Infrastructure News

(Creamer Media's Engineering News) - The Department of Transport has set aside a R6.47-billion grant to ease the road maintenance and repair backlog for provincial roads in South Africa during the 2011/12 financial year, said...

(Reuters) - Kenya's main port of Mombasa, East Africa's chief trade gateway, expects more business after an offensive that has driven rebels out of Somalia's Kismayu port and is therefore likely to reduce offshore piracy ...

Banque africaine de développement : Le projet d’amélioration du réseau routier Bamako-Dakar, qui a remporté, le 8 juin 2012 à Washington DC, le prix d’excellence du Trésor américain pour «le projet à fort impact sur le ...

MUSCAT — A project rail boom within the transport sector in the Middle East and North Africa is expected to materialise in the next three years as the region allocates more than $250 billion worth of investments in various...

Washington Post: JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s labor strikes spread Tuesday from its mines to the transport sector and the country’s transport union says over 20,000 road freight employees are on strike demanding a pay...

AllAfrica.com (The New Dawn): The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors Thursday approved US$50 million to help Government of Liberia to tackle gridlock on a major road linking the capital city of Monrovia to the Guinea...

VENTURES AFRICA – The transport network of Africa’s most populous nation was left in limbo last week as Arik Air, Nigeria’s biggest airline, suspended domestic flights for four consecutive days. The suspension – which took...

A high-level delegation from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) visited the African Development Bank Group on September 18 in Tunis to share industry knowledge and lessons learned that may help revolutionize aviation in...

A high-level delegation from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) visited the African Development Bank Group on September 18 in Tunis to share industry knowledge that may help revolutionize aviation in Africa. The workshop...

IPP Media: Taking over the Fly 540 Tanzania operating licence, FastJet, at the weekend, announced plans to set up their very first base here in Dar es Salaam. “We will be enabling people who currently couldn’t even dream of...

IPP Media: The East African business community will be able to save on transport costs by $1.9bn by 2015 if the East African Community (EAC) Partner States rehabilitate northern and central corridors, according a new report...

Le Griot: Le Bénin, le Burkina-Faso, la Côte d’Ivoire et le Niger, pays représentés par leurs ministres des Transports, ainsi que leurs partenaires techniques et financiers se sont retrouvés le week-end dernier à Niamey afin...

Africa Review: Kenya–Uganda rail operator Rift Valley Railways (RVR) has embarked on a major renovation of its locomotive overhaul facility in Kampala as part of a five-year turnaround effort at a cost of $284 ...

Business Day Live (South Africa): INDEPENDENT regulators of economic infrastructure should be able to penalise anticompetitive behaviour by firms and state-owned enterprises, many of which are monopolies, the Development Bank...

Banque africaine de developpement : Le Port de Dakar est un des ports les plus importants d’Afrique de l’Ouest. En vue d’améliorer les installations portuaires, une concession de 25 années a été signée entre l’Etat du ...

Banque africaine de developpement : L’agglomération de Dakar représente 0.3 % du territoire national, abrite 25% de la population et concentre 80% de l’activité économique du pays. Pour résoudre le problème de mobilité urbaine...

The FINANCIAL -- The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reinforced its commitment to African aviation and called on industry and government leaders in Central West Africa to work together to make aviation an even...

The Citizen

Arusha. Kigoma and Rumonge ports in Tanzania and Burundi respectively may get funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for their upgrading plans, according to the East African Community (EAC) ...

L'Union européenne  a octroyé un financement de 31,95 millions d'euros (39,8 millions USD) au Kenya afin d'améliorer les infrastructures de transport du pays, a annoncé la Commission...

Un mémorandum d'entente pour la construction d’un pont sur le fleuve Gambie a été signé le 4 août 2012 par les ministres des Affaires étrangères du Sénégal...