Infrastructure News
AfDB backs Zambia road project
30/09/2010
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting regional integration in the area by backing a transport scheme.
It has agreed to give a $95.6 million (£60 million) loan to fund the Nacala Corridor Phase II Road project...
Categories: Transport
China and Mali strengthen cooperation
30/09/2010
China has granted Mali a loan of over 149 million dollars to renovate the Bamako-Ségou road.
The signature of the preferential loan agreement took place on Monday, 27 September 2010, at...
Categories: Transport
South Africa to enter solar energy market?
29/09/2010
South Africa is trying to improve its energy market by seeking investment in a solar-powered plant.
Energy minister Dipuo Peters has said billions of pounds are required to complete a 5,000-megawatt solar park, the Associated...
Categories: Energy
New transport project 'to improve bridge in Mali'
29/09/2010
The African Development Bank has approved plans to give $18 million (£11.8 million) to aid a transport project in Mali.
It will improve the infrastructure of the Point Y Bridge Woyowayanko in Bamako, with the money...
Categories: Transport
LION-2 fiber-optic cable construction contract signed at Mayotte
29/09/2010
On September 27 2010, telephone operators Mauritius Telecom, Orange, Emtel and France Télécom ont signed a LION II fiber optic cable construction contract at Mayotte.
This signature marks the launch...
Categories: ICT
Africa 'has to improve air transport safety'
28/09/2010
African countries need to open up their air service markets to foreign operators to improve transport safety, one expert has said.
Charles Schlumberger, the World Bank's lead air transport specialist, noted the move would not...
Categories: Transport
Poor sanitation 'ruining Kenyan water'
28/09/2010
A lack of water and poor sanitation is stifling the quality of life being experienced by Kenyans, it has been claimed.
According to an article in Irin News, residents of the Korogocho slums in Nairobi are being greatly affected...
Categories: Water
Congo-Kinshasa: France grants 674,000 dollars for drinking water supply project
28/09/2010
On September 16, the town of Beni, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, received funding of 674,000 dollars from France for a project to renovate and secure the future of the drinking water...
Categories: Water
AfDB 'wants to handle' resources of Africa
27/09/2010
The African Development Bank (AfDB) wants to be in sole charge of funds for Africa, one expert has claimed.
Compliance and safeguards division manager Anthony Nyong noted there are a number of reasons for making sure the AfDB...
Categories: General
Mali: 69 MW thermal power station to be built at Kayes
27/09/2010
The signature of a Concession Agreement for a construction project for a 69 megawatt thermal power station at Kayes, Mali, took place last week.
A ceremony was organised on this occasion,...
Categories: Energy
South Sudan $524m fund 'supports infrastructure projects'
24/09/2010
Work must continue to enhance Sudan's infrastructure, but efforts have already proved successful.
This is the conclusion of the World Bank, which explains the country has the potential to enter "a new era of peace and...
Morocco invests more than a billion dollars in road infrastructures
24/09/2010
Monday September 13 2010, Morocco announced its decision to devote more than 1.2 billion dollars to the development and reinforcement of its road infrastructure in the regions bordering Algeria.
The...
ADF gives grant for road project in Burundi
24/09/2010
Wednesday September 22 2010, the African Development Fund (ADF) approved a grant of 36 million dollars to improve an important road system in Burundi.
The funds will be used...
World Bank: Rwanda transport project allows inter-district movement
23/09/2010
A transport project in Rwanda implemented with support from the International Development Association has helped improve links between the country's major cities.
According to the World Bank, the initiative, which began in...
Categories: Transport
New filter to help millions get access to clean water
22/09/2010
A professor in South Africa has developed an implement that may help millions get access to healthy drinking water.
Professor Eugene Cloete, dean of science at the University of Stellenbosch, has devised a filter that can be...
Categories: Water
South Korea strengthens its collaboration with Ghana
22/09/2010
In order to strengthen its co-operative relations with Ghana, South Korea is to open an office for its cooperation agency, the Korean International Cooperation Agency, on Ghanaian territory, reports...
African governments 'need to improve' ICT integration
21/09/2010
African governments need to improve their ICT programmes, it has been claimed.
There needs to be a series of initiatives introduced in order to raise industrialisation on the continent, the Southern Times reports.
Professor...
Categories: ICT
New funding for transport and energy in West Africa
21/09/2010
The Regional Fund for Development and Financing for the transport and energy sectors, known as FODETE-CEDEAO, was officially born last Saturday at Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.
A ceremony...
ADB: new financing agreements for electrical infrastructures in Burkina Faso and Cameroon
21/09/2010
The African Development Bank has just signed an agreement with Burkina Faso for a grant of 39 million dollars to finance a project for the development of electrical infrastructures and...
Categories: Energy
World Bank 'to step up investment' in Africa
20/09/2010
The World Bank has announced it is going to increase its efforts to encourage investment in the continent of Africa over the next five years.
Since the introduction of the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, the International...
Categories: General