Regional integration to meet the challenges of Africa Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga called upon the African states to favour regional programmes during a United Nations conference on Tuesday 2…

CBK infrastructure bond 'twice oversubscribed' A Kenya infrastructure bond has drawn $589 million (£355 million) in bids, Bloomberg has reported. The Central Bank of Kenya reported bids for…

Solar energy being developed in Algeria The Algerian electricity company Sonelgaz has decided to invest in renewable sources of energy. The company has announced the establishment of a plant for…

TBEA: East African energy investment to start with Kenya Kenya will be the point of entry for Chinese energy firm TBEA, which aims to expand its investment in power generation and transmission to…

SA gets EU energy funding boost South Africa (SA) has received a loan of €40 million (£36.3 million) to be invested by the FirstRand Bank in renewable power projects. Focus will be on…

Road asphalting project in Cameroon Cameroon has just received a loan of 11.5 million Dollars from the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development to provide financing for part of a road asphalting…

Kenya to use $2bn fund for renewable energy The Kenyan government has announced its intention to develop renewable energy from a $2 billion (£1.2 billion) fund set up with the aid of the World…

Senegal: 55 million Dollars for a coal-fired power station The African Development Bank (BAD) has approved a loan of 55 million Dollars to finance the construction of a coal-fired electricity…

Two projects for water treatment and supply in the DRC and Tunisia The drainage and water treatment network of the town of Beja in Tunisia is going to be entirely upgraded and modernised. The aim…

Few African nations 'on track to meet water goals' Few African nations are currently on track to reach the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals for water, an Africa Infrastructure Country…