Infrastructure News
Tunisia: A new well to extract natural gas
07/09/2010
Cygam, a Canadian company, has just signed a contract with Tunisia to install a well to extract natural gas from bituminous schists, in the Ghadames basin.
Cygam believes,...
Categories: Energy
Angola: $18 billion for energy infrastructures
07/09/2010
The government of Angola has just announced that it intends to invest 18 billion dollars by 2016 in the construction of energy infrastructures, in order to remedy the shortfall which is...
Categories: Energy
AfDB 'will focus on infrastructure developments'
06/09/2010
The Tunisian prime minister has said that the African Development Bank (AfDB) will be positive in improving the country's energy, water and transport issues.
Mohamed Ghannouchi was speaking at the re-inauguration of Donald...
Categories: General
Senegal: Sar signs two financial agreements
06/09/2010
On Wednesday 1 September, the African Refining Company (Sar) signed a financial agreement in the amount of 80.4 million dollars with Ecobank and a second one for 380.5 million dollars with...
Categories: Energy
Lightbulbs 'saving energy' in Ethiopia
03/09/2010
Energy-efficient lightbulbs are being used in Ethiopia in an attempt to avoid power shortages.
The government-led approach has seen five million compact fluorescent lamps distributed to consumers in exchange for incandescent...
Categories: Energy
New submarine cable in South Africa
03/09/2010
A new network of submarine cables will link the west coast of Africa with South America.
A press release issued on 2 September reveals that Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by eFive Telecoms, a South...
Categories: ICT
Infrastructure projects placed Sudan "on a path of recovery"
02/09/2010
Transport and sanitation infrastructure projects implemented by the World Bank have gone some way to rebuilding the country.
According to the organisation, which provides technical and financial assistance to developing...
The Central African Backbone fibre-optic cable project has been launched
02/09/2010
The official launch of the Central African high-speed fibre optic cable telecommunication network, the Central African Backbone, took place on 27 August at Bangui, in the Central African Republic.
The...
Categories: ICT
Algeria: Sonelgaz to invest $3.3 billion in 2010
01/09/2010
The Sonelgaz Group is going to invest 3.3 billion Dollars in Algeria in 2010, according to President and General Director Mr. Nourredine Boutarfa, at a press conference on 28 August last.
“Sonelgaz is going to press ahead with...
Categories: Energy
World Bank water plans may benefit African countries
01/09/2010
A review of the World Bank's water strategy may affect sanitation infrastructure in Africa, after it called for a better approach to the matter.
"We can't properly tackle global priorities of food security, renewable...
Categories: Water
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