Infrastructure News

Project sees over 700,000 Africans get access to clean water

10/12/2010

More than 700,000 people in Africa have benefited from a water infrastructure improvement project.

According to the Associated Press, a scheme originally developed by rock band Jars of Clay has helped up to 1,000 communities on...

Category: Water

ICT boom 'helps Kenya's economy to grow'

09/12/2010

The improvement in ICT that has taken place in Kenya has aided the country's economic growth and is "truly revolutionary".

Wolfgang Fengler and Jane Kiringai are the lead economist and senior economist for World...

Categories: General, ICT, Transport, Energy

Germany and Algeria reinforce their cooperation on renewable energies

09/12/2010

Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on a visit to Berlin, last Wednesday met German chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss the establishment of an economic commission...

Category: Energy

African towns to get better water and sanitation infrastructure

08/12/2010

Water and sanitation problems along Lake Victoria will be addressed thanks to a grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Some $120 million (£76 million) will be invested in the project, which will seek to help three...

Category: Water

Eastern Cape to benefit from transport infrastructure investment

08/12/2010

Transport infrastructure in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa is set to improve after an investment in the bus service.

There will be 30 million rand (£2.8 million) put into the scheme, which will seek to improve...

Category: Transport

New solar-powered desalination plant in Algeria

08/12/2010

A desalination plant run by solar power is soon to be constructed in the south of Algeria.

The group SwissINSO announced last week that a sales contract had been signed for its water purification...

Categories: Water, Energy

ADB grants 60 million USD for construction of a highway in Senegal

08/12/2010

Last Thursday, the African Development Bank (ADB) granted a loan of of about 60 million dollars to finance the construction of a toll road.

This project comes under a partnership between the State...

Category: Transport

Rural electrification project in Gabon receives 46 million USD in financing

07/12/2010

The Government of Gabon has signed an agreement with the Spanish group Isolux Corsan for the sum of 46 million dollars.

It relates to the financing of works on constructing an electric power...

Category: Energy

Energy infrastructure to improve in Africa?

07/12/2010

Energy infrastructure in Africa may benefit from plans to promote clean development mechanism (CDM) activities.

Discussions have taken place involving the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other Nairobi Framework (NF)...

Category: Energy

Kenya to get improved transport infrastructure

06/12/2010

Transport infrastructure in Naroibi, Kenya, is being improved thanks to ambitious plans.

As things stand, a 15km stretch of road can take up to an hour to complete because of the congestion in the central business district of the...

Category: Transport

Senegal announces 131 million dollars for access to water and sanitation

06/12/2010

A huge project in the domain of infrastructures for sanitation and access to drinking water in Senegal was announced Monday November 29 by the Director of Rural Hydraulics, Diène...

Category: Water

South African wind farm gets 'increased investment'

06/12/2010

A South African wind farm will benefit from a 146 million rand (£13.4 million) investment in it.

The project, which is located in the Eastern Cape province, will improve the energy infrastructure of the area, Business Week...

Category: Energy

African countries to get money for energy projects

03/12/2010

Nine countries in Africa are to benefit from a project that will improve the energy infrastructure of the continent.

The 280 million Kenyan shilling (£2.3 million) scheme will see the nations make efficient use of...

Category: Energy

Tunisia: the government takes stock of its efforts in ITC

03/12/2010

A conference on information and communication technologies was organised last Wednesday in Tunis, in collaboration with the World Bank.

Mohamed Ammar, minister of...

Category: ICT

Telecoms infrastructure development 'is helping Kenya'

02/12/2010

Enhancements in telecoms infrastructure is set to bring economic growth to Kenya.

This is according to the latest forecast by the World Bank, which noted the economy will expand from 4.9 per cent in 2010 to 5.3 per cent in...

Category: ICT

The Port of Dakar seeks to raise 20 million USD via a bond issue

02/12/2010

The autonomous Port of Dakar has launched a bond issue for nearly 20 million dollars, which was first listed Tuesday last.

100 percent guaranteed by the Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement, it...

Categories: Water, Transport, Energy

EU wants to strengthen regional integration in Africa

01/12/2010

The third Africa-EU summit began Monday last in Tripoli, Libya. The president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, declared during the opening ceremony that the EU was determined to help...

Category: General

New plant in Tanzania 'to enhance energy infrastructure'

01/12/2010

Tanzania's energy infrastructure is to benefit from a $2 million (£1.3 million) investment from Brazil.

The money will go towards building a hydro plant that could see the country turn into a net exporter of...

Category: Energy

Transport infrastructural developments 'needed in Eastern Africa'

01/12/2010

East Africa needs to improve transport infrastructure in the area in order to foster long-term growth.

This is the view of Kelvin Kizito Kiyingi, writing for the Daily Monitor, who noted railway networks have to be enhanced if...

Category: Transport

Nigeria 'needs to improve infrastructure'

30/11/2010

Nigeria has to improve infrastructure if it is to foster long-lasting growth in the country, one expert has claimed.

Gordon Brown, the former prime minister of the UK, observed the country will need to enhance roads, power and...

Categories: General, Transport, Energy

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