Infrastructure News

Work started on the second phase of the Dakar- Diamniadio toll highway on Friday 12 February, in the presence of the President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade.

The highway, some thirty kilometres in length, is being financed to the...

The European Union is going to invest 83.1 million Dollars in Benin this year, it was learned on Friday 12 February.

Françoise Collet, head of the EU delegation in Cotonou, made the announcement at a press conference.

The...

The main port of Gabon may be benefiting from a major upgrading plan financed by the Bolloré Group, according to the AFP press agency.

The French group is interested in extending the port of Owendo, near Libreville.

Bolloré...

Developing countries may benefit from investment on railways as part of the World Bank Group's joint initiative with the International Union of Railways (UIC).

The organisation announced the move to formalise its cooperation on...

The African Development Bank (BAD) has signed an agreement with Togo to provide the sum of 36.2 million Dollars for a major highway infrastructure project.

This involves the upgrading of a stretch which forms part of the...

Uganda has received a loan of $190 million (£118.9 million) from the World Bank to improve its transport sector.

Kundavi Kadiresan, the bank's Uganda manager, said upgrading the north-eastern corridors to southern Sudan and...

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has said that plans to tarmac roads connecting the country to southern Sudan and Kenya were already underway.

Speaking at the commissioning of the new Uganda Clays factory at Kamonkoli, he...

The Kenyan government is discussing a plan to build a bypass linking Mombasa Island to the south coast, which it says will have the effect of improving road links with Tanzania and the general quality of the transport network...

Nigeria is hoping for the effective drawdown of a $500 million (£310.6 million) concessional loan from China Exim bank to kick-start the Lagos-Kano railway rehabilitation project.

Finance minister Mansur Muhtar said that...

The Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with four foreign companies for the launching of a study on the construction of a rail line in the country.

China Communication Construction...

The deputy prime minister and minister for finance Uhuru Kenyatta has presented Kenya's infrastructure investment plans for the coming year.

His speech identified this area as a priority for the country, saying it held the key...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed to giving $8.15 million (£5 million) to the East African Community's railway project.

In supporting the second phase of the programme, the investment will facilitate the...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a UA 23.31 million (£22.5 million) grant to Togo to rehabilitate the Aflao-Sanve Conji-Benin border road.

According to the organisation, this will help the country to develop...

The shareholders of Rift Valley Railways (RVR) have been issued an ultimatum and given a two-week deadline by the Kenya and Uganda governments to commute their interests to the Kenya-Uganda Railway Holdings.

For the past 18...

Completing Uganda's rail network would be good for east Africa as a whole and would make a big difference to the country's economy and regional integration, the World Bank president has said.

Robert Zoellick announced his...

Plans for road and rail lines linking Kenya to southern Sudan and Ethiopia could be funded by Chinese investors, the Financial Times has suggested.

A port and an oil refinery in Lamu are also part of the investment opportunities...

Minister of the Economy of the Ivory Coast, Charles Koffi Diby, and his counterpart Noël Bembambase have met recently in Ouagadougou to discuss the conclusion of a co-operation treaty.

This involved in particular discussing the...

Zambian president Rupiah Banda has declared his investment intentions for the country's transport infrastructure in the coming years.

News source the Times of Zambia quoted the statesman as announcing the injection of some K56...

In news that could be of interest to investors seeking public private partnership opportunities in Rwanda, the parliament has created a new regulatory body affecting the water and electricity sectors.

Replacing the Rwanda...

The construction of extra roads and bridges is expected to accompany the introduction of Tunisia's new electric trains.

Faster and less polluting, the new train will replace older, diesel locomotives and facilitate travel within...