Infrastructure en continu
Kenya Shippers Say South Sudan Trade Increases Border Congestion
27/03/2012
Bloomberg - March 26, 2012
Kenya and Uganda’s government must upgrade infrastructure at the town Malaba on their mutual border to cater for increased traffic from South Sudan, the Kenya Shippers Council said.
South Sudanese...
Catégories: Transport
Multiple Taxes on Nigeria's Growing Telecoms Sector (video)
27/03/2012
ABNDigital - March 22, 2012
Some telecom operators have raised alarm over what they call Undue taxes and levies imposed on them by government and its agencies across Nigeria which they claim will push up tarrifs. The NCC has...
Catégories: TIC
Afrique : 93 milliards de dollars par an pour les infrastructures
27/03/2012
Selon une nouvelle étude réalisée par la Commission économique des Nations unies pour l’Afrique et la Commission de l’Union africaine, l’Afrique devra investir 93 milliards de dollars...
Catégories: Energie, Infrastructures générales, TIC, Eau, Transport
Report hails expansion of Africa's internet infrastructure
27/03/2012
A new report, produced by Internet World Stats, has claimed that infrastructure improvements have driven growth in Africa's internet and broadband sector, Peace FM Online has reported.
This is largely thanks to wireless...
Catégories: TIC
South Africa may turn to private sector for help with mine-water pollution (video)
26/03/2012
Mining Weekly.com - March 23, 2012
JOHANNESBURG -- The South African government is considering turning to the private sector to help it close the prevailing funding gap to implement projects to deal with the serious acid mine...
Catégories: Eau
South African President Jacob Zuma opens Port Ngqurha (video)
26/03/2012
ABNDigital - March 20, 2012
South African President Jacon Zuma officially opened the port of Ngqurha in the province of the Eastern Cape last week. Built at a cost of almost R10 billion over 10 years, the port is part of the...
Catégories: Transport
Tanzania: World Water Day, Grim Reminder of Water Shortage
26/03/2012
allAfrica.com - March 25, 2012
As Water Week closed last Thursday, many villages in the country still face shortage of clean water. Mothers in the rural areas, with a baby on their back, still walk long distances in search for...
Catégories: Eau
Zimbabwe: Harare Still to Receive U.S.$144 Million From China
26/03/2012
allAfrica.com - March 26, 2012
HARARE is still to receive the US$144 million water and sanitation loan from China several months after the deal was sealed.
The full council meeting last Thursday approved another US$100 million...
Catégories: Eau
Les travaux du réseau de fibre optique vont débuter prochainement au Burundi
26/03/2012
La fibre optique, qui permet d'accéder à l'internet haut débit de dernière génération, devrait bientôt faire son entrée au Burundi.
Les travaux d’installation...
Catégories: TIC
Rwanda: Arrival of Qatar Airways Expected to Boost Trade
23/03/2012
allAfrica.com - March 22, 2012
Excerpts: Qatar Airways yesterday made its maiden flight to Rwanda
The Kigali-Doha route, via Entebbe in Uganda, is one of the latest routes by the giant airliner to be operated by an Airbus A320...
Catégories: Transport
Managing water resources from space
23/03/2012
European Space Agency - March 22, 2012
Excerpt:
Today is World Water Day, and satellite observations are indispensible for monitoring our water resources. ESA’s TIGER initiative is supporting Africa in monitoring precious...
Catégories: Eau
South African Water: Greater intervention needed to tackle acid mine drainage
23/03/2012
Mining Weekly - March 23, 2012
An airborne radiometric survey of the West Rand and Far West Rand basins was carried out by parastatal science council the Council for GeoScience on behalf of the DWA and found that many of the...
Catégories: Eau
South Africa: Clever thinking needed to deal with water supply issue
23/03/2012
Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 23, 2012
I read a report in a local newspaper about South Africa’s water supply situation. The article contained a really dumb statement made by the journalist who wrote the article. He...
Catégories: Eau
Somaliland: The World’s Next State?
23/03/2012
New York Times - March 19, 2012
Excerpt:The state power utility only reaches a fraction of the 1.2 million who live in Hargeisa, and the rest is provided privately at great expense. Piped water is also scarce, and secondary...
Catégories: Infrastructures générales, Eau, Energie
African innovations - Homegrown advancements drive Africa's tech revolution
23/03/2012
Al Jazeera English - March 22, 2012
Across Africa, developers and programmers are coming up with new technologies from mobile banking to mapping software and medical tablets to cloud storage. Now the continent is increasingly...
Catégories: TIC
South Africa: First ever PV Plants Map South Africa unveiled
23/03/2012
Renewable Energy World.com - March 20, 2012
Researchers at PV Insider have completed work on the PV Plants Map South Africa 2012, which details the size and location of 18 PV projects that successfully won bids in the first...
Catégories: Energie
Is East Africa the ‘New Frontier’ for Oil and Gas Exploration?
23/03/2012
AFRIbiz - March 20, 2012
One conclusion drawn from the annual ‘Africa Oil Week’, held in Cape Town, South Africa, between 31 October and 4 November 2011, was that the East African region holds great potential for investment...
Catégories: Energie
Energy giants Statoil and Exxon target East African gas
23/03/2012
BBC News - March 19, 2012
Excerpts:
Statoil and its American partner Exxon Mobil have made the biggest offshore discovery yet of gas reserves off the coast of Tanzania.
The Zafarani field, which both companies hope will be...
Potential Energy: Tapping Africa’s Renewable Resources
23/03/2012
Yale Global online - March 19, 2012
In the developed world, fossil fuels like oil have become synonymous with economic growth. The African continent, however, tells a different tale. The cost of importing oil has led to...
Catégories: Energie
South African Department of Energy to Host African Utility Week in Johannesburg in May (Press Release)
23/03/2012
PR.com - March 22, 2012
Johannesburg, South Africa: The Department of Energy will once again support the annual African Utility Week conference and exhibition as host ministry. The event, which runs from 21-24 May at...
Catégories: Energie