Nuclear: South Africa and United States in co-operation South Africa and the United States have signed an agreement for co-operation and research in the field of nuclear energy. The agreement was…

Togo and Benin enter the fibre optic age A Nigerian company, Phase 3, is going to be extending its fibre optic network to Benin and Togo, it was announced on Wednesday 16th. The Phase 3 Group has…

AfDB: $175m mining loan will benefit key sectors in Mauritania A $175 million (£107 million) mining loan will contribute to both improving both infrastructure development and the business…

Electrawinds to construct wind farm in South Africa Belgian company Electrawinds has just announced the construction of a high production wind farm near Port Elizabeth in South Africa. Commissioned…

Gambian energy minister: Funding needed for rural energy projects Gambia energy minister Ousman Jammeh has called for donors to help fund two projects identified in 2007 to improve rural…

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. …