Infrastructure News

New solar-powered desalination plant in Algeria

08/12/2010

A desalination plant run by solar power is soon to be constructed in the south of Algeria.

The group SwissINSO announced last week that a sales contract had been signed for its water purification...

Categories: Water, Energy

African towns to get better water and sanitation infrastructure

08/12/2010

Water and sanitation problems along Lake Victoria will be addressed thanks to a grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Some $120 million (£76 million) will be invested in the project, which will seek to help three...

Category: Water

Senegal announces 131 million dollars for access to water and sanitation

06/12/2010

A huge project in the domain of infrastructures for sanitation and access to drinking water in Senegal was announced Monday November 29 by the Director of Rural Hydraulics, Diène...

Category: Water

The Port of Dakar seeks to raise 20 million USD via a bond issue

02/12/2010

The autonomous Port of Dakar has launched a bond issue for nearly 20 million dollars, which was first listed Tuesday last.

100 percent guaranteed by the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement, it...

Categories: Water, Transport, Energy

South Africa 'to benefit from solar water heater manufacturing plant'

29/11/2010

Energy infrastructure is to be improved in South Africa with the announcement that a 40 million rand (£3.6 million) manufacturing facility for solar water heaters has been launched.

The project will lead to the creation of...

Categories: Water, Energy

Africa's water infrastructure 'to improve with better governance'

24/11/2010

Better governance can help to improve water infrastructure in Africa, a report has claimed.

It is called Water Sector Governance in Africa and the document seeks to discover whether or not poor administration had been the main...

Category: Water

Le Cameroun souhaite réunir 400 millions de dollars pour les infrastructures

23/11/2010

Le Cameroun a lancé jeudi dernier un emprunt obligataire afin de récolter 400 millions de dollars pour financer plusieurs travaux d'infrastructures.

Le ministre des Finances, Essimi Menye, a fait cette annonce...

Categories: ICT, Water, Transport

Kenya water infrastructure to improve with new facility

19/11/2010

A major water project is being undertaken in Kenya that will improve the infrastructure of the country.

At a cost of 1.4 billion Kenyan shillings (£10 million), the scheme is expected to improve the water supply for Nakuru...

Category: Water

Niger receives cash to address lack of climate resilience

12/11/2010

Niger has received a portion of $270 million (£167 million) in order to improve its resilience against climate impacts, which will include new water infrastructure.

The money comes from a Pilot Programme for Climate...

Category: Water

Namibia to build hydro-electric power stations

11/11/2010

Plans are being developed in Namibia that will see the creation of hydro-electric power stations along the Lower Orange River.

According to the Inter Press Service, up to nine run-of-the-river generating stations will be built...

Categories: Water, Energy

Ugandans benefit from new water pumps

10/11/2010

Up to 7,000 individuals in Masafu, Uganda will benefit from improved water infrastructure thanks to new pumps.

It is all part of a $3.2 million (£2 million) programme that is being funded by a grant from the Global...

Category: Water

Projects to improve African water infrastructure?

05/11/2010

Three projects are set to be carried out in Africa to improve the infrastructure of the water service at a cost of €100 million (£88 million).

As part of the contracts, an extension will be carried out for the Tangier...

Category: Water

AfDB gives Zimbabwe $58m for water and power projects

02/11/2010

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to give Zimbabwe $58 million (£36 million) to put towards water and power rehabilitation projects.

It comes after a decade where the infrastructure of the country has been decimated by...

Categories: Water, Energy

Community infrastructure projects 'succeeding in the Gambia'

14/10/2010

Improvements to water, road and health infrastructure in the Gambia have seen success, due to the cooperative aspect of the work.

The World Bank has revealed the community-driven development project (the CDDP) has been met with a...

Categories: General, Water, Transport

AfDB, MCC sign Africa memorandum

13/10/2010

Infrastructure projects may go ahead in the future, due to a memorandum signed between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the US government's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).

AfDB president Donald Kaberuka said:...

Categories: General, Water

ADB signs agreement with MCC to reduce poverty in Africa

12/10/2010

On 8 October 2010, the American governmental agency MCC and the African Development Bank signed a memorandum of understanding to reduce poverty and promote economic growth in Africa.

The...

Categories: General, Water, Transport

Russia reinforces its cooperation with Algeria and Ghana in the field of energy

07/10/2010

Russian president Dmitri Medvedev is currently on an official visit to Algeria with a delegation of businessmen, in order to reinforce cooperation between the two countries.

In 2001, Algeria...

Categories: Water, Energy

Coca-Cola launches safe drinking water initiative in Ghana

07/10/2010

Drinks company Coca-Cola has announced it is to launch a safe drinking water programme in Ghana.

The scheme will cost $1.5 million (£940,000) and it will provide infrastructure to communities throughout the country, Ghana...

Category: Water

Senegal: USA participates in a hydraulic infrastructure program

06/10/2010

Last Monday, an American public aid development program, the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA),  signed a development agreement for a hydraulic infrastructure construction project in Senegal.

This...

Categories: Water, Transport, Energy

Congo-Kinshasa: France grants 674,000 dollars for drinking water supply project

28/09/2010

On September 16, the town of Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, received funding of 674,000 dollars from France for a project to renovate and secure the future of the drinking water...

Category: Water

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