Infrastructure News

An official from the European Development Fund (COFED), Alexis Mwamba, announced on 4 September that the European Commission has mobilized more than 164 million dollars to renew roads in...

Africa needs between $30 billion (£20 billion) and $50 billion of investment annually in order to improve its water supply.

This is according to the African Development Bank and Ali Kies, director of its water and...

The World Bank has just published a report on the water sector recommending that States should manage their hydraulic resources more skilfully.

In particular, it reveals that the first step to...

The commitment of the Nigerian government to power generation has been reaffirmed.

According to This Day, plans have been revealed that will see the Kainji and Jebba dams rehabilitated so they will have the capacity to generate...

Investment in clean and renewable energy will be accelerated if the African Development Bank is replenished, one expert has claimed.

Bobby Pittman, vice president of infrastructure, private sector and regional integration at the...

Spain and Algeria want to develop their cooperation in the energy sector, according to a press release from the Ministry of Energy received by the APS press agency.

The Algerian Energy...

Information and communication technology (ICT) is helping to transform the finances of the African nation of Uganda, it has been suggested.

Business Daily reports the introduction of mobile money payments is meaning people no...

The Agence France de Développement (AFD), the French Development Agency, has granted more than 97 million dollars to Cameroon to construct a second bridge over the river Wouri.

The work,...

The quality of water in Africa is being discussed at a conference this week (September 5th to 11th).

A delegation led by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's water and sanitation department director Ali Kies is...

The African Development Fund (ADF) has committed to investing in green energy to contribute towards tackling climate change.

Bobby Pittmann, vice-president of infrastructure, private sector and regional integration (OVIP) for the...

Cygam, a Canadian company, has just signed a contract with Tunisia to install a well to extract natural gas  from bituminous schists, in the Ghadames basin.

Cygam believes,...

The government of Angola has just announced that it intends to invest 18 billion dollars by 2016 in the construction of energy infrastructures, in order to remedy the shortfall which is...

The Tunisian prime minister has said that the African Development Bank (AfDB) will be positive in improving the country's energy, water and transport issues.

Mohamed Ghannouchi was speaking at the re-inauguration of Donald...

On Wednesday 1 September, the African Refining Company (Sar) signed a financial agreement in the amount of 80.4 million dollars with Ecobank and a second one for 380.5 million dollars with...

Energy-efficient lightbulbs are being used in Ethiopia in an attempt to avoid power shortages.

The government-led approach has seen five million compact fluorescent lamps distributed to consumers in exchange for incandescent...

A new network of submarine cables will link the west coast of Africa with South America.

A press release issued on 2 September reveals that Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by eFive Telecoms, a South...

Transport and sanitation infrastructure projects implemented by the World Bank have gone some way to rebuilding the country.

According to the organisation, which provides technical and financial assistance to developing...

The official launch of the Central African high-speed fibre optic cable telecommunication network, the Central African Backbone, took place on 27 August at Bangui, in the Central African Republic.

The...

The Sonelgaz Group is going to invest 3.3 billion Dollars in Algeria in 2010, according to President and General Director Mr. Nourredine Boutarfa, at a press conference on 28 August last.

“Sonelgaz is going to press ahead with...

A review of the World Bank's water strategy may affect sanitation infrastructure in Africa, after it called for a better approach to the matter.

"We can't properly tackle global priorities of food security, renewable...