Infrastructure en continu
November 19th: World Toilet Day
19/11/2012
World Toilet Day is observed annually on 19 November. This international day of action aims to break the taboo around toilets and draw attention to the global sanitation challenge. Can you imagine not having a toilet? Can you...
Catégories: Eau
Nigeria: Launch of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project in Oyo and Taraba States
14/11/2012
African Development Bank - The Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, on October 24, and the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo, on November 1, launched the Urban Water and Sanitation Improvement...
Catégories: Eau
Zimbabwe: Humanitarian Crisis Looms in Harare
02/11/2012
AllAfrica.com - Despite water being central to life on this planet, in Zimbabwe and especially Harare it is something that seems to be taken for granted. An investigation into Harare’s unending water crisis indicates that doom...
Catégories: Eau
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Set to Meet Urban Water Targets
02/11/2012
AllAfrica.com - TANZANIA expects to attain average water availability targets of between 90 and 100 per cent in major regional urban centres throughout the country by December 2014, but has doubts of meeting the 65 per cent ...
Catégories: Eau
Opinion: Sound water policy: Govt can't do it alone (South Africa)
02/11/2012
Mail & Guardian - The challenge of managing our water resources requires proactive solutions, especially with the reality of climate change on our doorstep. In addition to this grim reality, there is a need to address ...
Catégories: Eau
South Africa: Global recognition for SA-linked water innovation
29/10/2012
Creamer Media's Engineering News - A South African-linked innovation, which is able to turn seawater into an alternative water, energy and fertiliser resource, has won the Global Grand Honour Award of Applied Research at the...
Catégories: Eau
Lesotho Water Project Expansion Costs May Increase by 15%
24/10/2012
Bloomberg - The cost to extend a project that brings water to South Africa’s industrial hub from Lesotho has risen about 15 percent to 9 billion rand ($1.02 billion) from a December 2010 estimate, a South African official said....
Catégories: Eau
South Africa’s $40 Billion Water Gap Threatens Economy
24/10/2012
Bloomberg - Concrete patches on the canals snaking through Nico Greeff’s vineyards betray constant repairs to an outmoded irrigation system that’s the lifeblood of farming in South Africa’s arid west.
“The water infrastructure...
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam to Spend U.S.$ 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
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...
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...
Catégories: Eau
Madagascar: Lower Mangoky Irrigation Area Rehabilitation Project
02/10/2012
African Development Bank: Compared to the rest of the country, southern Madagascar experiences cyclical droughts that threaten the population’s food security. In general, the country’s agricultural performance has remained...
Catégories: Eau
South Africa: Umgeni water boss urges training for jobless engineers
19/09/2012
NEPAD Water Centres of Excellence: CYRIL Gamede, the new CE of Umgeni Water, says there are enough engineers in South Africa and perceptions of shortages have arisen because employers do not want to train up newly qualified...
Catégories: Eau
The Nile River: Egypt and Sudan firm up water alliance
19/09/2012
Africa Review: In what must be construed as a warning to the other Nile waters sharing countries, both President Bashir and his Egyptian counterpart reaffirmed their countries “identical position” in regards to the water ...
Catégories: Eau
National policies essential for safe drinking water in rural Africa, says ecosystem science expert
13/09/2012
PRweb: A new policy brief recommends how governments, non-state actors and communities in sub-Saharan Africa can contribute to meeting the United Nations’ 2015 Millennium Development Goal on ensuring safe and clean drinking...
Catégories: Eau
1 milliard FCFA pour entretenir le Bassin Congo-Oubangui-Sangha
13/09/2012
Les 5 ministres des pays membres de la Commission Internationale du Bassin Congo-Oubangui-Sangha (CICOS) ont arrêté à hauteur de 1 milliard 535 million de francs CFA (environs 2339939,02 euros), le budget pour des travaux en...
Catégories: Eau
Nigeria: The Fears, Anxiety Of Sustaining Improvement In Power Supply
13/09/2012
Leadership: If all goes as planned, it is expected that by the first quarter (Q1) of 2013, the privatised generating companies would have been taken over by the new investors and expectedly, the Q2 and Q3 of 2013 the recovery ...
Africa's Chance to Lead
13/09/2012
HydroWorld.com: Stupendous in magnitude, the Grand Inga project envisages 40 GW of hydropower capacity in the Inga valley, some 250 km west of Kinshasa on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Conceiving...
World water crisis must be top UN priority: report
11/09/2012
Agence France Presse: WASHINGTON — A rapidly worsening water shortage threatens to destabilize the planet and should be a top priority for the UN Security Council and world leaders, a panel of experts said in a report.
The ...
Catégories: Eau
Cameroon: Lom-Pangar Funds Wholly Mobilised
11/09/2012
AllAfrica.com (Cameroon Tribune): The European Investment Bank last Friday completed the FCFA 238 billion package needed for the project.
The total amount needed to execute the multibillion Lom-Pangar Hydroelectricity Dam at...