Infrastructure News

La Boad finance un projet électrique au Togo

08/09/2011

La Banque ouest-africaine de développement (Boad) a octroyé 43 millions de dollars au Togo afin de financer un projet d'infrastructures électriques.

L'accord a été signé le 1er...

Category: Energy

Mozambique has 30 biofuel projects underway to boost energy supply

06/09/2011

The energy infrastructure in Mozambique is set to improve after it was revealed that more than 30 biofuel projects are taking place in the African nation.

Helio Neves, biofuel programme coordinator at the Agricultural Promotion...

Category: Energy

Zimbabwe's energy sector needs $13bn boost, says World Bank

01/09/2011

Zimbabwe needs $13 billion (£8.01 billion) to be invested into its energy infrastructure, according to a representative from the World Bank.

The group's country director Kundhavi Kadiresan told journalists in...

Category: Energy

LA CTGPC choisie pour la construction d'un barrage hydroélectrique au Cameroun

27/08/2011

Le gouvernement du Cameroun vient de signer un accord avec l'entreprise chinoise China Three Georges Corp. (CTGPC) concernant la construction du barrage hydroélectrique Lom Pangar.

Le contrat, d'une valeur de 200...

Category: Energy

Vers une interconnexion électrique entre la Zambie, la Tanzanie et le Kenya?

27/08/2011

La Zambie, le Kenya et la Tanzanie ont entamé des discussions sur le développement d'une interconnexion électrique entre les trois pays.

Ce projet contribuera à améliorer...

Category: Energy

L'Inde accorde 70 millions USD au Congo pour l'extension du réseau électrique

25/08/2011

Le Congo a reçu cette semaine un prêt de 70 millions de dollars de l'Inde afin de financer un projet d'extension du réseau électrique à travers le pays.

Cette annonce a été...

Category: Energy

RDC : Un consortium indien va construire la centrale hydroélectrique de Katende

23/08/2011

Le consortium indien BHEL-ANGELIQUE international Ltd a remporté l'appel d'offre lié à la construction de la centrale hydroélectrique de grand Katende et des réseaux associés au...

Category: Energy

Nigeria's energy infrastructure will be improved by 2015, says president

19/08/2011

The energy infrastructure in Nigeria is set to see an improvement after president Goodluck Jonathan revealed plans to boost its power supply. He told the Board of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company that the government intends...

Category: Energy

FDA participates in the restructuring of the electricity sector in Mauritania

15/08/2011

The French Development Agency is to grant 45 million euros to the Mauritanian electricity company Somelec in order to help Mauritania to restructure its electricity sector.

The...

Category: Energy

ADB finances construction of electricity power station in Egypt

11/08/2011

On August 8 the African Development Bank and Egypt signed a loan agreement totaling 550 million USD to participate in the financing of the construction of a new 650 megawatt electricity...

Category: Energy

African Caucus focuses on energy infrastructures

08/08/2011

The African Caucus, an annual meeting between the Finance ministers and the governors of the Central Banks of the countries in the African Union and funding agencies, opened on August 3...

Category: Energy

Gabon: ETDE signs contract for electrification project

05/08/2011

The company ETDE (Energy Technology Data Exchange) announced last Wednesday in Libreville that it had signed a contract with the Gabonese ministry of Energy for the construction of a...

Category: Energy

Algeria to generate 22,000 MW from renewable energies by 2030

04/08/2011

The Gas and Electricity Regulatory Commission (Creg) has just published a press release which reveals that 22,000 megawatts of electricity will be generated by Algeria by 2030 from...

Category: Energy

Electrical interconnector for Ghana-Burkina Faso planned for 2014

02/08/2011

The Burkinabé minister for Energy has just announced that the electrical interconnector project between Burkina Faso and Ghana will become operational by 2014 at the latest, reports...

Category: Energy

SA asks investors for proposals on green energy plants

02/08/2011

South Africa (SA) has called for investors to come forward with proposals on renewable energy plants in an attempt to boost its green infrastructure.

The nation's Department of Energy advertised for bids to build its first...

Category: Energy

WB supports road infrastructure project in Liberia

28/07/2011

The World Bank has just granted a loan facility of 250 million dollars to Liberia to finance a vast road rehabilitation project.

The minister of Finance, Augustine Ngafuan, who signed...

Categories: Transport, Energy

Countries in the Great Lakes region want infrastructure cooperation

27/07/2011

The countries in the Economic Community of the Great Lakes (CEPGL), Burundi, Rwanda and DRC, met last Monday and Tuesday in Bujumbura to strengthen their cooperation, especially in the domain...

Categories: Water, Energy

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

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

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