Infrastructure News

Gabon: Work soon to start on modernization of Port-Gentil airport

26/07/2011

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...

Category: Transport

South Africa receives R100m investment in broadband services

25/07/2011

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...

Category: ICT

AFD invests in renovation of ten electric power stations in Senegal

25/07/2011

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...

Category: Energy

AfDB: Infrastructure represents 70% of our Rwandan operations

22/07/2011

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...

Category: General

State of Chad raises funds on the regional market for infrastructures

22/07/2011

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...

Category: Transport

Mozambique electric railway could boost local transport

21/07/2011

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...

Category: Transport

African water initiative receives $12m grant

20/07/2011

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...

Category: Water

Senegal: Launch of a program to increase access to drinking water

20/07/2011

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...

Category: Water

North Africa has new renewable energies development project

20/07/2011

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...

Category: Energy

Tanzania-Kenya gas pipeline 'will boost development'

19/07/2011

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...

Category: Energy

Over 32 million USD for ICT development project in central Africa

19/07/2011

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...

Category: ICT

AfDB Lome Port loan could boost Togo maritime industry

18/07/2011

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...

Category: Transport

DRC: Signature of financing agreements for hydroelectric power station at Katende

18/07/2011

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...

Category: Energy

AfDB joins with WWF to promote green infrastructure in Africa

15/07/2011

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...

Category: Energy

Rift Valley Railways to receive $40m loan from AfDB

15/07/2011

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...

Category: Transport

Cameroon: France invests in construction of second bridge over the Wouri

15/07/2011

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...

Category: Transport

Africa Renewables seeks €30m from investors for green energy projects

14/07/2011

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)...

Category: Energy

Algeria: Inauguration of hybrid power station at Hassi R'mel

14/07/2011

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...

Category: Energy

Uganda's rural infrastructure to get boost with World Bank programme

13/07/2011

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...

Category: General

Senegal: SENELEC receives 85 million dollars for reorganization plan

13/07/2011

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...

Categories: Energy, Transport

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