Infrastructure News
Why investors are into Africa
24/10/2012
Independent Online (South Africa) - Increasingly, the case for investing in Africa is made on the basis that this “last frontier” is now in a strong position to develop, to urbanise its growing and relatively young population,...
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Sustainable urban infrastructure key as African cities grow
24/10/2012
Creamer Media's Engineering News - African cities would grow nearly three times faster than the global average over the next three-and-a-half decades, highlighting the need for efficient, effective and environmentally...
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IMF warns African oil producers to avoid "white elephants"
23/10/2012
(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has urged African oil and gas producing nations to direct their revenue in infrastructure and education rather than on "white elephants".
Exploration in east and southern...
Angola launches $5bn sovereign wealth fund
19/10/2012
Creamer Media's Engineering News - Angola launched a $5-billion sovereign wealth fund to invest in domestic and overseas assets, funnelling the African country's vast oil wealth into infrastructure, hotels and other high-growth...
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Tanzania: Dar es Salaam to Spend U.S.$ 247.6 Million On Development Projects
17/10/2012
AllAfrica.com (East African Business Week) - DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania is expected to spend $247.6m grant in development projects for three-year, thanks to the excellent bilateral cooperation with the Germany government.
Both...
Ethiopian Builder Sees Revenue Doubling on Infrastructure Spend
12/10/2012
Bloomberg Business Week - Sur Construction Plc, a construction company with ties to Ethiopia’s ruling party, expects to almost double revenue this year as the state boosts investment in infrastructure, General Manager Tadesse...
South African Minister recommends Shift of African investment towards industry
25/09/2012
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): Africa has a bright future for attracting investment, but must use the opportunity to boost industry and improve infrastructure, H.E. Mr. Rob Davies, Minister of...
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Zim’s infrastructure growth hailed
24/09/2012
The Herald: ZIMBABWE’S level of infrastructure growth is the same as that of neighbouring South Africa, PTA Bank president Mr Admassu Yilma Tadesse said in Harare last week. Mr Tadesse told delegates to the ZimBuild ...
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La Banque islamique renfloue le Sénégal
13/09/2012
Une convention de 680 milliards FCFA vient d’être paraphée entre la Banque Islamique de Développement et l’Etat du Sénégal. La stratégie africaine d’Ahmed Mohammed Ali en marche. Conformément à sa nouvelle feuille de route,...
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Speech by AfDB President Donald Kaberuka: African Economic Integration - Time to Raise the Bar
13/09/2012
Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank - Speech at the Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments: “African Economic Integration - Time to Raise the Bar”Midrand, 30th August, 2012
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East Africa: Regional Council, European Bank Discuss Infrastructure Funding
12/09/2012
AllAfrica.com (The New Times): As a way of unravelling infrastructural challenges that have remained a major obstacle to the integration process, the EAC Secretariat has turned to Europe seeking funding for regional...
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Ce que vous devez savoir sur l'envol économique de l'Afrique
12/09/2012
Slate Afrique: L’Afrique n’est plus le «continent perdu» de l’imaginaire collectif. Le continent connaît un essor rapide depuis dix ans, le secteur privé prend de l’ampleur et une nouvelle classe de consommateurs détient un...
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Uganda: Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme
12/09/2012
African Development Bank: The Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme – Project I (CAIIP-1) resulted from a comprehensive review of Uganda’s agricultural sector, which was carried out in 2005 by the Ugandan ...
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North Africa: The Role of Infrastructure in the Success of the Arab Spring
11/09/2012
U.S. Department of State - Remarks by Deborah A. McCarthy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, Infrastructure and Business ...
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Rwanda: Sick Workers, Bad Roads to Hurt Rwanda's Competitiveness - Report
10/09/2012
AllAfrica.com (Rwanda Focus): The global competitiveness report has warned that an unhealthy workforce along with poor infrastructure will hurt Rwanda's competitiveness ambitions.
According to the report, "The greatest...
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Video: Infrastructure and policy delivery to form basis of World Bank's future engagement with South Africa
10/09/2012
Creamer Media's Engineering News - Watch video on Youtube.
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Infrastructure: Regulators need more teeth, says study
10/09/2012
Business Day Live (South Africa): INDEPENDENT regulators of economic infrastructure should be able to penalise anticompetitive behaviour by firms and state-owned enterprises, many of which are monopolies, the Development Bank...
Trade facilitation to open up Africa’s potential - Davies
10/09/2012
Creamer Media's Engineering News: Africa’s economic potential as the next leading source of global economic growth could remain unfulfilled if the barriers to international and inter-regional trade were not addressed, Trade...
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La BAD prépare un emprunt de 22 milliards de dollars
06/09/2012
Jeune Afrique - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) compte lancer prochainement un emprunt obligataire de 22 milliards de dollars pour financer des infrastructures (routes, ports, aéroports...) dans ses États membres....
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10 things you don't know about Africa's booming economy
05/09/2012
Foreign Policy
Africa is no longer the "lost continent" of popular imagination. The region has been growing rapidly for over a decade, the private sector is expanding, and a new class of consumers is wielding...
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