Infrastructure News

Sénégal: l'aéroport Blaise Diagne reçoit plus de 555 millions USD

22/09/2011

Environ 555,2 millions de dollars ont été accordés à l'Aéroport International Blaise Diagne, au Sénégal.

Une Convention de Financement a été signée lundi...

Category: Transport

La France et le Rwanda renforcent leur coopération dans les infrastructures

20/09/2011

Les engagements de l’Agence française de développement (AFD) au Rwanda vont passer de 23,7 millions d’euros à 42,2 millions d’euros, rapporte l'agence de presse APA.

Cette annonce a...

Categories: ICT, Transport, Energy

Tunisia signs loan agreement with AfDB for highway project

20/09/2011

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to lend Tunisia €137,340 (£119,670) for a transport infrastructure project.

It will be put towards financing the construction of the Medenine-Jdir Highway and the AfDB...

Category: Transport

Kenya's Ministry of Roads urged to adopt transport project for tourism

19/09/2011

Kenya's Ministry of Roads has been advised to open up access to more transport routes in the nation in an attempt to encourage more tourists to visit.

Joel Ombati, a former Institute of Surveyors of Kenya honorary secretary,...

Category: Transport

Côte d'Ivoire: Lancement d'une série de travaux d'infrastructures

16/09/2011

Le Chef de l'Etat ivoirien, Alassane Ouattara, vient d'annoncer le lancement d'ici quelques semaines d'une série de travaux d'infrastructures, lors de la cérémonie de lancement des travaux...

Categories: Water, Transport

New road in Angola receives commission

16/09/2011

Angola is to see a transport infrastructure project after it was announced that a commission for a new road has been approved. Minister of works and transport for the African nation Erik Nghimtina confirmed that the 12.6 km...

Category: Transport

La BAD octroie 870 millions USD pour les infrastructures du Gabon

15/09/2011

Le Gabon va recevoir très prochainement la somme de 870 millions de dollars de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), afin de contribuer au renforcement des infrastructures dans le secteur des transports,...

Categories: ICT, Transport, Energy

Rwanda to see road expansion in rural areas

05/09/2011

Rwanda will benefit from improved transport infrastructure after it was revealed that roads will be expanded in the African nation.

Engineering firm Parsons stated that it has given a contract to build new networks in the...

Category: Transport

Angola: Lancement des travaux de réhabilitation du chemin de fer de Benguela

05/09/2011

Les travaux de réhabilitation du chemin de fer de Benguela, qui s'étend sur 1 345 km, ont débuté mardi dernier dans la province de Huambo, en Angola, en présence du président angolais...

Category: Transport

Japan invests $24.2m in new Tanzania-Rwanda bridge

31/08/2011

Japan has announced that it will invest $24.2 million (£14.82 million) in improving transport infrastructure between Tanzania and Rwanda.

Reuters has reported that the money will be given to build a bridge linking the two...

Category: Transport

UN hopes to improve road safety in Africa with infrastructure projects

30/08/2011

The United Nations (UN) plans to reduce the number of road-related accidents in Africa by encouraging infrastructure projects.

Its Decade of Action for Road Safety will look at ways to "encourage the implementation of...

Category: Transport

Le Cameroun va bitumer 35.000 km de route d'ici 2020

26/08/2011

Le ministre des Travaux publics camerounais, Bernard Messengue Avom, a annoncé le 24 août dernier que 35.000 kilomètres de nouvelles routes devraient être bitumées à l'horizon 2020...

Category: Transport

Le Niger va construire 500km de routes par an

23/08/2011

Le Premier ministre nigérien Brigi Rafini vient d'annoncer que son gouvernement prévoyait de lancer un nouveau programme de construction de voies de communication avec la réalisation d’au moins 500...

Category: Transport

Un nouvel avion pour Sénégal Airlines

19/08/2011

Grâce à son tout nouvel avion, Sénégal Airlines va maintenant desservir Cotonou, Doula et Libreville. Cet Airbus A320 pourra transporter jusqu’à 136 personnes, plus...

Category: Transport

Contractors asked to make suggestions on highway project in Nairobi

18/08/2011

Contractors have been urged to put in bids for a road infrastructure project to take place in Naoribi. Business Daily Africa has reported that following the termination of the Strabag International contract for the overpass in...

Category: Transport

Afrique du Sud : Lancement d’un nouveau train à grande vitesse

16/08/2011

Un nouveau train rapide reliant Johannesburg à Pretoria, le Gautrain, a été inauguré en Afrique du Sud. Il doit désengorger le réseau routier s’étendant entre les deux...

Category: Transport

Burundi: EU grants over 51 million USD for road infrastructure

12/08/2011

Last Tuesday, the government of Burundi and the European Union signed a loan agreement for 51.3 million dollars relating to a development project for the road transport sector.

This...

Category: Transport

$525m 'needed for Tanzania's transport infrastructure'

10/08/2011

Tanzania requires $525 million (£322.85 million) in order to improve its transport infrastructure, it has been said.

Finance minister Mustafa Mkulo has revealed that the East African nation needs the money to invest in its...

Category: Transport

Plans to improve road infrastructure in Nairobi 'will cost Sh227bn'

10/08/2011

It would cost Sh227 billion (£1.5 billion) in order to improve the transport infrastructure of Nairobi, it has been suggested.

Consulting Engineering Services (CES) has released findings from a survey it conducted with Apec...

Category: Transport

$165m to be spent on Rift Valley railway infrastructure project

05/08/2011

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced it will spend $40 million in order for a railway infrastructure project in East Africa to go ahead.

This financing from the AfDB forms part of $165 million being put into the Rift...

Category: Transport

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