Infrastructure News

A new trunk road project in Gabon has just been officially launched by the Head of State, Rose Rogombé, in Koulamoutou. The new highway will link La Leyou and Lastourville with the aim of achieving the socio-economical...

American companies should be encouraged to look at the practice of building private rail, power and port assets in Africa.

This is the opinion of president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia, Rwanda's leader Paul Kagame, Botswana's...

A major highway upgrade project in the DRC has just been launched in Kisangani, on Saturday, 1 August 2009, in the presence of British Ambassador Nick Kay and Bongeli Emile, Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Reconstruction.

The...

President of the World Bank Group Robert B Zoellick is set to visit Africa next week to help encourage more financial support from donors and investors.

Funding urgently needed for the continent during the current economic crisis...

Some €385 million (£327.5 million) is to be given to the United Republic of Tanzania via government channels in an effort to provide it with infrastructure and budgetary support.

The European Commission announced this...

The first phase of a major road project in Gabon was launched today.

Linking Yaounde, Libreville and Brazzaville, the route is the largest of its kind the African Development Bank Group has ever financed.

The organisation will...

On 31 July 2009 Prime Minister Paul Biyoghe Mba gave the go-ahead for a major project to upgrade ten airports in Gabon.

The Prime Minister in fact travelled to Lambaréné in order to oversee the official launch of the work.

He...

Construction work on National Highway 2 in the DRC is progressing well and should be completed by 15 February 2010 at the latest.

This is the conclusion reached by the members of the co-ordination unit managing the five...

Kenya's infrastructure needs to be developed to improve the movement of goods and ideas.

This is the assertion of Professor Calestous Juma from Harvard University's School of Government, who also stated developing countries could...

The Province of Cabinda in Angola will soon have a deep-water port and an airport with a larger capacity, according to a statement released on Saturday 26 July by Minister of Transport, Augusto da Silva Tomas.

Studies for the...

Railway transport in the Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, operated by Sitarail, may be getting a new look thanks to a recent upgrade plan.

This announcement was made on 22 July last at a press conference following the appointment...

First Bank has received approval for bonds, which it will reportedly use to raise finance for infrastructure projects.

Reuters explained how sources had informed it Nigeria's oldest bank had gained permission for a 500 billion...

Financial support for the extension and upgrade of two South African toll roads has been confirmed.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) agreed to lend €120 million to the country's roads agency (Sanral) for work to be...

Rwanda's exports may fail to compete against other countries' unless measures are taken to reduce corruption along the road to Kenya's port of Mombasa, it has been claimed.

Minister of trade and commerce Monique Nsanzabaganwa...

A project to link Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to Mombasa in Kenya has received funding.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $326.5 million (£202.7 million) loan to finance the second phase of the road development....

Increased spending on rail infrastructure will be vital for South Africa's economy, it has been claimed.

Transport minister Sbu Ndebele made this comment after it was announced the country's government would invest R25 billion...

Plans to improve transport in South Africa in time for the 2010 Fifa World Cup have been outlined in parliament.

Concerns had been raised about the violent protests taxi companies were involved in over the rolling out of a mass...

When the final whistle blew at the Confederations Cup in South Africa, not only did it result with sporting champions, it also brought up issues about the country's infrastructure and ability to cope as an international host.

The...