Actualités sur les infrastructures

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...

Catégorie: Infrastructures générales

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...

Catégories: Transport, Infrastructures générales

East African energy development could raise future maritime security concerns

23/10/2012

Offshore - Somali pirates no longer benefit from the easy pickings available in years past. Naval operations are increasingly successful, and for the most part, ships transiting the High Risk Area (HRA) are a more difficult...

Catégorie: Transport

Rwanda: Kagame Rallies Support for Clean Energy

23/10/2012

AllAfrica.com - President Paul Kagame has said investing in green energy will promote sustainable economic growth globally.

He made the remarks yesterday while addressing the third World Energy Forum 2012 currently underway in...

Catégorie: Energie

DBSA approves R9.6bn for renewable energy projects

23/10/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has approved loans amounting to R9.6-billion for 14 renewable-energy projects with a combined capacity of 896.5 MW, the development finance...

Catégorie: Energie

Angola launches $5bn sovereign wealth fund

18/10/2012

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...

Catégorie: Infrastructures générales

Zambia to lift ban on new mobile phone firms

17/10/2012

Reuters - Zambia plans to lift a ban on the entry of new mobile phone companies to increase competition and improve cellular service, a minister said on Tuesday.

The southern African country of over 13 million people in 2009...

Catégorie: TIC

Experts Weigh Measures to Up Africa's Maritime

17/10/2012

AllAfrica.com (East African Business Week) - Maritime experts meeting in Mombasa have unveiled a raft of measures aimed at transforming Africa's Maritime industry to international standards.

The first ever Heads of African...

Catégorie: Transport

Kenya’s Lake Turkana Wind Project Delayed Again by Lending Talks

17/10/2012

Bloomberg Business Week - Kenya’s Lake Turkana Wind Power Ltd. said financing talks will again delay the start of construction of a 611 million-euro ($795 million) wind farm, billed as sub- Saharan Africa’s largest.

The...

Catégorie: Energie

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...

Catégories: Energie, Eau, Infrastructures générales

Africa’s fastest-growing ICT nations

17/10/2012

BizTech Africa - New figures released by ITU show that information and communication technology (ICT) uptake continues to grow worldwide, spurred by a steady fall in the price of telephone and broadband Internet services.

The...

Catégorie: TIC

Liberia Maintains Strong Advocacy for Supports to Energy Sector At World Confab in Tokyo

12/10/2012

All Africa.com - Liberia's Finance Minister, Amara Konneh knows first-hand what access to electricity can bring to the developing countries, particularly in his post-conflict Liberia where the need for restoring the energy...

Catégories: Energie, Eau

South Africa - Broad-based call for grid-access rules certainty

12/10/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - State-owned power utility Eskom, regulatory authority the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) and an independent power analyst called for the finalisation of revisions to laws...

Catégorie: Energie

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...

Catégories: Energie, Transport, TIC, Infrastructures générales

Rising water infrastructure investments to spur demand for water-treatment chemicals

12/10/2012

Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - Rising investment in water infrastructure, along with infrastructure development trends and overall regional economic development, is expected to trigger increased demand for water-treatment...

Catégorie: Eau

How corporates benefit from Africa's new business deals

12/10/2012

Africa Report - When African telecom companies started to emerge in the late 1990s, many scoffed. How could it be, went the general chatter, that Africans have money to spend on telecoms? Several multi-millionaires later, after...

Catégories: TIC, Energie

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam to Build Undersea Cable to Uganda

08/10/2012

AllAfrica.com - Tanzania has entered into a contract with Uganda to build an alternative route for the undersea cable via Mutukula to overcome the inconveniences caused by businesses persistent internet cable breakdown.

The...

Catégorie: TIC

Video: South Africa - The Rea Vaya Express Bus System

08/10/2012

Traffic congestion is a perennial problem in Johannesburg. One solution could be Rea Vaya, the first public bus rapid transit system, the first of its kind in Africa. The Rea Vaya buses are replacing thousands of taxis and...

Catégorie: Transport

Video: AIT Infotech Network - 1 Year of Communication Technology Ministry in Nigeria

08/10/2012

This episode brings the fall outs of ICT Outsourcing in Nigeria and the Advent of Communication Technology Ministry in Nigeria, the Journey so far and introspect into the future an exclusive interview with the Minister.AIT...

Catégorie: TIC

Video: Ted Talk - 21st Century School-in-a-Box for the Developing World: Jim Teicher

08/10/2012

In this talk, Jim provides examples of how innovative technology can be used to transform education in communities that face significant barriers in access to technological resources and even electricity. Jim is cofounder and...

Catégories: Energie, TIC

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