Uganda: $100m bridge will serve both tourism and transport Executive director of the Uganda National Roads authority Pete Ssebanakitta has announced the approval of a new bridge crossing the Nile.…

Sasol moves towards independence with 2012 sufficiency goals Sasol Synfuels has said it is suffering from rising prices due to Eskom's expansion projects and has announced plans to move towards…

NTIC expanding rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa The General Secretary of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Hamadoun Toure, made a statement this weekend about the scale of the progress…

Four major new projects involving water infrastructures launched in South Africa A South African public construction company, TCTA, has announced that it is seeking to accrue 44 billion Rand (6…

Ten Africa countries to benefit from sat broadband An agreement between SES and Intersat will increase broadband penetration in ten eastern and central African countries, it has been announced. …

Launching of an inter-State electricity network project in East Africa A joint project involving five states in the Nile region will be put into effect over the next five years, aimed at the…

Kenya: Appeal to save major water resource On Wednesday 9 September 2009 the Kenyan government launched an appeal to partner organizations in the development sector with the aim of accruing 400…

European Union investing in geothermal energy in Kenya A geothermal energy project is going to be undertaken in Kenya’s Rift Valley. Financed by the European Union to the amount of 1.7 billion Sh…

Congo to receive £76 million for road infrastructure The Department for International Development has announced a doubling in funding for its road-building programme in the Democratic Republic of…

African Energy to operate uranium mine in Zambia The enterprise African Energy Resources have announced their intention of putting into production their uranium mine at Chirundu in Zambia in…