Infrastructure News

Brazil financing the construction of roads in Ghana

16/08/2010

Brazil has granted financing of 250 million Dollars to Ghana for a construction programme for highway infrastructures in the east of the country, as announced by the Ghanaian government.

The work will extend over a period of two...

Category: Transport

Ghana ICT infrastructure 'to be revamped'

13/08/2010

Information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in Ghana is about to undergo changes.

This was the announcement of Kofi Attor, chief executive officer for the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (Gifec),...

Category: ICT

Egypt – ripe for investments

13/08/2010

The World Bank has just granted loans amounting to 3.2 billion Dollars and ten subsidies in the sum of 60.2 million Dollars to Egypt.

The funds are intended for the financing of 18 projects in the sectors of electricity, food...

Category: General

New water treatment plant for Luanda

12/08/2010

A new water treatment plant and six wells will come into service this October in Luanda, in Côte d'Ivoire.

The announcement came this week, from the Minister for Economic Infrastructures,...

Category: Water

Talks held 'over Kenya transport infrastructure'

12/08/2010

Kalonzo Musyoka, vice-president of Kenya, has been in talks regarding the country's transport infrastructure.

According to the Daily Nation, Mr Musyoka spoke with those in charge of a number of Chinese firms that carry out...

Category: Transport

Group Five 'succeeded with transport, energy and water projects'

11/08/2010

African construction firm Group Five is set to continue its infrastructure developments in water, power and transport sectors.

This is according to chief executive officer (CEO) Mike Upton, who spoke about the company's future...

Category: General

Nigerian president 'pledges to install electricity grid'

11/08/2010

Power infrastructure in Nigeria may get a boost, after president Goodluck Jonathan promised to install an electricity grid costing $3.5 billion (£2.23 billion) in the African country.

In a statement his office said: "President...

Category: Energy

New telecommunications satellite for Africa launched

11/08/2010

The Regional African Satellite Communication Organisation has just successfully launched a satellite, via Ariane, with the aim of developing the telecommunications network on the continent.

Financed by more than...

Category: ICT

Côte d'Ivoire: Announcement of renovation projects for hydraulic, road and port infrastructures

11/08/2010

At a press conference on 6 August, the Minister for Economic Infrastructures, Dagobert Banzio, announced the launch of a vast project to renovate the roads and canals of Abidjan, specifically in order to...

Categories: Water, Transport

Water flow plans revealed for Lake St Lucia

10/08/2010

The flow of fresh water into Lake St Lucia in South Africa's east coast will be increased under plans recently announced by the World Bank.

Following the approval of a $9 million (£5.69 million) Global Environment Facility...

Category: Water

10 MW hydroelectric power station in Mali

10/08/2010

A hydroelectric power station is going to be built at the site of the Markala dam, in Mali, with an output varying between 10 and 13 MW, reports the newspaper l'Indépendant.

A working meeting between the...

Category: Energy

Climate change 'could worsen lack of water security'

09/08/2010

Efforts must be made to ensure water remains a priority when people are making decisions over the state of the environment.

This is according to an article from Inter Press Service, which stated: "Water is at the heart of the...

Category: Water

CEEAC gets high speed Internet

09/08/2010

By May 2011, the ten regional capitals of Cameroon will be interconnected by optical fibres providing high-speed Internet access.

The project, announced by the Ministry of Posts...

Category: ICT

New gas pipeline in Africa

09/08/2010

The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) is now supplying gas to Ghana. The first deliveries, on 20 March, followed 28 years of work and negotiations. However, the event was discreet for fear...

Category: Energy

Rio Tinto and Chalco invest in the mining sector in Guinea

09/08/2010

Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto has entered into a joint venture with the Chinese company Chalco to exploit an iron mine in south east Guinea.

Rio Tinto announced on Tuesday 3 August in a press...

Category: General

ICT 'to be introduced to Ghana farmers'

06/08/2010

Information and communications technology (ICT) in Ghana will be developed in order to extend it to rural communities, it has emerged.

Computer micro-processor manufacturer Intel Corporation has created a range of initiatives to...

Category: ICT

Two new communication satellites in orbit

06/08/2010

The Ariane-5 ECA rocket has just launched two telecommunication satellites destined for Africa.

Rascom-QAF1R will replace Rascom-QAF1 and it will facilitate access to the telephone...

Category: ICT

"Trans-boundary transport infrastructure" topic at PIDA meeting

05/08/2010

Representatives from a number of countries recently met to discuss how transport infrastructure could help deliver the objectives of the African Union Abuja Treaty and an African Economic Community by 2030.

The Workshop of the...

Category: Transport

Africa's ICT discussed at World Bank youth forum

05/08/2010

Harnessing the power of information and communications technology (ICT) in youth engagement programmes was one of the issued discussed during a recent event in Nigeria.

Some 30 young people gathered at the World Bank country...

Category: ICT

Solar power stations in Senegal

05/08/2010

Senegal is developing solar energy so that it will no longer be dependent on fossil fuels. President Abdoulaye Wade has announced the construction of solar power stations in the Sahara.

In time, these...

Category: Energy

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