Infrastructure News
Solar plant to be built in South Africa's Northern Cape
31/03/2011
South African construction company Group Five will develop a solar plant that will supply energy to the power utility firm Eskom.
The price of the project will come in at five billion South African rand (£455,000) and the...
Categories: Energy
Angola to increase access to drinking water in rural areas
31/03/2011
The Angolan government wants to attain 80 per cent coverage for the supply of drinking water in the most remote areas of the country by 2012.
The announcement was made by Secretary of State for...
Categories: Water
Nuclear power station for Algeria in 2020
31/03/2011
The minister for Energy and Mines, Mr. Youcef Yousfi, announced at the start of the week at the Popular National Assembly that the country would have its own nuclear power station within nine...
Categories: Energy
Road project begins work in Ghana
30/03/2011
Work has begun on the Awoshie-Pokuase road and community development project in Accra, Ghana.
The cost of the development is $132 million (£82 million), with $83.6 million of the money coming from the African Development...
Categories: Transport
Algeria: New measures announced to promote ICT development
30/03/2011
Last weekend in Algiers, the minister for Post and Information Technologies (TIC) organised a conference on the role of ICT companies in the creation of jobs.
Moussa Benhamadi announced that...
Categories: ICT
Lake Turkana Wind Power gets go-ahead in Kenya
29/03/2011
Construction on the 300MW Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) project in Kenya will start before the end of the year.
There have been setbacks in the development, but a letter of support has now been received from the Kenyan...
Categories: Energy
AFD finances gas project in Tunisia
29/03/2011
France has announced its intention to make a sum of 150 million euros available to Tunisia to finance a project to extend the natural gas network in the regions in the North-West...
Burundi: Germany to invest 43 million euros in drinking water
29/03/2011
The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Burundi promised, at the World Water Day assembly, that his country was going to invest in several projects aimed at augmenting the sources...
Categories: Water
Nigeria: Gas project to create 500,000 jobs
28/03/2011
The implementation of a vast gas project by the government of Nigeria is to create more than 500,000 jobs.
This announcement was made last Thursday by Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, who said...
Categories: Energy
World Bank to invest in African infrastructure
28/03/2011
African infrastructure projects will benefit from World Bank investment.
A new policy is being launched that will replace the Africa Action Plan and it will have a wider remit than its predecessor, the East African reports.
More...
AfDB releases infrastructure route map for Zimbabwe
25/03/2011
A "comprehensive" infrastructure development plan has been drawn up for Zimbabwe by the African Development Bank (AfDB).
It is hoped the project will help to improve the country's economic fortunes by creating jobs...
Zimbabwe receives a loan of 500 million USD from China
25/03/2011
Last Monday, China granted a 500 million dollar loan to Zimbabwe to finance a number of projects in a multitude of sectors, including tourism, health, education, agriculture,...
Senegal wants to mobilize 3.4 billion USD for its infrastructure
25/03/2011
The Senegalese government wants to finance a number of infrastructure projects over the next five years, costing a total of 3.4 billion dollars.
The aim is to "lift the country, in the...
Categories: Transport
Belgium grants 16.8 million USD for a drinking water program in rural areas of Senegal
24/03/2011
Senegal has been given financing of 16.8 million dollars by Belgium in order to support its program to improve the quality of the water in rural areas of the regions at the center of...
Categories: Water
Industrial water treatment systems set for North Africa
24/03/2011
A Canadian company has been awarded a C$7.8 million (£4.9 million) contract to provide industrial water treatment systems to a number of areas including North Africa.
H2O Innovation - which has over ten years experience in...
Zimbabwe needs $16bn for road rehabilitation
24/03/2011
Zimbabwe is looking for a $16 billion (£10 billion) investment in the transport infrastructure of the country.
According to the Zimbabwe Standard, the country's roads used to be considered among the best in southern...
Categories: Transport
South Africa's rail network to get major investment
23/03/2011
Plans are to be unveiled that will show how South Africa's rail network will be improved.
Officials from the government are heading to Rail Tech Europe in the Netherlands to present their programme, entitled NATMAP 2050,...
Categories: Transport
Coca Cola cash to boost Africa's water infrastructure
23/03/2011
Africa's water infrastructure will receive a $6 million (£3.6 million) boost from the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation.
The money will be spent on improving the lives of 250,000 women and girls through water and sanitation...
Categories: Water
Madagascar: Launch of sanitation works in regions of Mahajanga and Boeny
23/03/2011
Last Monday, sanitation works commenced in the region of Mahajanga and last week in the region of Boeny, in Madagascar, reports the newspaper L'Express.
Financed to the value of 74 million Ariary...
Categories: Water
East Africa to develop nuclear power?
22/03/2011
East Africa is set to embrace nuclear power as it seeks to improve its energy infrastructure in the future.
It is hoped the move towards this type of energy will lead to a reduction in the use of carbon-based fuels, the East...
Categories: Energy