Infrastructure News

The International Development Association (IDA) announced last Wednesday that it was reckoning on collecting some 49.3 billion dollars from 51 donor countries for its new...

Thursday last, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) signed a three-year cooperation agreement.

It will consolidate the cooperation...

The World Bank will support Mali as it tries to improve its energy, transport and irrigation infrastructure.

This is according to Robert B Zoellick, who is the president of the organisation and he hopes to promote regional...

Last Wednesday, Ghanaian president John Atta-Mills traveled to Ghana's very first offshore oilfield to symbolically open the valves.

This event was called "historic" by...

The energy infrastructure in Tanzania is to be boosted by a $135 million (£87 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (ECB).

It forms part of a wider project by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company to implement...

Last Sunday Tunisia received two loans from the European Investment Bank to finance the construction of an electricity power station and the new suburban rail network in Tunis.

At a total cost...

Japan wants to increase its investments in Tunisia and to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the domain of renewable energies, especially in wind energy, via a partnership.

The spokesman for...

A new wind farm is being developed in Lesotho that could add up to 30 megawatts of power to the country's national grid.

The project will cost $87 million (£55 million) and it is due to be fully operational by the end...

Ghana is in talks with an electrical supplier as it seeks to improve the energy infrastructure of the country.

According to Wind Power Monthly, the El Sewedy Electric group may be helping out as the nation seeks to advance plans...

The improvement in ICT that has taken place in Kenya has aided the country's economic growth and is "truly revolutionary".

Wolfgang Fengler and Jane Kiringai are the lead economist and senior economist for World...

Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on a visit to Berlin, last Wednesday met German chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the establishment of an economic commission...

A desalination plant run by solar power is soon to be constructed in the south of Algeria.

The group SwissINSO announced last week that a sales contract had been signed for its water purification...

The Government of Gabon has signed an agreement with the Spanish group Isolux Corsan for the sum of 46 million dollars.

It relates to the financing of works on constructing an electric power...

Energy infrastructure in Africa may benefit from plans to promote clean development mechanism (CDM) activities.

Discussions have taken place involving the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other Nairobi Framework (NF)...

A South African wind farm will benefit from a 146 million rand (£13.4 million) investment in it.

The project, which is located in the Eastern Cape province, will improve the energy infrastructure of the area, Business Week...

Nine countries in Africa are to benefit from a project that will improve the energy infrastructure of the continent.

The 280 million Kenyan shilling (£2.3 million) scheme will see the nations make efficient use of...

The autonomous Port of Dakar has launched a bond issue for nearly 20 million dollars, which was first listed Tuesday last.

100 percent guaranteed by the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement, it...

Tanzania's energy infrastructure is to benefit from a $2 million (£1.3 million) investment from Brazil.

The money will go towards building a hydro plant that could see the country turn into a net exporter of...

Nigeria has to improve infrastructure if it is to foster long-lasting growth in the country, one expert has claimed.

Gordon Brown, the former prime minister of the UK, observed the country will need to enhance roads, power and...

Energy infrastructure is to be improved in South Africa with the announcement that a 40 million rand (£3.6 million) manufacturing facility for solar water heaters has been launched.

The project will lead to the creation of...