Infrastructure News

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to invest $806 million (£522 million) in improving the transport infrastructure of Africa.

A series of loans and grants will be given to Morocco, Kenya, Ghana, Chad and the Democratic...

A new investment fund dedicated to infrastructure financing in Africa has just been created by Argan Invest, a member of the group FinanceCom.

Argan Infrastructure Fund (ARIF) will invest...

Energy infrastructure in Ghana is set to improve after the World Bank approved a loan of $38 million (£24.5 million) to the government.

The money will be used to carry out the Oil and Gas Capacity Building Project, which...

The International Development Association (IDA) announced last Wednesday that it was reckoning on collecting some 49.3 billion dollars from 51 donor countries for its new...

Thursday last, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) signed a three-year cooperation agreement.

It will consolidate the cooperation...

The World Bank will support Mali as it tries to improve its energy, transport and irrigation infrastructure.

This is according to Robert B Zoellick, who is the president of the organisation and he hopes to promote regional...

Last Wednesday, Ghanaian president John Atta-Mills traveled to Ghana's very first offshore oilfield to symbolically open the valves.

This event was called "historic" by...

A water infrastructure project in Cameroon will be carried out after a 366 billion CFA franc (£483 million) loan agreement was reached.

The money will come from the Export-Import Bank of China and the water distribution...

Last Monday, the West African Development Bank (WADB) granted a loan of more than 10 million dollars to the Autonomous Port of Lomé (APL).

This package is intended to fund part of the repair...

The energy infrastructure in Tanzania is to be boosted by a $135 million (£87 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (ECB).

It forms part of a wider project by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company to implement...

Last Sunday Tunisia received two loans from the European Investment Bank to finance the construction of an electricity power station and the new suburban rail network in Tunis.

At a total cost...

Recent years have seen information and communication technology (ICT) spread across Ethiopia and bring a number of benefits to the African country.

The World Bank explains it has funded a number of projects and will continue to...

Japan wants to increase its investments in Tunisia and to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the domain of renewable energies, especially in wind energy, via a partnership.

The spokesman for...

People in Ghana may benefit from better water infrastructure as researchers from Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh are to trial a scheme that may make the substance safe to drink.

The group will utilise a technique that is...

Egypt is to receive $330 million (£208 million) from the World Bank to advance its National Railways Restructuring Project.

The scheme, which is set to improve transport infrastructure within the country, requires a further...

Last Friday French group Alstom signed a 400 million Euro contract with Morocco for the sale of its high speed train (TGV).

The agreement includes the supply of 14 double-decker trains, and the...

The mobile telephone operator Airtel replaces the brand Zain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with effect from its official launch last Thursday.

Part of the Indian group Barti,...

A new wind farm is being developed in Lesotho that could add up to 30 megawatts of power to the country's national grid.

The project will cost $87 million (£55 million) and it is due to be fully operational by the end...

The French Development Agency has just granted Morocco two loans totaling 317.15 million dollars to finance a high-speed rail track and several sanitation projects, reports the MAP press...

Ghana is in talks with an electrical supplier as it seeks to improve the energy infrastructure of the country.

According to Wind Power Monthly, the El Sewedy Electric group may be helping out as the nation seeks to advance plans...