Infrastructure News

Last Monday, China granted a 500 million dollar loan to Zimbabwe to finance a number of projects in a multitude of sectors, including tourism, health, education, agriculture,...

A "comprehensive" infrastructure development plan has been drawn up for Zimbabwe by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

It is hoped the project will help to improve the country's economic fortunes by creating jobs...

A Canadian company has been awarded a C$7.8 million (£4.9 million) contract to provide industrial water treatment systems to a number of areas including North Africa.

H2O Innovation - which has over ten years experience in...

Senegal has been given financing of 16.8 million dollars by Belgium in order to support its program to improve the quality of the water in rural areas of the regions at the center of...

Last Monday, sanitation works commenced in the region of Mahajanga and last week in the region of Boeny, in Madagascar, reports the newspaper L'Express.

Financed to the value of 74 million Ariary...

Africa's water infrastructure will receive a $6 million (£3.6 million) boost from the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation.

The money will be spent on improving the lives of 250,000 women and girls through water and sanitation...

Malawi's water infrastructure is to improve after it was allocated $12.7 million (£7.9 million) from the World Bank to complete four irrigation schemes.

Some 197,000 farming households are set to benefit from the...

Tuesday March 15 2011: the World Bank has granted two loans to a total value of 342 million dollars to Morocco, which will be used to finance modernization projects in the sectors...

The Dutch Government has just granted a loan of 200 million rand (€20.9 million) to the municipality of eThekwini,  in South Africa, to help provide drinking water to the...

Energy infrastructure in Ghana will be enhanced by a bio-fuel project.

The scheme is being carried out by Indian-owned company Abellon CleanEnergy and is expected to provide power for over 100,000 homes, IANS reports.

Pragnesh...

Japan has signed a financing agreement to the value of 17 billion FCFA, destined for a project to reinforce electrical infrastructures and for rural electrification...

There is a possibility that the Egyptian government may be obliged to extend the period for receipt of tenders concerning four projects in the infrastructures domain, reports Reuters.

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Projects in key development sectors for four different countries will be carried out thanks to a new agreement.

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and representatives from Ethiopia, the Gambia, Niger and Sierra...

The Kuwaiti Development Fund has signed a financing agreement with Mauritania to the value of 39 million dollars, to finance a transport and water distribution infrastructure project...

Germany is willing to invest 600 million Euros in the project to renovate the Inga hydroelectric dam, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, reports the PANA press agency.

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Tanzania's infrastructure is set for improvements thanks to the World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy (CAS).

The updated document will seek to ensure progress is made in developments for utilities, ports and railroads,...

Water infrastructure in The Gambia is set to receive a boost with the construction of a new plant.

The wastewater treatment facility has cost $2 million (£1.2 million), been developed by Gambega and it comes as the nation...

Algeria's infrastructure is set for an improvement after it revealed a $156 billion (£96 billion) investment in new projects.

As well as this, there will also be £130 billion spent on existing developments, with...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the national director of the National rural water service (SNHR), Georges Koshi, last week presented his action program for 2011.

He announced the...

Beverage company Coca Cola, one of the largest in the world, is to invest in the water infrastructure of Ghana.

Some $1.5 million (£930,000) is being earmarked to help the country as it tries to ensure portable water is...