Infrastructure News

Modernization and restructuring works on the airport at Port-Gentil in Gabon are to start Friday August 5.

In Libreville on July 20, Minister of Transport Julien Nkoghé Békalé signed several...

South Africa's (SA's) ICT networks are set to improve after the country has received an R100 million (£9.04 million) investment in its broadband and communication services. Seacom has revealed that it is putting...

Senegal has received funding of 70.2 million dollars from the French Development Agency.

The funds will be allocated mainly to a project to rehabilitate ten power stations run by the national electricity...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has revealed that infrastructure constitutes 70 per cent of all its operations in Rwanda. Resident representative Negatu Makonnen told government delegates and country portfolio performance...

The Prime Minister of Chad, Emmanuel Nadingar, said last Wednesday that the operation "Chadian State  6% net 2011-2016 bond", issued on May 24 2011, is a "success" and that the...

An electric railway in Mozambique linking the capital Maputo to local towns - potentially in operation by 2013 - could boost transport in the region. According to Maputo-based news organisation Agencia de Informacao de...

A $12 million (£7.5 million) grant has been awarded to the African Water Facility (AWF) for the financing of several initiatives to boost water and sanitation services across the continent. The AWF, which aims to attract...

A program to promote 19,100 social drinking water connections and a 100 km extension to the sanitation system was launched on July 12 in Senegal.

It is being financed by the World Bank at a cost...

The Regional Office of the Economic Commission for Africa (CEA-ONU) has just launched a new project on innovative mechanisms for financing renewable energies in the region of North Africa.

The...

A new gas pipeline to be built from Tanzania to Kenya is expected to drive development in east Africa, given its potential to provide between 710 and 720MW of power. Peter Kinuthia, senior energy officer with the East African...

The third phase of the regional high-speed telecommunication project in central Africa has just been granted a package of 32.1 million dollars, co-financed in equal parts by the World Bank and...

The maritime industry in Togo could be boosted by the approval of a €60 million (£52 million) loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to fund the construction of a transhipment container handling terminal. It...

On Monday July 11, financing agreements were signed concerning the project to construct a hydroelectric power station at Katende, in the province of Western Kasaï, in the...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have confirmed they will work together to help improve Africa's green infrastructure. President of the AfDB Donald Kaberuka agreed with WWF's...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to show its support to the Rift Valley Railways (RVR) transport infrastructure project by providing a loan worth $40 million (£24.85 million). This will help the $246 million...

Last Wednesday, France and Cameroon signed a financing agreement in the order of 142.4 million dollars for a road infrastructure project.

It involves the construction of a second bridge...

A renewable energy group has announced that it is looking for investors keen to support a project providing biomass developments in Africa.

With offices in London as well as the west of the continent, Africa Renewables (AfriRen)...

On July 14 2011, Algerian minister of Energy and Mines, Youcef Yousfi, inaugurated the first electric hybrid power station (solar/gas) in Algeria.

The power station, which is situated at Hassi...

The World Bank has launched a programme in an attempt to improve Uganda's rural infrastructure.

It will work together with Centenary Bank to boost the country's agriculture finance capacity.

The World Bank Agriculture...

The National Electricity Company of Senegal (SENELEC) is to receive a loan of 85 million dollars from the French Development Agency (AFD).

Last Monday, an agreement was signed in Dakar. This...