Nuclear power station for Algeria in 2020 The minister for Energy and Mines, Mr. Youcef Yousfi, announced at the start of the week at the Popular National Assembly that the…

Road project begins work in Ghana Work has begun on the Awoshie-Pokuase road and community development project in Accra, Ghana. The cost of the development is $132 million (£82 million), with…

Algeria: New measures announced to promote ICT development Last weekend in Algiers, the minister for Post and Information Technologies (TIC) organised a conference on…

Lake Turkana Wind Power gets go-ahead in Kenya Construction on the 300MW Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) project in Kenya will start before the end of the year. There have been setbacks in the…

AFD finances gas project in Tunisia France has announced its intention to make a sum of 150 million euros available to Tunisia to finance a project to extend the natural gas…

Burundi: Germany to invest 43 million euros in drinking water The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Burundi promised, at the World Water Day assembly, that his country was…

Nigeria: Gas project to create 500,000 jobs The implementation of a vast gas project by the government of Nigeria is to create more than 500,000 jobs. This announcement was…

World Bank to invest in African infrastructure African infrastructure projects will benefit from World Bank investment. A new policy is being launched that will replace the Africa Action Plan and it…

AfDB releases infrastructure route map for Zimbabwe A "comprehensive" infrastructure development plan has been drawn up for Zimbabwe by the African Development Bank (AfDB). It is hoped the…

Zimbabwe receives a loan of 500 million USD from China Last Monday, China granted a 500 million dollar loan to Zimbabwe to finance a number of projects in…