Actualités sur les infrastructures

HydroWorld.com: Stupendous in magnitude, the Grand Inga project envisages 40 GW of hydropower capacity in the Inga valley, some 250 km west of Kinshasa on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Conceiving...

Deutsche Welle: As Morocco's economy grows, it needs more and more energy - some ten percent more each year. A new wind farm outside Tangier is now one of the country's biggest and most promising energy providers.

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The Observer: Now that Uganda has entered the Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) with other southern and East African countries, aiming at boosting the use of renewable energies, Ugandans with creative and innovative...

AllAfrica.com (The New Times): As a way of unravelling infrastructural challenges that have remained a major obstacle to the integration process, the EAC Secretariat has turned to Europe seeking funding for regional...

Slate Afrique: L’Afrique n’est plus le «continent perdu» de l’imaginaire collectif. Le continent connaît un essor rapide depuis dix ans, le secteur privé prend de l’ampleur et une nouvelle classe de consommateurs détient un...

African Development Bank: The Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme – Project I (CAIIP-1) resulted from a comprehensive review of Uganda’s agricultural sector, which was carried out in 2005 by the Ugandan ...

U.S. Department of State - Remarks by Deborah A. McCarthy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, Infrastructure and Business ...

Agence France Presse: WASHINGTON — A rapidly worsening water shortage threatens to destabilize the planet and should be a top priority for the UN Security Council and world leaders, a panel of experts said in a report.

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AllAfrica.com (Cameroon Tribune): The European Investment Bank last Friday completed the FCFA 238 billion package needed for the project.

The total amount needed to execute the multibillion Lom-Pangar Hydroelectricity Dam at...

Le Griot: Le Bénin, le Burkina-Faso, la Côte d’Ivoire et le Niger, pays représentés par leurs ministres des Transports, ainsi que leurs partenaires techniques et financiers se sont retrouvés le week-end dernier à Niamey afin...

Africa Review: Kenya–Uganda rail operator Rift Valley Railways (RVR) has embarked on a major renovation of its locomotive overhaul facility in Kampala as part of a five-year turnaround effort at a cost of $284 ...

AllAfrica.com (Rwanda Focus): The global competitiveness report has warned that an unhealthy workforce along with poor infrastructure will hurt Rwanda's competitiveness ambitions.

According to the report, "The greatest...

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Business Day Live (South Africa): INDEPENDENT regulators of economic infrastructure should be able to penalise anticompetitive behaviour by firms and state-owned enterprises, many of which are monopolies, the Development Bank...

Creamer Media's Engineering News: Africa’s economic potential as the next leading source of global economic growth could remain unfulfilled if the barriers to international and inter-regional trade were not addressed, Trade...

Creamer Media's Engineering News: International renewable-energy company Mainstream Renewable Power – which advanced to the preferred-bidder stage for South African wind and solar projects involving a combined 238 MW of...

Jeune Afrique (AFP) : Après avoir lancé la première tablette tactile africaine fin janvier, le Congolais Vérone Mankou, 27 ans, a lancé jeudi à Brazzaville le premier smartphone made in Africa, en promettant un tarif...

Projet de la Banque africaine de développement : Objectif sectoriel : Assurer durablement l’approvisionnement en eau potable et l’assainissement des zones rurales en vue d’améliorer les conditions de vie et de santé des ...

Banque africaine de developpement : Le Port de Dakar est un des ports les plus importants d’Afrique de l’Ouest. En vue d’améliorer les installations portuaires, une concession de 25 années a été signée entre l’Etat du ...

Banque africaine de developpement : L’agglomération de Dakar représente 0.3 % du territoire national, abrite 25% de la population et concentre 80% de l’activité économique du pays. Pour résoudre le problème de mobilité urbaine...