Infrastructure News

Africa's energy infrastructure requires 'massive investment'

17/03/2011

Major spending is required in order to improve Africa's energy infrastructure, one expert has claimed.

Emmanuel Nzabanita, manager of the energy finance division for eastern and southern Africa at the African Development Bank...

Categories: General, Energy

Africa's transport and energy infrastructure 'needs investment'

16/03/2011

Africa needs to heavily invest in its transport and energy infrastructure if it is going to encourage economic growth.

J Kofi Bucknor, managing partner of private equity firm Kingdom Zephyr Africa Management, told Reuters there...

Categories: Transport, Energy

1.4 billion USD for port infrastructure projects in Algeria

16/03/2011

Abdelkader Kheta, director of maritime infrastructures, announced that 1.4 billion dollars will be invested over the next four years in order to complete several construction and renovation...

Category: Transport

Southern Africa 'needs more regional integration'

15/03/2011

Regional integration needs to be examined as a tool for growth in southern Africa, one expert has claimed.

African Development Bank (AfDB) president Donald Kaberuka said he was happy with the progress being made by the Southern...

Category: General

Madagascar and Mauritius sign ICT cooperation agreement

15/03/2011

Mauritius and Madagascar are to collaborate in the domain of Information and Communication Technology and after signing a protocol of agreement, the Xinhua press agency...

Category: ICT

EAC: $20bn needed for transport infrastructure

14/03/2011

Some $20 billion (£12 billion) is needed to regenerate the transport infrastructure of the East African Community (EAC).

Comprising Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, the EAC is looking to improve the Central and...

Category: Transport

Burundi: government's national campaign for low-energy bulbs

11/03/2011

March 9 in Bujumbura, the government of Burundi started a national campaign to promote low-energy light bulbs (LEBs).

The reason this campaign came about is to reduce energy consumption by...

Category: Energy

South Africa to get 30MW power plant

11/03/2011

South Africa's energy infrastructure is to receive a boost as a 30MW power plant is to be built.

Engineering and project management consultancy RSV Enco Consulting (Enco) said the project will be used to bring electricity to...

Categories: ICT, Energy

Drinking water: Netherlands grants 200M rands to eThekwini

10/03/2011

The Dutch Government has just granted a loan of 200 million rand (€20.9 million) to the municipality of eThekwini,  in South Africa, to help provide drinking water to the...

Category: Water

AfDB lends Nigeria £34m for PPPs development

10/03/2011

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to give Nigeria a $34.3 million (£21 million) loan to finance capacity building for Public Private Partnerships (PPPs).

Under the terms of the agreement, the money will be...

Categories: Transport, Energy

Infrastructure: Increased global cooperation between Japan and Morocco

09/03/2011

Japan and Morocco, through the Japanese Bank of international cooperation (JBIC), have signed an agreement in order to extend their cooperation in the domain of infrastructures and the...

Categories: General, Energy

ICT infrastructure set for major boost in South Africa

09/03/2011

South Africa's ICT infrastructure is set for a boost as six cities in the nation are to get access to a 1Gbps capable fibre optic broadband network.

The plan by i3Africa to radically improve the country's internet...

Category: ICT

Ghana's energy infrastructure to benefit from bio-fuel project

08/03/2011

Energy infrastructure in Ghana will be enhanced by a bio-fuel project.

The scheme is being carried out by Indian-owned company Abellon CleanEnergy and is expected to provide power for over 100,000 homes, IANS reports.

Pragnesh...

Categories: Energy, Water

Fiber optic project in the Seychelles: €8 million granted by EIB

08/03/2011

During an official visit which took place March 4, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced its financial support for the first submarine fiber optic project in the Seychelles.

This loan, to the...

Category: ICT

Kenya's transport infrastructure to improve by end of 2011

07/03/2011

Kenya's transport infrastructure may be improved as the Thika super highway is set to be completed by the end of 2011.

The 27 billion Kenyan shillings (£197 million) scheme has a finish date of December after overcoming...

Category: Transport

Japan provides financial support for electrification project in Cameroon

07/03/2011

Japan has signed a financing agreement to the value of 17 billion FCFA, destined for a project to reinforce electrical infrastructures and for rural electrification...

Categories: Energy, Water

Kenya looking to attract foreign and domestic investment

04/03/2011

Kenya is hoping to attract 160 billion Kenyan shillings (£1.17 billion) in foreign and domestic investment.

It hopes to get the sum of money during the fiscal year, which runs from July to June, with Reuters reporting it...

Category: Transport

infrastructure projects in Egypt: Extension of period for tenders

04/03/2011

There is a possibility that the Egyptian government may be obliged to extend the period for receipt of tenders concerning four projects in the infrastructures domain, reports Reuters.

This...

Categories: Transport, Water

Energy: Series of agreements signed between France and South Africa

04/03/2011

February 2: France and South Africa have signed a series of joint venture agreements in the energy and nuclear power domains.

Four agreements have been signed between the...

Category: Energy

Africa to use solar resources to improve energy infrastructure?

03/03/2011

Africa is well placed to improve its energy infrastructure due to the vast solar resources it has at its disposal.

Abubakar Sambo, the World Energy Council's vice-president for Africa, said the level of sunshine, wind and...

Categories: General, Energy

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