Infrastructure News

Eskom partner launches Energy Efficiency Services

05/03/2012

ESI-AFRICA.com - 05 March 2012

Johannesburg, South Africa - In a move to innovate and participate in South Africa’s national energy shortage, ICT services company Business Connexion has launched its Energy Efficiency...

Category: Energy

Kenya : Lancement d'un vaste projet de port en eaux profondes

05/03/2012

L'Ethiopie, le Kenya et le Soudan du Sud ont annoncé vendredi le lancement du projet de construction du port de Lamu, au Kenya, rapporte l'agence de presse Xinhua.

Le port, prévu à une dizaine de kilomètres de la ville de Lamu,...

Category: Transport

South Africa: One year on, power-saving campaign moves to raise its profile and impact

02/03/2012

Engineering News - March 2, 2012

It has been a year since Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe launched the 49M energy-saving campaign in Johannesburg and State-owned Eskom is optimistic that South Africans are starting to...

South Africa: Public buy-in key to toll road success

02/03/2012

Engineering News - March 1st, 2012

Political support and efficient communication between the public, concessionaires and governments are key to toll road implementation in Africa, African Investment Infrastructure Managers...

Infrastructure challenges hinder progress of coal sector

02/03/2012

Mining Weekly - March 2, 2012

Sandton-based coal developer CIC Energy is keen to export coal from Botswana but says the country’s government urgently needs to make a decision concerning the implementation of the...

Zimbabwe pushes ICT sector

02/03/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 2, 2012

Zimbabwe is pushing forward with plans to move its information and communication technology (ICT) sector to “the next level” by 2015, said Zimbabwe ICT Minister Nelson...

Category: ICT

World Bank sees FDI streaming into Africa in 2012

02/03/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 2, 2012

Capital flows into Africa are seen growing significantly in 2012 as investors seeking higher returns out of Europe, look at the continent for better opportunities in...

Working to Provide Water and Electricity For All

02/03/2012

IPS - March 1st, 2012

Guinea faces acute problems in the supply of clean water and electricity to its citizens, slowing the country's economic development. A major project to address this is now under way, but some Guineans...

Second ECOWAS-China Economic Forum to be held in Ghana

02/03/2012

allAfrica.com - February 29, 2012

Ghana will host the second edition of the ECOWAS-China forum between 20-21 March 2012 in Accra, Ghana, during which private sector operators will seek to develop partnerships in six key areas...

AfDB loans €32.5m to Tunisia to boost flow of irrigation water to country’s farms

02/03/2012

African Development Bank - March 1st, 2012

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Tunisian government and the National Sanitation Authority, on 1 March, signed a loan agreement and guarantee agreement for €32.5 million...

Category: Water

Sixth World Water Forum-Partnership for Strengthening Water Security in Africa

02/03/2012

High Level Meeting on the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative and the African Water Facility

The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Ministers Council on Water, ...

Category: Water

investir pour développer l'accès à l'eau potable sur le continent

02/03/2012

Jeune Afrique - 1er mars 2012

La forte croissance de la population sur le continent africain oblige les États à augmenter leurs investissements pour garantir un meilleur accès à l'eau potable. Notamment dans les villes.

« La...

Tunisie: Prêt de 65 MD de la BAD pour l'amélioration de la qualité des eaux épurées

02/03/2012

Agence Tunis Afrique Presse - 29 février 2012

Un accord de prêt de 65 millions de dinars, destiné à financer le projet d´amélioration de la qualité des eaux épurées, a été signé mercredi29 février 2012 à Tunis, par la Banque ...

Category: Water

Kenya: Lancement d'un vaste projet de port en eaux profondes

02/03/2012

L'Ethiopie, le Kenya et le Soudan du Sud ont annoncé vendredi le lancement du projet de construction du port de Lamu, au Kenya, rapporte l'agence de presse Xinhua.

Le port, prévu à une dizaine de kilomètres de la ville de Lamu,...

Category: Transport

Kenya Power lays first underground cable

01/03/2012

Kenya Power has announced that it is near to converting the overhead power lines to an underground cable system in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, as well as Mombasa and Kisumu, Capital FM has reported.

According to Joseph Njoroge,...

Category: Energy

How mobile broadband can transform Africa

29/02/2012

CNN - February 27, 2012

Editor's note: Dr Hamadoun Touré is secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union -- the U.N.'s specialized agency for information and communication technologies.

In the next five...

Category: ICT

UAE’s Etisalat expanding in Africa

29/02/2012

bikyamasr - February 29, 2012

CAIRO: United Arab Emirates leading telecommunications company Etisalat announced on Tuesday that it was boosting its capacity on Intelsat 22, to be launched next month in an effort to boost its ...

How to Step Up Financing for African Infrastructure

29/02/2012

International Monetary Fund - February 22, 2012

Africa can step up investment in its infrastructure by augmenting traditional sources of financing with foreign borrowing and private investment, but risks need to be managed,...

South Africa: Sanral to lend support to R22bn roads maintenance programme

29/02/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - February 28, 2012

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has been pulled in to improve delivery on the R22-billion S’hamba Sonke (Moving Together) provincial and municipal...

La technologie mobile 3.75G lancée au Kenya

29/02/2012

Le fournisseur de services en télécommunication Airtel Kenya a lancé le 24 février 2012 la première plateforme 3.75G du pays, à travers un partenariat avec Nokia Siemens Networks.

Il...

Category: ICT

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