Orange and Google launch chat via GSM in Africa Last Wednesday American company Google and French telephone operator Orange signed a strategic partnership…

Angola receives more foreign investment than other African nations Angola was the beneficiary of more foreign direct investment (FDI) than any other African country in 2010 for its infrastructure…

WB supports road infrastructure project in Liberia The World Bank has just granted a loan facility of 250 million dollars to Liberia to finance a vast…

World Bank approves development grant for Burkina Faso The World Bank has announced it will give a grant to Burkina Faso in order to help the country develop and improve its infrastructure. It…

Countries in the Great Lakes region want infrastructure cooperation The countries in the Economic Community of the Great Lakes (CEPGL), Burundi, Rwanda and DRC, met last Monday and Tuesday…

SA to set up transport unit to boost infrastructure investment South Africa (SA) is to establish a body to organise investments into the country's transport infrastructure. Lwazi Mboyi, head of…

Mozambique and Botswana agree to rail transport project An agreement has been made for a transport infrastructure project to allow Botswana to gain greater access to the Indian Ocean through…

Gabon: Work soon to start on modernization of Port-Gentil airport Modernization and restructuring works on the airport at Port-Gentil in Gabon are to start Friday August…

South Africa receives R100m investment in broadband services South Africa's (SA's) ICT networks are set to improve after the country has received an R100 million (£9.04 million)…

AFD invests in renovation of ten electric power stations in Senegal Senegal has received funding of 70.2 million dollars from the French Development Agency. The funds will be allocated…