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EU wants to strengthen regional integration in Africa

01/12/2010

The third Africa-EU summit began Monday last in Tripoli, Libya. The president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, declared during the opening ceremony that the EU was determined to help...

Category: General

Nigeria 'needs to improve infrastructure'

30/11/2010

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...

Categories: General, Transport, Energy

Infrastructure development will be addressed at PPP conference

25/11/2010

Infrastructure development is to be on the cards as the second Africa Public Private Partnership Conference prepares to get underway.

It will take place on December 1st and 2nd in Tunis and it will look to enhance the work of the...

Category: General

La Chine et le Botswana renforcent leur coopération dans les infrastructures

24/11/2010

La Chine a signé ce week-end plusieurs accords avec le Botswana, à l'occasion de la tournée africaine du vice-président chinois Xi Jinping. "Avec cette première visite officielle, nous...

Categories: General, Energy

South Africa 'to lead continent's infrastructure growth'

23/11/2010

Improvements in Africa's energy, transport and telecommunications infrastructure should be driven by South Africa, one expert has claimed.

Ebrahim Patel, economic development minister and delegate of the bi-lateral trade...

Categories: General, ICT, Transport, Energy

African countries meet to discuss infrastructure development

01/11/2010

Countries from eastern and southern Africa have met to discuss ways of improving infrastructure development in the area.

The purpose of the dialogue is to ascertain ways of increasing funding for developing the region's...

Category: General

AfDB 'to support infrastructure programmes'

29/10/2010

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will continue to invest in infrastructure in order to improve regional integration in the continent of Africa.

According to the group, the area will experience "long-term growth" if...

Category: General

ADF gets more funding for low-income countries

25/10/2010

Countries in Africa may be able to benefit from infrastructure grants after the African Development Fund (ADF) was replenished with $9.5 billion (£6 billion).

It is the twelfth time the ADF has received cash and it...

Category: General

African ministers in favour of Green Fund

19/10/2010

Several African ministers have backed the idea of the creation of an African Green Fund.

The scheme has been proposed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and it would be set up to give money for infrastructure projects that...

Category: General

Community infrastructure projects 'succeeding in the Gambia'

14/10/2010

Improvements to water, road and health infrastructure in the Gambia have seen success, due to the cooperative aspect of the work.

The World Bank has revealed the community-driven development project (the CDDP) has been met with a...

Categories: General, Water, Transport

Signature of seven co-operation agreements between Algeria and Kuwait

14/10/2010

Tuesday 12 October 2010 in Algiers, Kuwait signed seven co-operation agreements with Algeria, during a visit to Algiers by the Emir of Kuwaït, Mr. Al Sabah.

The agreements cover several domains,such as...

Categories: General, Transport

AfDB, MCC sign Africa memorandum

13/10/2010

Infrastructure projects may go ahead in the future, due to a memorandum signed between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the US government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

AfDB president Donald Kaberuka said:...

Categories: General, Water

WB and IDB raise a billion dollars in funding for infrastructure in the MENA region

12/10/2010

This weekend the World Bank announced a new initiative to remedy the lack of infrastructure in the Middle East and North African Area.

In connection with the annual meeting of the WB and the...

Category: General

ADB signs agreement with MCC to reduce poverty in Africa

12/10/2010

On 8 October 2010, the American governmental agency MCC and the African Development Bank signed a memorandum of understanding to reduce poverty and promote economic growth in Africa.

The...

Categories: General, Water, Transport

Uganda gets development loan from World Bank

04/10/2010

Uganda will have its national budget augmented by $100 million (£63 million) from the World Bank to improve programmes in the country.

Sector reforms will be directed at wealth, education, water, sanitation and transport...

Category: General

Mozambique to receive $143m for development projects

01/10/2010

Development projects in Mozambique have been buoyed after the World Bank agreed to give four International Development Association (IDA) credits totalling $143 million (£90 million) to the country.

A number of schemes will...

Category: General

AfDB 'wants to handle' resources of Africa

27/09/2010

The African Development Bank (AfDB) wants to be in sole charge of funds for Africa, one expert has claimed.

Compliance and safeguards division manager Anthony Nyong noted there are a number of reasons for making sure the AfDB...

Category: General

ADF gives grant for road project in Burundi

24/09/2010

Wednesday September 22 2010, the African Development Fund (ADF) approved a grant of 36 million dollars to improve an important road system in Burundi.

The funds will be used...

Categories: General, Transport

South Korea strengthens its collaboration with Ghana

22/09/2010

In order to strengthen its co-operative relations with Ghana, South Korea is to open an office for its cooperation agency, the Korean International Cooperation Agency, on Ghanaian territory, reports...

Categories: General, Transport, Energy

World Bank 'to step up investment' in Africa

20/09/2010

The World Bank has announced it is going to increase its efforts to encourage investment in the continent of Africa over the next five years.

Since the introduction of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, the International...

Category: General

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