Infrastructure News

France has just granted a loan of 129.6 million euros to Cameroon to finance part of the construction of a second bridge over the river Wouri, on a road leading to the port...

The metro in Algiers could enter service by the end of this year, or at the latest by January, it was learned this week from a manager at RATP.

"The Algiers conurbation is a very large city,...

Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe have signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of a new deep water port at Ponta Techobanine, in the South...

Improvements to infrastructure in Uganda are expected following news that the African Development Fund Board has approved a $64.8 million (£39.6 million) loan to the country.

The financing will be used to support the...

China has granted 12.3 million dollars to Niger to finance a road infrastructure construction program in the city of Niamey.

The project consists of the construction of roads adjoining the second...

The works on constructing an extension to the autonomous port of Nouakchott, already under way, will be completed by the end of 2013, it has been learned by the APA press agency.

The President of...

Some $12 million (£7.2 million) is to be invested by Angola's state-owned oil company Sonangol to improve the Sao Tome and Principe port.

The funding will be used to help improve the small island nation's port and...

Construction of a new terminal at Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is expected to be completed by the end of 2012, ministers have revealed.

Bloomberg reports that the expansion will allow the airport, which serves...

Transport infrastructure in Mozambique is set to be boosted by news that a $102 (£61.7 million) million airport is to be built in the northern city of Nacala.

It is hoped that the new facility will help expand existing...

Improvements in transport and energy are needed in order for Central Africa to realise its full growth potential.

It follows news that the African Development Bank (AfDB) said in a report that Central Africa has the worst...

Transport infrastructure in Kenya is set to be improved thanks to a multi-million dollar loan from the World Bank, Reuters reports.

The financial body has revealed that it will be lending $300 million (£180 million) to...

Last Monday in Lome, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA) and Togo signed a financing agreement concerning a project to renovate road infrastructure in Togo.

The financing...

The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) has claimed that investment in Mozambique's coal industry is leading to an economic boom in the nation.

Maccuhub has reported that funding for the emerging industry in Tete province has...

Tuesday April 12: Egyptian prime minister, Essam Charaf, has announced the launch of the "development corridor".

The huge development program, extending over 1,200 km from Alexandria to Aswan,...

Indian investment in Mozambique has been forecast to rise to $1 billion (£614 million) by 2013, it has been revealed.

With investments totalling $64.17 million in energy, mineral resources, agro-industries, transport and...

A protocol of agreement was signed last Friday between the governments of Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

It concerns the construction of a new rail track between the three countries of southern Africa, reports...

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has just inaugurated a project to supply the Tamanrasset region with drinking water.

The water is pumped into the artesian layer at a distance of more...

Total Gabon has signed an agreement with the Gabonese government on the modernization of the airport of Port-Gentil, it was announced this week by Gabonese transport Minister Julien Nkoghe...

Some Dh36.73 million (£6.1 million) has been set aside by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) to rebuild a road in the Republic of Gambia.

The refurbishment of the 141km road, which runs between Mandinaba and Soma,...

March 28: The European Union has granted 12 million euros in aid for an infrastructure project relating to the transport and generation of electricity in Djibouti.

It will "improve the...