Infrastructure News

Switzerland pledges $20m to AfDB for sanitation projects

28/11/2011

A Swiss agency has pledged $20 million (£12.8 million) to a project aimed at improving water supply and sanitation in rural Africa.

The European country's Agency for Development and Cooperation will give the money to...

Category: Water

130 millions USD pour l'électrification en Mauritanie

25/11/2011

L'Arabie saoudite a accordé un financement de 130 millions de dollars à la Mauritanie afin de financer plusieurs projets d'électrification et de construction d'établissements...

Qatar to invest $1bn in Moroccan infrastructure

25/11/2011

Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has signed an agreement with the Moroccan state to fund infrastructure projects in the North African nation.

The agreement establishes at 50-50 investment joint venture worth $2 billion...

Category: General

La Chine investit 95 millions USD pour le développement des infrastructures de Tanzanie

24/11/2011

La Chine et la Tanzanie ont signé plusieurs accords dans le domaine des infrastructures lundi dernier à Dar es Salaam.

La Chine s'est engagée à apporter une aide d'environ 65 millions de...

Categories: ICT, Transport

Sénégal: 95 millions USD pour l'électricité

23/11/2011

Le gouvernement sénégalais va octroyer 95 millions de dollars au Fond de soutien à l'énergie, rapporte le journal Le Soleil.

Le gouvernement a fait cette annonce jeudi dernier, lors de la présentation du budget 2012. ...

Un second opérateur des télécommunications reçoit une licence à São Tomé et Príncipe

23/11/2011

Un nouvel opérateur de télécommunications recevra sa licence au premier semestre 2012, a annoncé cette semaine le ministre des Travaux publics, des Infrastructures et des Ressources naturelles de Sao Tomé et Principe, Carlos...

AfDB signs $12m credit line with Bank of Kigali

22/11/2011

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a line of credit agreement with the Bank of Kigali worth $12 million (£7.6 million).

Using the money for key economic sectors, such as infrastructure, agri-business and...

African sanitation research project receives $7m grant

17/11/2011

A US-based charity has received a $7 million (£4.42 million) to improve rural sanitation in Africa.

The money will go towards Plan International's Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) project, which researches and...

Category: Water

Malawi plans water infrastructure investment

16/11/2011

Malawi's government has hired a British company to help it develop a water infrastructure strategy in the country, reports ESI Africa.

W S Atkins will work with the country's government to provide a framework for the...

Categories: Water, Energy

L'Egypte prévoit de produire 20 pourcent de son électricité à partir des énergies renouvelables

14/11/2011

La 3ème conférence internationale sur l'énergie solaire, réunissant experts et acteurs du secteur énergétique, s'est déroulée la semaine dernière au Caire, en...

Large hydro projects planned for Africa

11/11/2011

The African Union (AU) has met to discuss the implementation of large hydropower projects across the continent, according to Coast Week.

As part of the Hydro 2020 initiative, a summit met to discuss the paradox between...

Category: Energy

Une nouvelle centrale hydroélectrique à Madagascar

10/11/2011

Le ministère malgache du commerce a révélé mardi dernier que des opérateurs économiques turcs projettent d'investir dans la construction d'une centrale hydroélectrique...

Kenya and Ethiopia sign $743m road deal

10/11/2011

Kenya and Ethiopia have signed a deal worth $743 million (£466 million) for the building of a road that will join the two countries.

The Addis Ababa-Nairobi road project, part of the Trans-African Highway corridor, will...

Toyota to build energy plants in Kenya

09/11/2011

Toyota to build energy plants in Kenya

Japanese firm Toyota is to build new geothermal energy plants in Kenya, reports AllAfrica.com

The Japanese firm has won a bid to construct a new generating facility and upgrade another at a...

Category: Energy

Lancement de la construction d’une route entre le Congo et le Gabon

08/11/2011

Les travaux de construction d'une route reliant la ville d'Okoyo (centre du Congo) à la frontière du Gabon ont été lancés jeudi dernier.

« La construction de cette route consacre...

Category: Transport

AfDB creates new infrastructure marketplace for Africa

04/11/2011

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has teamed up with an international software company - the Zambato Group - to create a new infrastructure project marketplace for Africa that will allow funders, constructions firms and...

La fibre optique fait son entrée au Gabon

03/11/2011

Le câble de fibre optique ACE a été connecté au Gabon le week-end dernier, rapporte Radio France Internationale.

Le câble Africa Cost to Europe (ACE) reliera l'Europe à plusieurs pays...

Category: ICT

Algérie: Le président Bouteflika inaugure le métro d'Alger

02/11/2011

Le président algérien Abdelaziz Bouteflika a inauguré lundi dernier le métro d'Alger, rapporte l'agence de presse Xinhua.

D'une longueur initiale de 9,5 km, le métro d'Alger...

Category: Transport

Moroccan wind farm approved

02/11/2011

A wind/hybrid generating system that will bring power to thousands of Morocco's most vulnerable homes has been approved by Climate Investment Funds (CIF).

The project will increase electrical capacity in the country by 1,070...

Category: Energy

South Africa's railways to get £10bn makeover

01/11/2011

South Africa's government is to invest almost £10 billion in modernising its railway infrastructure over the next two decades.

Eyewitness News reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has told the...

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