Infrastructure News
Rural Namibia to benefit from electricity improvements
30/04/2012
Within the next five years, all Namibian schools and households within an identified radius in rural areas will be electrified, it has been announced.
The move, which is also set to involve churches and market places, forms part...
Categories: Energy
Lancement d'un fonds pour développer les projets verts en Afrique
30/04/2012
La Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD) vient d'annoncer le lancement prochain d’un Fonds Carbone dédié à l’Afrique (FCA), doté de 45 millions...
Mauritanie: Les travaux de modernisation du Port de Nouadhibou officiellement terminés
27/04/2012
Les travaux de modernisation du port minéralier de Nouadhibou, en Mauritanie, viennent de s'achever le 22 avril dernier.
Réalisés grâce à un investissement de l'Union Européenne...
Categories: Transport
Africa: Call for More Investment in Water
26/04/2012
allAfrica.com - 24 April 2012
SUB-Saharan African countries including Tanzania need to revisit their water policies and invest heavily in the sector.
Zanzibar President Dr Ali Mohamed Shein said in Dar es Salaam on Monday that...
Categories: Water
South Africa’s Transnet to Buy Site of Former Durban Airport
26/04/2012
Bloomberg BusinessWeek - 25 April 2012
Transnet SOC Ltd., operator of South Africa’s ports and railways, will acquire the site of the former Durban International Airport to build a new port, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele...
Categories: Transport
Nigeria: Govt to Use Sure Funds to Complete Road Projects
26/04/2012
allAfrica.com - 24 April 2012
The Federal Government will use funds from the Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment (SURE) programme to complete ongoing road constructions and rehabilitation projects in the country.
The...
Categories: Transport
South Sudan to Get Aid From China; No Oil Deal
26/04/2012
New York Times - 25 April 2012
BEIJING — China has welcomed the president of South Sudan and agreed to provide bank loans and humanitarian aid, but it has stopped short of moving forward on an oil pipeline, a sign of the ...
Pennine Energy develops waterless toilet for rural areas (video)
26/04/2012
ABNDigital - 25 April 2012
A hi-tech waterless toilet for densely populated rural areas. Pennine Energy Innovation has developed a unique and "dignified" waterless toilet which uses special technology to separate...
Categories: Water
La technologie mobile 4G fait son apparition en Angola
26/04/2012
La compagnie de téléphonie mobile Movicel a lancé la semaine dernière à Cabinda son réseau LTE/4G, qui permet l'accès rapide à l'internet sur téléphone...
Categories: ICT
Sénégal: 13 millions USD pour l'accès à l'eau potable en milieu rural
26/04/2012
Les régions de Tambacounda, Kédougou et Matam, au Sénégal, vont bénéficier d'un programme d'amélioration des conditions d'hygiène et d'assainissement...
South Africa wants nuclear contracts to stay at home
25/04/2012
Reuters - 23 April 2012
JOHANNESBURG, April 23 (Reuters) - South Africa wants to see its firms eventually being awarded the bulk of the contracts in its $50 billion plan to build six nuclear plants to power Africa's biggest...
Categories: Energy
Africa: U.S. in Drive to Boost Africa's Energy Supply
25/04/2012
allAfrica.com - 24 April 2012
As I fly over Africa at night - a regular occurrence in my job - the continent is an indelible image of sporadic pinpricks of light that identify the largest cities and towns, with millions of...
Categories: Energy
Russians eye South Africa’s nuclear plans
25/04/2012
Summit TV talks to Ivo Kouklik of Rosatom, the Russian state atomic energy company, about its aim to get involved with the roll-out of nuclear power generation in South Africa
Categories: Energy
AfDB seeks to support transport infrastructure project
25/04/2012
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has confirmed its interest in supporting the improvement of transport infrastructure between Kenya, South Sudan and Ethiopia, The Star has reported.
According to Gabriel Negatu, regional...
Categories: General
Shell envisage d'investir 4 milliards USD au Nigeria
25/04/2012
Shell souhaite investir quatre milliards de dollars d'ici 2015 dans les infrastructures énergétiques du Nigeria.
« Shell évalue des nouveaux projets onshore au Nigeria, qui augmenteront la...
36 millions USD du FADES pour la construction d'un port à Djibouti
25/04/2012
Le Fonds arabe pour le développement économique et social (FADES), basé au Koweït, a accordé un prêt de 36 millions de dollars pour la construction du futur port de Tadjourah, au nord de...
Categories: Transport
Scientists discuss ways to extract water supplies in Africa
24/04/2012
The continent of Africa - Libya, Algeria and Chad, in particular - is currently sat on a vast reservoir of groundwater, a group of scientists have claimed.
Many Africans, of course, struggle for access to clean drinking water -...
Categories: Water
Tanzania announces plans for new water wells
24/04/2012
Over the next four years, as much as TSh15.2 billion (£5.9 million) will be spent to construct and drill water wells in Tanzania, East African Business Week has reported.
Experts hope that the move will help to curb the poor...
Categories: Water
La Côte d'Ivoire a besoin de 552 millions USD pour ses infrastructures d'électricité
24/04/2012
La Côte d’Ivoire a besoin d'un investissement rapide de près de 552 millions de dollars afin de combler son déficit de production d'électricité, selon le directeur...
Mozambique: Roads Preferred to Rail Because of Costs
23/04/2012
allAfrica.com - 22 April 2012
Maputo — Mozambican Transport Minister Paulo Zucula told reporters on Friday that South African mining operators prefer to send their mineral exports to Maputo port by road because of the...
Categories: Transport