 2012

ELLEN HAGERMAN: Tide may be turning for private-sector investment

Whereas political announcements may bode well for progress, what the private sector will still be looking for is a reassurance that...

World Bank - March 06, 2012

DOHA - The World Bank today launched a regional initiative to improve broadband connectivity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by bringing utilities' fiber optic networks into...

La Côte d’Ivoire, la Sierra Leone, le Libéria et la Guinée ont adopté un projet de traité concernant l’interconnexion des réseaux électriques locaux lors de la...

Le Ministre de l’Energie nigérian a déclaré que des investissements à hauteur de 100 milliards USD étaient nécessaires à la production et à la distribution de 40 000...

Government officials in the Nigerian capital city of Lagos have announced that they are to fund vital infrastructure projects through taxation of road users, This Day has reported.

Ayodele Adewale, the chair of the Amuwo-Odofin...

Voice of America - March 6, 2012

Gabon has launched a rigorous initiative to revamp the energy sector to meet investors’ demands as well as the needs of the population, said Patrick Rodrigue Yalis Ongala, the director of...

Business Daily Africa - March 6, 2012

Kenya last year attracted the highest amount of private equity funding for infrastructure in East Africa, with the country getting more than half the number of the deals, a survey carried...

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 7, 2012

South Africa’s Water Research Commission (WRC) is moving ahead with a comprehensive new study of the country’s water resources, including its groundwater resources, in a bid...

National Geographic - March 6, 2012

On February 29, United Nations officials announced that the crucial March through May rainy season in the Horn of Africa would likely fall short again this year.  The warning comes on the...

Christian Science Monitor - March 6, 2012

Last week, the World Bank announced that developing countries appear to have already met their goal of cutting global poverty rates in half by 2015. China was the driving force behind...

Business Ghana - March 6, 2012

Madam Jasqueline Nnam, Knowledge Sharing Officer of Africa Adapt (AA), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has called on stakeholders to come together to share ideas on climate change to...