Infrastructure News

France and Tunisia on Monday signed several agreements on energy and ICT, reports a press release published by the French ministry for Industry, Energy and the...

The World Bank has just granted 34 million dollars to the submarine cable project in Guinea.

"The implementation of this project will reduce the costs of communication by 75%, which will...

The World Bank has just granted a subsidy of 25.4 million dollars to enhance the information and communication technology (ITC) infrastructure and provide access to better services...

The World Bank has confirmed it will support an infrastructure project in West Africa.

Yesterday (June 21st), its board of executive directors gave its decision over whether to approve funding for the West Africa Regional...

Last Thursday, the World Bank inaugurated a laboratory on applications for mobile telephones in Nairobi as part of a program intended to stimulate the development of information and...

Over the past decade, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $1.2 billion (£744.8 million) in some 42 mobile phone projects across Africa.

The firm explained that the projects have taken place across 15...

SES has likened the current state of Africa's telecommunications market to that of Latin America six to seven years previously.

As such, the global satellite operator is prepared to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in...

Massive investment from Bharti International is expected to have a significant impact on mobile communications in several African nations.

The Indian firm plans to pump $1 billion (£610 million) into its growing African...

Internet use and connectivity across east Africa is set for a boost thanks to a multi-million dollar investment in the region.

Some $400 million (£242.3 million) is being spent by Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi...

Broadband prices across Africa could be reduced following news that a R350 million (£30.6 million) fibre system linking Gauteng and Mtunzini on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast has been switched on.

The system, which is owned...

Last Tuesday in Nouakchott, telephone operator Mauritel launched a fiber optic cable project linking the towns of Nouakchott and Kobonni.

The project consists of laying a cable with a capacity...

Internet and satellite TV access across East Africa are set to be improved thanks to a $57.5 million investment by Kenya's Wananchi Group.

Business Daily reports that the digital media company has reportedly attracted...

Monday 11 May 2011: The telephone operator Chinguitel has now officially launched the "Mauritani" GSM/UMTS-standard network in Mauritania.

This enables users to access...

Internet connectivity in the Seychelles is set to be boosted by a $12 million (£7.2 million) loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The funding will be used to finance the Seychelles East African System (SEAS). The...

Econet Wireless has announced plans to invest $200 million (£122 million) over the next few years in its Zimbabwean operations.

The telecommunications giant is looking to increase its hold on one of Africa's emerging...

"Cameroon will have more than 5,000 kilometers of optical fiber cable by the end of this year", the Xinhua press agency was told on Tuesday by the minister for Post and Telecommunications,...

Internet access across Africa is set to be boosted with news that Seacom has launched a $15 million (£9.1 million) Internet Protocol (IP) platform which allows direct routing between African countries through a single...

The World Bank has announced that it will finance the submarine fiber optic cable project, the African central Backbone (CAB), in Congo.

This cable will make it possible to establish a reliable...

Internet access across Africa's is set to be boosted by the introduction of a 14,000km ultra-high capacity fibre optic submarine cable system which links Southern Africa and Europe.

Named the West Africa Cable System (Wacs),...

New research has indicated that investment in Information Communication Technology (ICT) in sub-Saharan Africa will climb 9.9 per cent this year.

According to research conducted by the International Data Corporation (IDC),...