Infrastructure 'vital for economic growth' in South Africa

31/07/2009

Investments in new infrastructures are crucial for economic growth in South Africa, it has been asserted.

The World Bank has hosted workshops examining how a small group of municipalities representing less than six per cent of...

Parts of west Africa 'still unconnected'

31/07/2009

Large parts of West Africa are still struggling to log on after damage was caused to the South Atlantic 3/West African Submarine Cable (Sat-3).

Mobile phone networks, the government and the banking sector have all experienced...

ECP invests in Moroccan construction company

31/07/2009

Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has invested $13.8 million (£8.37 million) in the Entreprise Marocaine de Travaux (EMT) and Somadiaz in Morocco.

While the former organisation is a construction company that specialises in...

Sat 3 cable 'should be critical infrastructure'

30/07/2009

The South Atlantic 3/West African Submarine Cable (Sat 3) that recently caused disruption to internet services due to a fault should be classed as critical infrastructure, according to the president of the Nigeria Internet Group,...

IMF 'scales up' support for sub-Saharan Africa

30/07/2009

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced a package of measures to help some of the world's poorest regions, including parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

Managing director of the organisation Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the...