Infrastructure News

Air Algérie: de nouvelles lignes vers l'Europe et l'Afrique

10/01/2014

El Watan

Le PDG d'Air Algérie, Mohamed Salah Boultif, a indiqué hier que la compagnie aérienne compte se redéployer à l'international à travers l'ouverture prochaine de nouvelles lignes vers plusieurs capitales africaines et...

Category: Transport

Africa: Customer Service, Cost Containment and Continental Duty Drive Ethiopian Airlines - CEO Tewolde

12/12/2013

All Africa

Ethiopian Airlines began operations in 1946 as a joint operation managed by the American carrier TWA, using World War II aircraft acquired from the U.S. military to transport passengers and cargo to Cairo and other...

Category: Transport

Sealink, un projet de transport maritime africain en gestation

12/12/2013

Agence Ecofin

La Fédération des chambres de commerce et de l'industrie de la Cedeao a communiqué vendredi 6 décembre sur le projet Sealink, un projet de partenariat public privé de transport maritime qui aura pour vocation de...

Category: Transport

African Regional Infrastructure Development - Lessons for the G-20 Featured

09/12/2013

GEGAfrica (Johannesburg)

Discussions in Group of 20 (G-20) meetings over the last several years have increasingly focused on the need for a huge scale-up in infrastructure investments in developing countries, particularly...

Categories: Transport, Energy

AfDB Board approves US $73.64 million for Nacala Road Project

09/12/2013

PR Newswire

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Tuesday, December 3, approved US $73.64 million for Phase IV of the Nacala Road Corridor Development Project in Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique.

The...

Category: Transport

Kenya breaks ground on big new airport

05/12/2013

Sowetan

Only four months after a raging fire engulfed the arrivals terminal at Kenya's main airport, Kenya's president on Tuesday broke ground on new construction that officials hope will cement the country as East Africa's...

Category: Transport

Japanese government to fund reconstruction of road in Mozambique

04/12/2013

Macauhub

The Japanese government plans to provide US$68 million for reconstruction of 90 kilometres of the Mandimba-Lichinga road in Mozambique's Niassa province, under the terms of an agreement signed Thursday in Maputo.

The...

Category: Transport

Un Sommet pour le développement des infrastructures en Afrique, les 13 et 14 décembre à Dakar

04/12/2013

Un Sommet dit de Dakar pour le développement des infrastructures en Afrique, aura lieu les 13 et 14 décembre prochains à Dakar, sur le thème « Des partenariats public-privé pour la transformation des infrastructures continentales...

Category: Transport

Tanzania: JK promises to speed up water, power supply in rural areas

04/12/2013

The Guardian

President Jakaya Kikwete has said the government will, through its Rural Energy Agency (REA), expedite supply of clean water and reliable electricity in rural areas across the country in a bid to improve the...

Category: Transport

Africa's road infrastructure requires attention

28/11/2013

Bizcommunity.com

With the road access rate in Africa being only 34%, compared with 50% in other parts of the developing world and transport costs being 100% higher, transport infrastructure has been identified by the Programme...

Category: Transport

Kenya lauds AfDB for funding key infrastructure upgrade

28/11/2013

Xinhua

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday welcomed the African Development Bank´s financial support for upgrading of a regional road network from the coastal city of Mombasa to Tanzania.

Speaking in Nairobi during a...

Category: Transport

AfDB fully supports low-carbon transport agenda at UN Climate Talks

21/11/2013

All Africa

"Mainstreaming adaptation and climate change resilience into transport infrastructure development is a gradual process that is to be tackled at a strategic level," was a key message from the African...

Category: Transport

Africa experiences the most road fatalities in the world

21/11/2013

New Era

Even though the African region remains the least motorised region in the world, the same cannot be said regarding road traffic fatalities, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

According to statistics from...

Category: Transport

L´Afrique pour

29/10/2013

Source: Contrepoints par François de Senneville

Alors que les économies européennes et américaines se contentent de montrer de légers frémissements positifs, l´Afrique confirme son rythme de croissance élevé avec un taux moyen...

Category: Transport

L'Algérie découvre un important gisement de pétrole

29/10/2013

Source: Le Monde.fr

La compagnie nationale algérienne d'hydrocarbures Sonatrach a découvert un nouveau champ pétrolifère d'environ 1,3 milliard de barils dans le bassin d'Amguid Messaoud, dans le centre-nord de l'Algérie,...

Category: Transport

Démarrage des travaux du tronçon autoroutier Mednine-Ras jedir

29/10/2013

Source: L'Economiste par Mohsen Tiss

Les travaux de réalisation de l´autoroute Mednine - Ras Jedir ont été lancés dernièrement. Ce tronçon, d´une longueur de 92 km, nécessitera une enveloppe de l´ordre de 450 millions de dinars...

Category: Transport

Lagos- Algiers Trans-Saharan Highway will reduce transport costs, boost intra-African trade- NEPAD

29/10/2013

Source:NAN

The NEPAD chief said Africa was the least integrated continent in the world.

The Chief Executive Officer of the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD), Ibrahim Mayaki, has said that the ongoing 4,500-km...

Category: Transport

Aérien : les aéroports africains décollent-ils?

18/10/2013

Jeune Afrique

Sur le continent, le trafic devrait tripler d'ici à 2029. Mais si les aménagements aéroportuaires ne suivent pas l'évolution de la demande, cette croissance risque d'être fauchée en plein vol.

L'aéroport de...

Category: Transport

Infrastructure boom propels African economy

18/10/2013

ERTA (Ethiopia)

The Loan Market Association (LMA) says that seven out of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world over the next decade will be African, and Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania are expected to lead the ...

Category: Transport

Dix millions de dollars de la BADEA pour le futur Aéroport international de Ouagadougou

18/10/2013

APA

La Banque a rabe pour le développement économique de l'Afrique (BADEA) vient d'accorder un prêt de 10 millions de dollars au Burkina Faso, pour les travaux de construction du futur Aéroport international de...

Category: Transport

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