Infrastructure News

Some €385 million (£327.5 million) is to be given to the United Republic of Tanzania via government channels in an effort to provide it with infrastructure and budgetary support.

The European Commission announced this...

Cameroon, Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan are going to participate in a programme for replacing CFC-based refrigeration systems.

Financed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the...

Areas of South Africa said to have no infrastructure or power sources will be where houses powered by the sun are to be built. Tim Cornell is the founder of eco-home construction company Polehouses.com and has been creating such...

Kenya is to be the home of Africa's largest wind farm thanks to a project backed by the African Development Bank.

The £533 million scheme will see around 365 turbines installed in a desert around Lake Turkana in the northern...

Kenya's third largest cement maker Athi River Mining plans to import coal from South Africa to build a new 29 megawatt coal-fired power plant, it has been reported.

Some of the electricity from the $50 million (£30.4...

A memorandum of understanding has been signed to investigate the energy potential of deserts in North Africa.

The focus of the Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) will be on the viability and ecological framework of generating...

Siemens' infrastructure solutions will support its partners in South Africa to ensure the 2010 World Cup is a success, the company has stated.

Siegfried Russwurm is a member of the firm's managing board and made this comment...

The West African Power Pool (WAPP) is to receive a €1.75 million (£1.5 million) grant to finance studies into a 330 kV transmission link.

Approved by the European Investment Bank (EIB) through the EU-Africa...

New pipelines, refineries and power stations are set to be built in Nigeria after a $2.5 billion (£1.53 billion) deal has been signed.

The state-operated NNPC has come to an agreement with Russia's energy company Gazprom to...

Nuclear power and energy resources are thought to be high on president Dmitry Medvedev's agenda this week as he leads a delegation to Africa.

It is his first official visit to the continent - as well as the first by a Russian...