Infrastructure News

Move paves way for institutional investors to help fill infrastructure gaps in developing world: US$1 trillion a year in extra investment needed through 2020.

The Wall Street Journal

African countries secured commitments from companies in the Persian Gulf totaling $19 billion to invest in roads, railways and airports at the first West Africa Investment Forum held in Dubai on...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) held its first regular meeting since the Bank returned to its statutory headquarters in Abidjan on Monday, September 8 and approved a combined US $256 million...

The Telegraph.co.uk

Ask an Expert: the continent is tipped as the next region to boom but how can investors take advantage?There are several approaches. First, there are a handful of specialist funds. Alquity Africa,...

CNBC

Africa, as a whole, has begun to link the necessity for infrastructure with the industry itself, says Andrew Johnstone.

"The linkage between the necessity for infrastructure and industry go hand in hand now. Ministers...

BiztechAfrica

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka made a strong case for the importance of tackling private investment impediments in the African infrastructure agenda during the joint AfDB, Organisation for...

Xinhua

D'après le Rapport d'enquête 2013 sur l'attractivité de l'Afrique, publié ; par le cabinet d'audit financier Ernst et Young le 6 mai dernier,cité par le magazine la Chine au Présent, le continent africain attire...

PR Newswire

Venu à Paris pour participer à une réunion conjointe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) et de l'International Growth Center (IGC),...

Deutsche Welle

The new BRICS development bank and reserve fund launched this week are intended to provide an alternative to existing Western-led institutions. Africa hopes for aid to make infrastructural improvements.

At a...

L'Opinion

Pour Donald Kaberuka, le président de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), le retard pris dans le domaine de l'équipement coûte deux points de croissance au continent.

Alors que le siège de la Banque africaine...

PR Newswire

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka made a strong case for the importance of tackling private investment impediments in the African infrastructure agenda during the joint AfDB, Organisation for...

Polity.org.za

Global elite legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the South African Government E mployees Pension Fund (GEPF), African Development Bank (AfDB) and DTD Holdings (DTD) on their proposed...

Business Day

Three major events that would ultimately reshape Africa's infrastructure policy discourse occurred in the second quarter of 2014. The First was the World Economic Forum in Africa, which held in Abuja in early May...

The Africa Report

Germany is caught between hard interests and soft values as it tries to find its way into the African market. But is Chancellor Angela Merkel's government doing enough?

The international community has been...

Ghana News Agency

Ghana is rated amongst the first three most favourable destinations in intra Africa for investment.

This was revealed in a statement signed by Zuweira Ibrahim, Minister Consular in-charge of Information at the...

Bloomberg

Construction foreman Hilaire Adou doubled his staff to meet a September deadline to build 45 houses in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire 's commercial capital, for employees of the African Development Bank."The pressure...

Voice of America

Good news for Africa, say the experts. Growth is healthy and broad-based, fueled in part by infrastructure spending, domestic demand and trade.

"A lot of people think growth in Africa is only driven by...

EurActiv

Education Minister Johanna Wanka announced a change of course for German development cooperation in Africa last Friday (20 June). In the future, projects in science and research should be regionally targeted. EurActiv...

Deutsche Welle

Foreign direct investment in Africa has risen over the last few years, though rather more modestly than elsewhere. A number of revealing details are to be found in UNCTAD's 2014 World Investment...

Les Dépêches de Brazzaville

Le sommet qui s'est tenu à Dakar, au Sénégal, a permis aux participants de discuter sur la question e t de prôner une bonne préparation pour garantir le succès des projets.
 


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