Infrastructure News

Circle of Blue - 2 May 2012

This BBC article, tweeted to our our @circleofblue account, gives the results of a new report by the British Geological Survey (BGS) and the University College London’s Department of Geography (UCL)...

allAfrica.com - 3 May 2012

Nigeria has been ranked very low in an Africa Water Poverty Index indicating that the country is lagging behind in meeting the water requirement of its population.

But the Minister of water...

The Zimbabwean city of Masvingo is actively seeking significant funding to improve the water system in order to cope with a sudden population surge, The Herald has reported.

In order to build new water pumping, conveyance and...

allAfrica.com - 24 April 2012

SUB-Saharan African countries including Tanzania need to revisit their water policies and invest heavily in the sector.

Zanzibar President Dr Ali Mohamed Shein said in Dar es Salaam on Monday that...

ABNDigital - 25 April 2012

A hi-tech waterless toilet for densely populated rural areas. Pennine Energy Innovation has developed a unique and "dignified" waterless toilet which uses special technology to separate...

The continent of Africa - Libya, Algeria and Chad, in particular - is currently sat on a vast reservoir of groundwater, a group of scientists have claimed.

Many Africans, of course, struggle for access to clean drinking water -...

Over the next four years, as much as TSh15.2 billion (£5.9 million) will be spent to construct and drill water wells in Tanzania, East African Business Week has reported.

Experts hope that the move will help to curb the poor...

News Day - 23 April 2012

The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) disbursed close to $70 million to fund 32 infrastructure projects in the first three months of the year.

The bulk of the projects...

BBC News - 20 April 2012

Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater.

They argue that the total volume of water in aquifers underground is 100 times the amount found on...

Objective: Identify challenges and opportunities in the financing and implementation of Transboundary Water Resource and Climate Change Adaptation Programs

ABNDigital - 18 April 2012

South Africa's Water Crisis with SAB's Andre Fourie

ABN is focusing its attention on water sustainability in Africa and South Africa faces serious threats from its increasingly scarce water ...

Banque africaine de développement - 17 avril 2012

La Banque africaine de développement, l’Office national de l’assainissement (ONAS) et le gouvernement tunisien ont organisé à Hammamet, du 10 au 12 avril, un atelier de trois...

BBC - 16 April 2012

On first acquaintance, it's hard to see Ikal Angelei as a rebel.

Too young, too mild-mannered (perfect English diction), too much at ease in T-shirt and trousers.

It's a salutary lesson in never judging the...

Theme: ACCELERATING ACCESS TO WATER AND SANITATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA- SCALING UP PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION

The Africa Report - 13 April 2012

Ghana and Togo have signed a joint agreement to kick start a 40 year-old project to draw water from the West African country's Volta River to supply the Togolese capital Lome.

The Sogakope-Lome...

Democratic Alliance - 12 April 20120

Today's protests against poor water service delivery in Petrusburg's Bolokanang Township show that local municipalities are not succeeding in the realisation of progressive constitutional...

UPI - 12 April 2012

WASHINGTON, April 12 (UPI) -- Spring rains in the eastern Horn of Africa are likely to begin late this year and be substantially lower than normal, forecasters said.

Through May, the rains are expected to...

allAfrica.com - 13 April 2012

The government of The Gambia in collaboration with African Development Bank and Africa Water Facility (AWF) Wednesday launched two sister projects of the National Water Sector Reform (NWSR) and...

Creamer Media's Engineering News - 13 April 2012

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Plans for unlocking South Africa's coal- and platinum-rich northern mineral belt through transport, water and energy interventions, were...

Fungai Mbetsa, the acting town clerk of the Zimbabwean municipality of Chitungwiza, has revealed plans to ease the water crisis in the area by constructing two new dams.

At present, the municipality is dependent Harare, the...