Infrastructure News

ARUSHA, Tanzania, February 17, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Phase two of the Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation (LVWATSAN) Programme comes under scrutiny next week as Members of EALA visit the lakeside city of...

Consultancy Africa - February 16, 2012

The past decade has seen a significant increase in the use of the public-private partnership (PPP) for African project finance as leaders grapple with struggling economies, over...

Ghana MMA - February 17, 2012

Johannesburg — Ten clean energy projects that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions across Africa by 287,000 metric tons annually, were presented to investors in Johannesburg this week at the CTI...

Zimbabwe Mail  | February 18, 2012

Bulawayo,- Essar Africa Holdings Limited (EAHL), an Indian steel making company has applied to the government to construct and operate a 600 Megawatt (MW) station to generate and supply...

PARIS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - French utility EDF said it plans to bid for a contract to build nuclear reactors in South Africa in a possible Franco-Chinese partnership.

...While some countries such as Germany have turned their...

African Development Bank | February 16, 2012

Tanzania’s finance minister and chairman of the Board of Governors, Mustafa H. Mkulo, visited AfDB this week and briefed an informal Board meeting on the state of readiness for...

Date: 27-29 March 2012Venue: Crowne Plaza, The Rosebank - Johannesburg, South Africa

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Developing successful strategies for development, investment and procurement in transport, energy &...

Creamer Media's Engineering News | February 17, 2012

A large-scale project touted as a catalyst for economic growth in East Africa is set to be launched in Kenya early next month.

The Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia...

Creamer Media's Engineering News | February 17, 2012

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TOLLING ONLY VIABLE OPTION, SAYS TRANSPORT SOCIETY – The current uncertainty around whether tolling will be implemented on Gauteng’s highways has repercussions...

BuaNews | February 16, 2012 Lebowakgomo - The provision of water, sanitation and electricity remain high on the service delivery agenda of the Limpopo Provincial Government. "The creation of sustainable livelihoods...

Creamer Media's Engineering News (South Africa) | February 17, 2012

There is a significant maintenance backlog in the water and wastewater sectors, with much of the infrastructure requiring recapitalisation, which should...

Sudan Tribune |February 16, 2012

(JUBA) — Jean Philippe Prosper, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) director for Eastern and Southern Africa has said South Sudan needs a vibrant private sector, if the country is to...

Mail & Guardian online  | February 17, 2012

The government is taking a tough-love approach to drive its bold, integrated R1-trillion infrastructure plan and the state will crack the whip on both private sector and...

allAfrica.com | February 17, 2012

ContourGlobal, a New York based power supply company, was recently awarded the 2011 Africa Power Deal of the Year by Euromoney's Project Finance magazine for its U$142 million KivuWatt ...

AfDB | February 16, 2012

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of USD 100 million to improve water and sanitation in the city of Zaria in northern Nigeria through the African Development Fund, its ...

La Banque mondiale vient d'accorder un prêt de 240 millions de dollars à l’Egypte afin de financer la construction de la centrale électrique de Gizeh-Nord.

Alimentée au gaz, la centrale...

allAfrica.com | February 16, 2012

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the Government of Zimbabwe yesterday signed an agreement under which the bank will extend a grant of US$1 million to cover the costs of a...

Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation | February 15, 2012

Colombo -- Following two days of intense deliberations, the Africa-Asia Regulatory Conference successfully ended today with regulators from Africa and Asia,...

WORLD BANK - WASHINGTON, February 15, 2012 – World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick announced today he would step down at the end of a five-year term in which a transformed Bank played an historic role during the...

TRL News Hub | February 15, 2012

Ethiopia is set to upgrade its transport infrastructure with a $234.5 million (£149 million) loan from the African Development Bank.The money will be used to reconstruct two roads that...