AfDB offers renewable energy boost for Africa Energy infrastructure in Africa looks set to get a boost after it was announced that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has created a $57 million…

45 billion USD for a road and agricultural development project in DRC Graham Smith, coordinator of the project "Development corridor in the province of Lower Congo in the South…

5,000 megawatts for Nigeria by December 2011 Barth Nnaji, energy advisor to the president, has announced that Nigeria is committed to achieving electricity generation…

Swaziland to invest in road upgrades and maintenance Major spending is required in order to improve and maintain the MR3 Ngwenya-Manzini road over the next decade. The Swazi Ministry of Public Works…

Tanzania and Uganda plan joint railway venture Increased trade from East Africa has prompted Tanzania and Uganda to jointly plan the development of a new railway line and ports on Lake Victoria. The…

WADB provides funding for several infrastructure projects in Africa Thursday, March 31: The West African Development Bank (WADB) has approved eleven infrastructure projects with a…

Ethiopia to build hydropower project on River Nile Plans are afoot in Ethiopia to install a hydropower project by the River Nile. The cost of the programme is believed to be around $4.7 billion…

Three new refineries in Nigeria by 2014 Three new refineries are to be built in Nigeria between 2011 and 2014, it was announced last Tuesday by the director…

Solar plant to be built in South Africa's Northern Cape South African construction company Group Five will develop a solar plant that will supply energy to the power utility firm Eskom. The price of…

Angola to increase access to drinking water in rural areas The Angolan government wants to attain 80 per cent coverage for the supply of drinking water in the most remote areas of the…