France and EIB participating in financing infrastructures in Nigeria The European Development Bank has agreed a loan of 324.5 million Dollars to three Nigerian banks in order to finance…

Spain invests in Kenyan wind farm project Renewable energy in Kenya has received a boost following investment from Spain. Lake Turkana Wind Power is Africa's largest wind power project, The East…

New fibre-optic network in Togo The company Xtera Communications has been selected by Togo Telecom to install a high-speed Internet network of greater capacity, greater robustness, and with better…

AfDB to host forum in Tunisia A meeting hosted by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is to be held in Tunisia next week. On March 1st the group's head of poverty reduction and social…

Agreements signed between Gabon and France in the infrastructure sector On the occasion of the visit by French Head of State, Mr. Sarkozy, to Libreville on 24 February 2010, new agreements were…

$2,700 million for Tunisian solar power plan The Franco-Tunisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CTFCI) organized a debate on 24 February at its Tunis location on the Tunisian Solar Power Plan…

Zuma: Infrastructure work will continue Infrastructure in South Africa has been developed for the World Cup and will continue to be improved once the contest ends. President Jacob Zuma made the…

Publication of report on IT development 23 February last saw the issue by the International Telecommunications Union of a report on the state of development of information technologies…

Drinking water and drainage programme launched in Senegal <br/>A huge project aimed at improving access to drinking water and drainage was launched in Senegal on Monday, 22 February. This…

World Bank loans $280m for Cairo air transport A loan to support Cairo's transport infrastructure has been approved by the World Bank's board of executive directors yesterday (February 23rd). Worth…