Private ICT investment 'key' to improvement Private investment in information communication technology (ICT) is transforming the continent and has vindicated this finance model, Rwandan president…

Ousmane: $39bn shortfall in needed infrastructure investment Africa needs an estimated $39 billion (£24.3 billion) more than it is currently receiving to develop roads and other crucial…

Appeal to the private sector in the electrification of rural areas in West Africa Key players in the sector of electrification in West Africa gathered in Douala, in Cameroon, at the beginning of the…

WAGP 'to cost nearly twice original price' The cost of the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) is expected to exceed its original estimated price by $400 million (£249.2 million). Nigeria's deputy…

Germany promotes renewable sources of energy in Senegal The German government has just made 37.4 billion CFA Francs (83 million Dollars) available to Senegal so as to encourage the development of…

Tunisia invests in the development of solar energy infrastructures Tunisia has just taken another step forward in the development of its own energy resources, with the signing of the first contract…

Algeria: Sonatrach makes massive investments in energy despite the crisis Even though the world economy has hardly emerged from the recession, the Algerian petroleum group Sonatrach is pressing…

3G Network to be deployed shortly in Tunisia Le ministre tunisien ministre des technologies de la communication a dévoilé lors d'une conférence à El Ghazala la mise en place d'un réseau mobile de…

AfDB: $61m loan towards West African fibre optics The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan of $61 million (£38.1 million) towards the Main One project, which aims to bring…

Upgrading of the highway network between the Congo and Cameroon The African Development Bank has just approved financing to the amount of 190 million Dollars for a project for upgrading highway…