Malawi set for energy boost with US funding Energy infrastructure in Malawi looks set to receive a boost after it was announced that the US government plans to invest $350.7 million (£215…

$14.2 billion needed for infrastructure improvements in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe needs about $14.2 billion (£8.7 billion) to rehabilitate the existing infrastructure in the country. This is according…

South Africa invests 3.8 billion dollars in renewable energies Ebrahim Patel, South African minister for Economic Development, announced last Tuesday that South Africa is to invest…

IDC to invest billions in South African renewable energy South Africa's renewable energy industry is set to be one of the main beneficiaries of the Industrial Development Corporation's (IDC)…

Shell signs a contract for 101 million USD for a gas pipeline project in Nigeria Shell has just signed a contract valued at 101 million dollars for the construction of a gas…

PIC plans investment in African energy and infrastructure markets The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) plans to invest about R45 billion (£4 billion) in Africa this year to take advantage…

Algeria wants to generate 20,000 MW of electricity from clean energy sources by 2030 The Algerian government announced April 3 that it aims to generate 20,000 MW of…

Benin aims for 50 percent rural electrification from renewable energy by 2025 Benin's minister for Energy, Sacca Lafia, announced last Thursday that the government intended to raise the…

AfDB to fund Sierra Leone energy project Some €25 million (£22million) is to be loaned by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to fund the Addax Bioenergy Sierra Leone (ABSL)…

WB finances fiber optic Internet in Congo The World Bank has announced that it will finance the submarine fiber optic cable project, the African central Backbone (CAB),…