Infrastructure News

Togo: Saudi Arabia grants 3.1 million USD for drinking water in rural area

07/02/2011

Saudi Arabia has given a grant of 3.1 million dollars for a project to construct 95 wells in Togo. The aim is to improve access to drinking water in the rural area in the north of...

Categories: Water, Energy

Water infrastructure programme to help Ghanaians

25/01/2011

Water infrastructure in Ghana is set to be enhanced thanks to an innovative organisation.

It is called Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor and it will see local and global expertise combined to improve the quality of water...

Category: Water

Senegal: BIDC finances water infrastructure project in Touba

25/01/2011

The Senegalese government has announced the launch of a project to construct infrastructures for the transport and distribution  of water in order to end the shortages affecting the region...

Category: Water

Kenya's water infrastructure to improve thanks to emergency works

20/01/2011

Kenya is to benefit from enhanced water infrastructure after a 100 million Kenyan shilling (£805,000) improvement project was completed.

According to Daily Nation, emergency work at the Dunga treatment plant has now been...

Category: Water

Water infrastructure to improve in Zimbabwe

19/01/2011

Water infrastructure in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is to be improved thanks to investment from the South African government.

The four million South African rand (£346,000) is being earmarked to improve the city's waste and...

Category: Water

World Bank loans 30 million USD for drinking water supply in Cameroon

17/01/2011

The World Bank has granted Cameroon a loan of about 30 million dollars to finance a water infrastructure project.

The financing agreement was signed last Wednesday in Yaoundé. It will be...

Category: Water

Water infrastructure in Ghana to improve with AfDB grants

14/01/2011

Water infrastructure in Ghana is set to benefit from two separate grants from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The Water Resources Commission of Ghana will be given the money, with some €1.83 million (£1.5 million)...

Category: Water

ADB 'improved infrastructure' of Africa in 2010

13/01/2011

The African Development Bank Group (ADB) has targeted infrastructural developments over the past 12 months.

It noted over $2 billion (£1.3 billion) has been invested in improving the transport systems currently in place in...

Categories: General, Water, Transport, Energy

DRC: An investment of 42 million USD for Kakobola Hydroelectric power station

13/01/2011

The Indian company Angélique International Limited, which will take charge of the construction of the Hydroelectric Power Station in Kakobola in DRC, announced last Monday that its investment in...

Categories: Water, Energy

Ethiopia 'requires investment' to advance energy infrastructure

12/01/2011

Ethiopia needs investment if it is to improve its energy infrastructure through hydroelectric power generation.

While it currently has the capacity to provide electric at a cost-effective price, without a foreign outlay the...

Categories: Water, Energy

Water infrastructure project to help North African countries

05/01/2011

A number of African countries are set to benefit from improved water infrastructure thanks to an agreement.

It is between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and...

Category: Water

Water infrastructure 'is being improved in Ghana'

04/01/2011

A number of projects are helping to improve the water infrastructure in the Ghanaian capital of Accra.

Some $1.6 billion (£1 billion) will have to be invested every 12 months for the next ten years in order to address the...

Category: Water

Cameroon gains extra finance for urban and water development scheme

31/12/2010

Cameroon has signed a financing agreement with the World Bank which will allow an urban and water development project to progress in the country.

Under the plans for the scheme, it is expected that the sustainability and capacity...

Category: Water

La BID et la BAD octroient un milliard de dollars pour des projets en Afrique

29/12/2010

La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et la Banque islamique de développement (BID) ont signé mardi 21 décembre dernier à Djeddah un mémorandum d’entente afin de financer,...

Categories: General, Water

Africa's water infrastructure to improve due to grants

24/12/2010

Water infrastructure in Africa is set to improve thanks to over $100 million (£65 million) of investment.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has copper-fastened funding amounting to $114 million for three separate projects...

Category: Water

Mali receives money from World Bank to enhance infrastructure

21/12/2010

The World Bank will support Mali as it tries to improve its energy, transport and irrigation infrastructure.

This is according to Robert B Zoellick, who is the president of the organisation and he hopes to promote regional...

Categories: General, Water, Transport, Energy

Water infrastructure to be improved in Cameroon

20/12/2010

A water infrastructure project in Cameroon will be carried out after a 366 billion CFA franc (£483 million) loan agreement was reached.

The money will come from the Export-Import Bank of China and the water distribution...

Categories: ICT, Water

Ghana to benefit from safe drinking water

15/12/2010

People in Ghana may benefit from better water infrastructure as researchers from Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh are to trial a scheme that may make the substance safe to drink.

The group will utilise a technique that is...

Category: Water

FDA grants 317 million dollars to Morocco

13/12/2010

The French Development Agency has just granted Morocco two loans totaling 317.15 million dollars to finance a high-speed rail track and several sanitation projects, reports the MAP press...

Categories: Water, Transport

Project sees over 700,000 Africans get access to clean water

10/12/2010

More than 700,000 people in Africa have benefited from a water infrastructure improvement project.

According to the Associated Press, a scheme originally developed by rock band Jars of Clay has helped up to 1,000 communities on...

Category: Water

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