Infrastructure News

Maroc: Une nouvelle centrale solaire à Aïn Béni Mathar pour 2016

22/03/2012

Le directeur des énergies renouvelables au ministère marocain de l'énergie, Abderrahim El Hafidi, a annoncé qu'une nouvelle centrale solaire sera réalisée à Aïn...

Category: Energy

ICA has created Youtube playlists featuring videos on African Infrastructure from African & international sources

21/03/2012

ICA has created a Youtube channel with five playlists featuring African Infrastructure news from African and international sources.

Playlists will be updated regularly with a variety of infrastructure news videos, including ...

Categories: Transport, General, ICT, Water, Energy

Presentations from IGAD Horn of Africa Conference 2012

21/03/2012

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)Horn of Africa Conference 2012

INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT12-13 March 2012Nairobi, Kenya

Theme: Interconnecting the Horn of Africa for Peace, Security and Sustainable...

Categories: Energy, General, Water, Transport

L'Egypte et la Mauritanie misent sur les énergies renouvelables

20/03/2012

Les travaux de construction de la première centrale éolienne de Mauritanie ont débuté la semaine dernière, en présence du chef de l’Etat mauritanien Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz,...

Category: Energy

Pedal power brings cheap energy to rural Rwanda

19/03/2012

Times Colonist - March 17, 2012

BUGESERA DISTRICT, Rwanda — The lights Daniel Ntibaziyandemye uses for his nocturnal fishing trips are charged by pedal-powered generators that offer an affordable means of creating energy, even...

Category: Energy

AFC, CEC signs MoU to boost power supply in Africa

19/03/2012

March 19, 2012

Africa Finance Corporation, AFC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc, CEC, to help boost power supply in countries in Africa.

According to a joint statement...

Category: Energy

Britain lags behind BRICs in African race, warns former Nigeria president Olusegun Obasanjo

19/03/2012

Telegraph - March 18, 2012

In an interview with The Telegraph, he warned Britain was so focused on opportunities in China and India that it was missing out on the world’s hidden growth story. If it does not wake up to...

Categories: Energy, General

Jeffrey Sachs: Why I Want to Be President of the World Bank

16/03/2012

Time - March 16, 2012

I am seeking to be president of the World Bank because I believe that with a good strategy, the bank can help solve many of the world’s biggest challenges, including violent conflicts in impoverished...

Categories: Energy, General

Kenya: The Making of the Huge Lake Turkana Wind Power Project

16/03/2012

allAfrica.com - March 14, 2012

It will feed 300 Megawatts into the national grid via a 400km high-voltage transmission line that will be concurrently built by the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company

When Willem Dolleman...

Category: Energy

Rwanda seeks foreign backing for $6bn energy expansion

16/03/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 16, 2012

Rwanda is banking on foreign lenders to raise $6-billion for a major energy expansion programme aimed at tackling severe electricity shortages and powering its fast-expanding...

Category: Energy

State bets on port to open Addis market

16/03/2012

Business Daily - March 13, 2012

The government is betting on improved infrastructure to lift trade with Ethiopia as concerns wane over the landlocked neighbour’s controlled economy.

Just days after commissioning the...

Categories: Energy, Transport

Energies renouvelables : Accord de 16.5 millions d’euros entre l’Allemagne et le Nigéria

16/03/2012

La Commission Nationale d’Urbanisme a signé un accord de 3,5 milliards de nairas (16.5 millions d’euros) avec le gouvernement allemand afin d’aider les secteurs des énergies renouvelables et de...

Category: Energy

GLOBAL: Joined-up thinking on water, energy and food

15/03/2012

IRIN - March 15, 2012

JOHANNESBURG, 15 March 2012 (IRIN) - Africa’s third longest river, the Niger, is a source of water, food and energy for nine West African countries. But frequent droughts induced by a changing climate,...

Categories: Water, Energy

Gabon Prime Minister Plans Infrastructure Projects for Growth

15/03/2012

Bloomberg Businessweek - March 14, 2012

Gabon’s prime minister, Raymond Ndong Sima, is planning infrastructure investments to boost the central African nation’s economy for “sustained, inclusive and equitable” growth.

Projects...

Categories: Transport, General, Energy

Horn of Africa Summit Concludes: Calls Infrastructure Funding

15/03/2012

The African News Journal - March 13, 2012

Nairobi, Kenya — Members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have petitioned development partners to finance key infrastructure projects in the Horn of Africa....

Categories: General, Water, Transport, Energy

South African Bureau of Standards introduces energy efficiency labelling standard for appliances

15/03/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 15, 2012

Following several calls by government for households to reduce their daily energy consumption and alleviate pressure from the electricity grid, the South African Bureau of...

Category: Energy

South Africa: Authorities warm up to fracking as nuclear alternative

15/03/2012

IOL Business Report - March 15, 2012

In another signal that South African authorities are warming to the need to exploit local reserves of shale gas, the National Planning Commission said yesterday that it saw natural gas...

Category: Energy

Kenyan energy price rises muddy rate cut decision

15/03/2012

Reuters - March 14, 2012

Kenya's energy regulator warned on Wednesday it may raise energy prices in the coming months after lifting the cost of petrol and kerosene for the first time since November, complicating the central...

Category: Energy

Solar Energy Brings Food, Water, and Light to West Africa

15/03/2012

National Geographic - March 13, 2012

It's long been established doctrine in international development circles that diesel engines are the most cost-effective tools for pumping water and powering villages.

But Robert Freling...

Category: Energy

Protocole d’entente signé pour la mise en place d’un projet hydroélectrique au Cameroun

14/03/2012

Le Cameroun et Joule Africa viennent de signer un protocole d’entente pour permettre la mise en place d’un projet hydroélectrique dans le pays.

D’une valeur d’un milliard USD (762 millions...

Category: Energy

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