Infrastructure News
Reducing Poverty in South Africa by Cutting Time in Traffic
03/10/2012
(IPS) - In South Africa, Bus Rapid Transit systems, which were pioneered to great effect in Latin American countries such as Colombia and Brazil, are being promoted as potentially effective ways of delivering improved public...
Categories: Transport
South Africa: Provincial roads maintenance backlog nearly 11 000 km
03/10/2012
(Creamer Media's Engineering News) - The Department of Transport has set aside a R6.47-billion grant to ease the road maintenance and repair backlog for provincial roads in South Africa during the 2011/12 financial year, said...
Categories: Transport
Kenya port to benefit as rebels quit Somalia's Kismayu
02/10/2012
(Reuters) - Kenya's main port of Mombasa, East Africa's chief trade gateway, expects more business after an offensive that has driven rebels out of Somalia's Kismayu port and is therefore likely to reduce offshore piracy ...
Categories: Transport
Prix d’excellence du Trésor américain pour le projet routier Mali-Sénégal : Quelles leçons la BAD doit-elle en tirer pour engranger d’autres projets à succès?
02/10/2012
Banque africaine de développement : Le projet d’amélioration du réseau routier Bamako-Dakar, qui a remporté, le 8 juin 2012 à Washington DC, le prix d’excellence du Trésor américain pour «le projet à fort impact sur le ...
Categories: Transport
$250bn investments in MENA rail projects until 2015
25/09/2012
MUSCAT — A project rail boom within the transport sector in the Middle East and North Africa is expected to materialise in the next three years as the region allocates more than $250 billion worth of investments in various...
Categories: Transport
South Africa labor strikes spread to transport sector
25/09/2012
Washington Post: JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s labor strikes spread Tuesday from its mines to the transport sector and the country’s transport union says over 20,000 road freight employees are on strike demanding a pay...
Categories: Transport
Liberia: World Bank Funds to Tackle More Road Projects
25/09/2012
AllAfrica.com (The New Dawn): The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors Thursday approved US$50 million to help Government of Liberia to tackle gridlock on a major road linking the capital city of Monrovia to the Guinea...
Categories: Transport
What Arik Air’s Suspension Meant For Nigeria
25/09/2012
VENTURES AFRICA – The transport network of Africa’s most populous nation was left in limbo last week as Arik Air, Nigeria’s biggest airline, suspended domestic flights for four consecutive days. The suspension – which took...
Categories: Transport
AfDB to Embark Upon Developing Africa’s Air Transportation to Strengthen Regional Integration
21/09/2012
A high-level delegation from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) visited the African Development Bank Group on September 18 in Tunis to share industry knowledge and lessons learned that may help revolutionize aviation in...
Categories: Transport
Interview with AfDB Manager for Infrastructure Finance, Private Sector Department on Importance of Developing Air Transportation in Africa
21/09/2012
A high-level delegation from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) visited the African Development Bank Group on September 18 in Tunis to share industry knowledge that may help revolutionize aviation in Africa. The workshop...
Categories: Transport
Tanzania: Mwakyembe: Private sector must seize chance in air transport development
19/09/2012
IPP Media: Taking over the Fly 540 Tanzania operating licence, FastJet, at the weekend, announced plans to set up their very first base here in Dar es Salaam. “We will be enabling people who currently couldn’t even dream of...
Categories: Transport
Report cites potential for EAC to save transport costs
18/09/2012
IPP Media: The East African business community will be able to save on transport costs by $1.9bn by 2015 if the East African Community (EAC) Partner States rehabilitate northern and central corridors, according a new report...
Categories: Transport
Afrique de l’Ouest : une ligne ferroviaire pour relier 4 capitales
11/09/2012
Le Griot: Le Bénin, le Burkina-Faso, la Côte d’Ivoire et le Niger, pays représentés par leurs ministres des Transports, ainsi que leurs partenaires techniques et financiers se sont retrouvés le week-end dernier à Niamey afin...
Categories: Transport
Upgrade plan for Kenya-Uganda railway
11/09/2012
Africa Review: Kenya–Uganda rail operator Rift Valley Railways (RVR) has embarked on a major renovation of its locomotive overhaul facility in Kampala as part of a five-year turnaround effort at a cost of $284 ...
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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...
Terminal à Conteneur de Dakar
10/09/2012
Banque africaine de developpement : Le Port de Dakar est un des ports les plus importants d’Afrique de l’Ouest. En vue d’améliorer les installations portuaires, une concession de 25 années a été signée entre l’Etat du ...
Categories: Transport
Sénégal: Autoroute à péage Dakar – Diamniadio
10/09/2012
Banque africaine de developpement : L’agglomération de Dakar représente 0.3 % du territoire national, abrite 25% de la population et concentre 80% de l’activité économique du pays. Pour résoudre le problème de mobilité urbaine...
Categories: Transport
Unlocking Africa’s Aviation Potential
05/09/2012
The FINANCIAL -- The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reinforced its commitment to African aviation and called on industry and government leaders in Central West Africa to work together to make aviation an even...
Categories: Transport
Upgrading planned for three East African ports
04/09/2012
The Citizen
Arusha. Kigoma and Rumonge ports in Tanzania and Burundi respectively may get funding from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for their upgrading plans, according to the East African Community (EAC) ...
Categories: Transport
L'UE octroie plus de 39 millions USD aux infrastructures de transport du Kenya
14/08/2012
L'Union européenne a octroyé un financement de 31,95 millions d'euros (39,8 millions USD) au Kenya afin d'améliorer les infrastructures de transport du pays, a annoncé la Commission...