Infrastructure News

Tuesday last, the West African Development Bank (BOAD) granted funding of 24.6 million dollars to renovate and asphalting of the Niamey-Namaro-Farié road.

This project will improve a section of about 67...

Swaziland is to benefit from a major investment from the World Bank that will help fund a number of projects.

A $26.9 million (£16.9 million) loan is being supplied and it will provide support to urban and rural...

Kenya is to benefit from enhanced water infrastructure after a 100 million Kenyan shilling (£805,000) improvement project was completed.

According to Daily Nation, emergency work at the Dunga treatment plant has now been...

The World Bank is to provide finance of 27 million dollars for a fiber optic cable construction project in Gambia, it was learned by the PANA press agency on January...

The government of Togo is to impose a fee on all passengers using the country's airports in order to finance the development of the airport infrastructures.

The announcement was reported...

Water infrastructure in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is to be improved thanks to investment from the South African government.

The four million South African rand (£346,000) is being earmarked to improve the city's waste and...

Telephone operator Bharti Airtel, which has a presence in 16 African countries, has just announced its 2001 action plan to improve its telecommunications infrastructure in Africa.

The...

The Nigerian government has been urged to spend more on infrastructure projects during 2011.

According to the World Bank, the nation is Africa's biggest oil producer but is currently placing too much emphasis on supporting...

ICT infrastructure is to improve in Africa after the International Finance Corporation (IFC) invested in Helios Towers Africa (HTA).

Some $25 million (£15.7 million) is being ploughed into the company so mobile phone towers...

The World Bank has granted Cameroon a loan of about 30 million dollars to finance a water infrastructure project.

The financing agreement was signed last Wednesday in Yaoundé. It will be...

Water infrastructure in Ghana is set to benefit from two separate grants from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The Water Resources Commission of Ghana will be given the money, with some €1.83 million (£1.5 million)...

China has granted the Democratic Republic  of the Congo (DRC) a gift of 7.6 million dollars, it was revealed Wednesday by a release from the AFP press agency.

The signature of the agreement took...

The Indian company Angélique International Limited, which will take charge of the construction of the Hydroelectric Power Station in Kakobola in DRC, announced last Monday that its investment in...

The African Development Bank Group (ADB) has targeted infrastructural developments over the past 12 months.

It noted over $2 billion (£1.3 billion) has been invested in improving the transport systems currently in place in...

Ethiopia needs investment if it is to improve its energy infrastructure through hydroelectric power generation.

While it currently has the capacity to provide electric at a cost-effective price, without a foreign outlay the...

Last Monday, the Foreign Ministers of Canada and of Algeria signed a protocol of agreement in order to consolidate their cooperation, in particular on infrastructures.

"Both of...

A partnership agreement in the domain of rail transport was signed January sixth in Agadir between the French group Alstom and Morocco.

It relates to a total investment of 1.1...

Uganda is set to benefit from improved transport infrastructure, which will reduce the cost for businesses of transporting goods.

The Kampala-Entebbe Super Highway, a 53km four-lane road, will be built alongside the construction...

Kenya's transport infrastructure will benefit from investment from China in roads and an airport in 2011.

Allan Odhiambo, writing for Business Daily, noted 78.6 billion Kenyan shillings (£643 million) has been set aside...

The African Development Bank (ADB) Group has just approved a 90.7 million dollar loan for an airport construction project in Senegal.

At the same time, the ABD, with...