Infrastructure News

Oxfam grants over three million USD for a drinking water project in Angola

11/07/2011

British non-governmental organization "Oxfam" has awarded 3.4 million dollars to promote a drinking water, sanitation and hygiene project in Angola.

The project is being conducted...

Category: Water

Japan wants to increase access to drinking water in DRC

06/07/2011

Japan, through the Japanese governmental agency JICA, is currently carrying out several projects in the domain of infrastructures for the production and transport of drinking water in...

Category: Water

Angola: 700,000 households connected to drinking water

30/06/2011

The Angolan provincial drinking water supply company in Luanda (EPAL), Angola, is currently connecting 700,000 households to the drinking water supply in all the urban areas of the capital, reports...

Category: Water

Tanzania: 617 million dollars from ADB for infrastructure

27/06/2011

The African Development Bank (ADB) could grant up to 617 million dollars to Tanzania over the next three years as part of a new five-year development strategy, reports the Xinhua press...

Categories: Transport, Water

Four African countries benefit from loans from BADEA for their infrastructures

20/06/2011

The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa has signed loan agreements to a total value of 34 million dollars with Burundi, Ethiopia, Zambia and Malawi to finance a number of infrastructure...

Categories: Transport, Water

50 billion USD needed for water and sanitation in Africa

15/06/2011

It will be necessary to devote 50 billion dollars to the domain of water and sanitation over the next twenty years if needs in Africa are to be met, according to the ex-Managing Director of the...

Category: Water

AfDB loan to improve water supply in Zimbabwe

13/06/2011

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Zimbabwean government have signed a $30 million (£18.4 million) agreement to benefit the urgent water supply and sanitation rehabilitation project in the country.

The agreement...

Category: Water

Bissau receives 2.24 million USD in financing from WB for electricity

07/06/2011

The World Bank has granted a package of 2.24 million dollars to Bissau in order to contribute to the financing of projects in the domain of water and electricity.

The agreement...

Categories: Energy, Water

Inauguration of drinking water supply in Senegal financed by Luxembourg

06/06/2011

A drinking water supply system at Tène Toubab was inaugurated last Tuesday by the Minister of State, Oumar Sarr.

This new hydraulic infrastructure has been financed by Luxembourg, as part...

Category: Water

World Bank grants 90 million USD to Niger for water and sanitation

26/05/2011

Last Monday, the World Bank granted a 90 million dollar loan to Niger to finance the Urban Water and Drainage Program (PEAMU).

It includes the extension of the network and an increase in water...

Category: Water

South African water projects get €220m funding

17/05/2011

South Africa's Mooi-Mgeni water supply project has received a welcome €220 million (£192 million) boost from the Development Bank of Southern Africa and three European finance partners.

The project, which includes...

Category: Water

ODSR and FAD grant €1.4 million for Gouina dam in Mali

10/05/2011

A 1.4 million Euro agreement was signed last Friday between the French Development Agency (FAD) and the Organization for the Development of Senegal River (ODSR) to finance several...

Categories: Energy, Water

Companies seek to offer safe access to drinking water in Africa

09/05/2011

Five multi-national corporations have announced plans to provide sustainable access to safe drinking water in Africa.

The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCCAF), Diageo plc, WaterHealth International (WHI), and the International...

Category: Water

Senegal: ABEDA grants over 10 million USD to supply the Saloum delta with drinking water

27/04/2011

A 10.5 million dollar loan has been granted to Senegal by the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA).

It will contribute to the funding of a project for drinking water access in...

Category: Water

Huge development project launched in Egypt

19/04/2011

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,...

Categories: Water, Transport

National strategy for sanitation in Mauritania in 2011

18/04/2011

Mauritania is about to implement a national sanitation strategy. A workshop on this subject has been underway since last Wednesday.

Mauritanian Minister for Water Resources and Sanitation, Mohamed Aboyé, explained to the...

Category: Water

Algeria: The president inaugurates new drinking water project at Tamanrasset

08/04/2011

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...

Categories: Water, Transport

Ethiopia to build hydropower project on River Nile

01/04/2011

Plans are afoot in Ethiopia to install a hydropower project by the River Nile.

The cost of the programme is believed to be around $4.7 billion (£2.9 billion) and it marks the first time the country has invested so heavily...

Categories: Water, Energy

Angola to increase access to drinking water in rural areas

31/03/2011

The Angolan government wants to attain 80 per cent coverage for the supply of drinking water in the most remote areas of the country by 2012.

The announcement was made by Secretary of State for...

Category: Water

Burundi: Germany to invest 43 million euros in drinking water

29/03/2011

The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Burundi promised, at the World Water Day assembly, that his country was going to invest in several projects aimed at augmenting the sources...

Category: Water

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