Infrastructure News

Projects in key development sectors for four different countries will be carried out thanks to a new agreement.

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and representatives from Ethiopia, the Gambia, Niger and Sierra...

On February 24, the African Development Bank (ADB) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) signed a protocol agreement concerning the payment of a subsidy of 8,625 million...

Improvements in the energy infrastructure of South Africa will be made clear during African Utility Week.

The Western Cape region of the country has made significant progress in terms of renewable energy in both the solar and...

A loan of 400 million dollars (289 million Euros) is on the point of being granted to Tanzania in order to finance a project to construct a 200 MW coal-fired electricity power station,...

East Africa's transport infrastructure is set to improve as a $300 million (£186 million) investment has been announced.

The Dar es Salaam port in Tanzania and Mombasa port in Kenya will see operations become automated,...

A development policy loan (DPL) relating to the household waste sector was signed Monday 28 February in Rabat.

This DPL will support the waste management program of the country, with the goal of improving...

Discussions between a Chinese delegation and the leaders of the East African Community (EAC) took place in Tanzania, Thursday February 24, with the aim of discussing possible investments,...

France and Kenya announced on February 23 that an international meeting of Energy ministers from all over the world will take place in Paris on April 21.

At a press conference held...

Improving the energy infrastructure of Tanzania remains the biggest single challenge facing the nation.

This is according to energy and mineral resources minister William Ngeleja, who noted residents in the country need to have...

The Senegalese minister for Urbanization and Sanitation, Adama Sall, announced last Wednesday in Dakar that Turkey was prepared to send a ship to Senegal which is capable of generating electricity.

This...

Last Tuesday, the first stone was laid for the railroad between Conakry and Kankan in Guinea, in the presence of the former Brazilian president Lula da Silva and Guinean president Alpha...

South Africa's energy infrastructure could be set for a huge improvement as plans are underway to build the world's largest solar power station.

The 5GW plant would be stationed in the Northern Cape region after an...

The Kuwaiti Development Fund has signed a financing agreement with Mauritania to the value of 39 million dollars, to finance a transport and water distribution infrastructure project...

Nigeria is to invest ten million dollars per year in the energy sector in order to attain the government's goal of a generating capacity of 40,000 megawatts...

Germany is willing to invest 600 million Euros in the project to renovate the Inga hydroelectric dam, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, reports the PANA press agency.

Peter Blomeyer,...

Tanzania's infrastructure is set for improvements thanks to the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy (CAS).

The updated document will seek to ensure progress is made in developments for utilities, ports and railroads,...

Water infrastructure in The Gambia is set to receive a boost with the construction of a new plant.

The wastewater treatment facility has cost $2 million (£1.2 million), been developed by Gambega and it comes as the nation...

The African Development Bank (ADB) has just signed a number of financing agreements with the government of Guinea amounting to a total of 37.6 million dollars.

These funds...

Algeria's infrastructure is set for an improvement after it revealed a $156 billion (£96 billion) investment in new projects.

As well as this, there will also be £130 billion spent on existing developments, with...

South Africa's energy infrastructure may be set to improve as the country has been pinpointed as an area of investor interest in the renewable sector.

Greg Nott, international lawyer and special adviser to the Energy Indaba,...