South Africa: A signal of the times Worldfolio For South Africa, ICT has pushed progress ahead rapidly in the past two decades, helping to level the playing field between urban and rural areas…

World Bank helps to improve broadband infrastructure in North Africa The World Bank has announced ambitious plans to bring about a dramatic improvement in broadband connectivity in countries across…

South Africa: Absa teams up with AFD to fund clean energy projects Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 12, 2012 Commercial bank Absa has partnered with French development finance …

Ethiopia pursues controversial dam project Al Jazeera English - March 12, 2012 Ethiopia is pursuing a massive dam building project that it hopes will generate alternative sources of power, but…

South Africa & Lesotho showcase water project at World Water Forum South Africa.info - March 12. 2012 South Africa and Lesotho will show off their jointly managed Lesotho Highlands Water Project…

South Africa’s energy regulator cuts increase in electricity rates Sunday news - March 10, 2012 JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s energy regulator said on Friday last week it had cut the increase in…

AfDB to loan Kenya $263 mln for roads, energy Reuters - March 12, 2012 NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Monday it would loan Kenya 21.8 billion shillings to finance…

Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Road Inaugurated Government of Ghana - March 9, 2012 Vice President John Dramani Mahama yesterday inaugurated Ghana’s section of the Abidjan-Lagos corridor road project at…

Progrès dans la construction de la route transsaharienne Algérie-Niger Le Fonds koweitien de développement économique a accordé un prêt de cinq milliards de FCFA au Niger,…

New water plant to boost cluster communities A new water plant, built in Otobi in order to reduce the risk of water-borne diseases, has been visted by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan,…