Infrastructure News

allAfrica.com | February 13, 2012

X-net phone. Ne vous méprenez pas sur la consonance british de ce nom. Il s'agit bel et bien du nom du tout premier téléphone portable, entièrement conçu, configuré, paramétré et développé...

StarAfrica.com | February 14, 2012

OTTAWA, Canada, 14 février 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Dans le cadre des efforts déployés par le Canada à l'échelle internationale pour aider les pays en développement à ...

Mike Onolememen, the Nigerian minister for works, has confirmed that the construction of a second Niger Bridge over Onitsha, Anambra State, will cost the government as much as N100 billion.

Mr Onolememen confirmed his...

Le ministère de l'Energie en RDC a signé jeudi dernier plusieurs accords portant sur des projets d'amélioration de la desserte en eau potable et en électricité.

Selon 'Radio...

rfi | 7 février, 2012

Débat:

- Jean-Pierre Favennec, président d’ADEA (Association pour le Développement de l’Energie en Afrique). - Pierre Radanne, conseiller des pays africains sur les questions climatiques et énergétiques....

Electronics Weekly.com | February 13, 2012

Soitec has secured financing from one of the largest investment banks in Africa to build the company’s planned 50-megawatt peak solar power plant in Touwsrivier, Western...

allAfrica.com | February 12, 2012

A N12 billion contract with Shell Petroleum Development Company has given Oando Energy Services Limited, an indigenous oil service company, and a subsidiary of Oando Plc another opportunity...

The Southern Times | February 13, 2012

Masvingo - Water levels in Zimbabwe’s largest inland dam, Lake Mutirikwi, in the southern province of Masvingo, have fallen greatly due to irrigation. Experts attributed the massive...

Times of Zambia |February 11, 2012

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has given Zambia US$80 million(about K408 billion) to construct the long-awaited Kazungula Bridge which has been on the drawing board for over 40...

Oilprice.com | February 13, 2012

Europe, battered by a perfect storm of recession and rising energy requirements, is looking for additional electrical power reserves anywhere it can.

Surcease may come from North Africa, and...

The theme of the sixth annual AITEC Banking & Mobile Money COMESA Conference is “Showcasing the Region’s Banking and Mobile Payment Innovation Successes”.

Nairobi, Kenya, 7-8 March 2012

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The Zimbabwean | February 11, 2012

Last year relations between the two countries cooled when Malawi inaugurated a port at Nsanje on the Shire – but the Mozambican authorities refused to allow barges laden with fertilizer to...

The East African | February 11, 2012

...Most African airports are expected to see an increase in passenger traffic as the continent opens up to the world for business.

The need to expand the airports is highlighted by the...

The East African |February 11, 2012

Mr Ndiwalana has a wealth of knowledge on this topic. He is currently leading research at Grameen Foundation in Uganda, a global non-profit organisation that works to replicate the work of...

The East African |February 11, 2012

Prospects for bringing Uganda’s oil to the surface within the revised timeframe of 2015/17 have become brighter with the February 3 signing of new Production Sharing Agreements between the...

Le producteur de matériaux semi-conducteurs Soitec a annoncé jeudi avoir signé un accord avec la banque sud-africaine Investec Bank pour financer la construction d'une centrale photovoltaïque en...

South African Government Information  February 9, 2012

Read President Zuma's speech presenting important issues related to infrastructure and energy.

Oil Price.com  | February 11, 2012

Namibia, the fourth biggest uranium producer in the world, first floated the idea of acquiring a nuclear power plant of its own four years ago. Rio Tinto and Australian miner Paladin...

The East African | February 11, 2012

A high level delegation from South Sudan has been in Kenya through the week to initiate negotiations with over rights of passage for the 2,000 kilometre crude oil pipeline the country has...

Bernama | February 10, 2012

South Africa will spend billions of rands over the coming years on new infrastructure, with the government to focus on building rail, road, and economic links in five regions in the country and...