Infrastructure News

A total of 32 water transport infrastructure projects have been given the initial go-ahead by the Nigerian government.

The 11 river ports set for construction will be located in areas such as Numan in Adamawa State and Onitsha in...

Joint venture agreement 'to serve west African infrastructure market'

A joint venture between Jacobs and OCP has been announced as a platform for eventual expansion into the west African infrastructure market.

The initial phase...

South Africa is tipped to see a real growth rate of 12.77 per cent for 2009's fourth quarter, according to a report from consultant Companies and Markets.

A vast investment in transport infrastructure and large-scale power...

Aminata Niane, general director of APIX, the agency for the promotion of investments and large-scale works, has just announced the launch of the second phase of the work on a new motorway in Senegal.

The work will start in the...

A $173.1 million (£108.9 million) loan towards a road infrastructure project in Uganda should improve general transport conditions and the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has...

A number of highway infrastructure projects are due to be launched as from the beginning of 2010 in the region of Jendouba, in the north-west part of Tunisia, it was learned this week.

This involves major work on 36 km of roads...

After a three-year hiatus, the final 22 kilometres of railway going from Ovu to Warri in Nigeria is to be revived, the minister of transport has said - but some are calling for a wider scope.

Ibrahim Bio announced the government...

Sub-Saharan Africa must urgently improve the road networks in order to develop, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has told the United Nations.

The General Assembly in New York heard how the continent's progress was heavily...

Executive director of the Uganda National Roads authority Pete Ssebanakitta has announced the approval of a new bridge crossing the Nile.

Speaking through authority spokesperson Dan Alinange during a workshop in Kampala, the...

The Department for International Development has announced a doubling in funding for its road-building programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from £38 million to £76 million.

Africa minister Gareth Thomas...

Poor infrastructure is partly to blame for putting off investors, it has been reported.

AllAfrica.com explained the majority of the countries signed up to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) face problems accessing the...

Cameroon will soon be provided with a large deep water port, close to Douala.

This information was released by the Pana press agency, obtained from an official source, on Wednesday 26 July.

The port will be situated in the...

A high-speed train is going to be linking the cities of Setif and Jijel in Algeria, with an operating speed of 220 km/h, according to a report released this weekend.

The daily El Moudjahid published the invitation to tender on...

A $90 million (£54.96 million) road project in South Africa (SA) has been described as a "prime example of the race for infrastructure development".

The BBC explained the country has seen a lot of construction work...

Investing in Uganda's transport network is essential for the efficient movement of goods, it has been asserted.

Companies and Markets published a report stating the country's construction industry is expected to grow by 7.18 per...

TAZARA, the railway authority of Tanzania and Zambia, has requested the Zambian and Tanzanian governments to grant a loan amounting to100 million Dollars.

According to TAZARA, these funds will be used to clear the debts which...

Money from tollgates on Zimbabwe's roads will be used to improve the travel network, it has been reported.

Drivers in the country have now begun paying levies, with charges ranging from $1 (£0.60) for a car to $5 for a large...

Zimbabwe has recently acquired investors for creating a dual carriageway for the country’s main motorway, which runs from the frontier with Zambia in the north to the frontier with South Africa.

This investment amounts to 1...

Bloomberg reports that over the next five years Tanzania will be investing close on 5 billion Dollars in upgrading its transport systems.

This first renewal project forms part of the first phase of the investment programme...

The transport system in Tanzania is to be improved via $5 billion (£3.02 billion) the country will spend on it over the next half-decade, it was announced this week.

Bloomberg reports that infrastructure development minister...