Launching of an inter-State electricity network project in East Africa A joint project involving five states in the Nile region will be put into effect over the next five years, aimed at the…

Kenya: Appeal to save major water resource On Wednesday 9 September 2009 the Kenyan government launched an appeal to partner organizations in the development sector with the aim of accruing 400…

European Union investing in geothermal energy in Kenya A geothermal energy project is going to be undertaken in Kenya’s Rift Valley. Financed by the European Union to the amount of 1.7 billion Sh…

Congo to receive £76 million for road infrastructure The Department for International Development has announced a doubling in funding for its road-building programme in the Democratic Republic of…

African Energy to operate uranium mine in Zambia The enterprise African Energy Resources have announced their intention of putting into production their uranium mine at Chirundu in Zambia in…

£18 million ICT project approved by AfDB The Helios Shared Telecom Infrastructure project in Nigeria has received a $30 million loan (£18.1 million) from the African Development Bank Group…

IFC and Absa to finance African infrastructures The South African bank group Absa announced on Thursday 3 September 2009 that it had signed an agreement with IFC (International Finance Corporation)…

Congo invites collaboration on hydropower plant The Democratic Republic of Congo will open the doors to a $5 billion (£3 billion) Western Power Corridor hydropower project this week, the…

New cable project could 'bring new prosperity' The new underwater cable Glo 1 could "bridge the digital divide between Africa and the rest of the world," operator Globacom has…

Nigeria: 78 million Dollars for the water sector The African Development Bank has just granted a loan of 78 million Dollars to Nigeria for upgrading infrastructures in the water supply and drainage…