Infrastructure News

South Africa will continue to benefit from funds from the European Investment Bank (EIB), according to the vice president of the body responsible for Africa.

Plutarchos Sakellaris is on an official visit to the country and...

Last week Tunisia and Japan signed a loan agreement for an amount of 47 million Dollars for an electrification project for the Tunis-Borj Cedria railway line.

The aim is to increase the frequency and capacity of trains in order...

Private investment may be needed for to improve rail infrastructure in Rwanda.

This was the advice of Vincent Karega, minister of infrastructure, who said that railway network partners in the East African Community (EAC) are...

5 March last saw the launch of a water construction project on 1200 hectares of agricultural land in the Department of Noun in Cameroon.

The project, which will amount to a value of 9.2 million Dollars, consists of the...

Entrepreneurs in Egypt may gain access to a loan, which could prove vital in encouraging economic growth in the country.

On March 9th, the World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved the $300 million (£199.7 million) sum...

The European Investment Bank has agreed a loan of 324.5 million Dollars to three Nigerian banks in order to finance infrastructure projects in Nigeria.

This involves the First Bank of Nigeria, the Guaranty Trust Bank, and...

Director of Energy, Simon Eddy, has announced a series of measures to resolve the energy crisis in the Ivory Coast, which is regularly affected by electricity power cuts.

The State is going to import 25 MW from Ghana, and has...

Nigeria has just received its first C25 Diesel locomotives from the company GE Transportation.

This represents a new technology for the Nigerian railway network, which is going to be used for the transport of goods and...

Environmental infrastructure in Ethiopia should see improvements after the World Bank announced a new initiative.

The Humbo Assisted Natural Regeneration Project will be implemented under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development...

Transport infrastructure in east Africa could see improvements after a conference on the region's railway system was announced.

Due to take place on March 11th-12th, the forum is being hosted by the East African Community (EAC)...

The Zimbabwe national electricity company has received 132 million Dollars for the development and upgrading of its infrastructures.

This financing is coming from the South African Development Bank and the African Development...

The European Development Bank has agreed a loan of 324.5 million Dollars to three Nigerian banks in order to finance infrastructure projects in Nigeria.

These are the First Bank of Nigeria, the Guaranty Trust Bank, and Stanbic...

Renewable energy in Kenya has received a boost following investment from Spain.

Lake Turkana Wind Power is Africa's largest wind power project, The East African reports.

The Spanish government's boost of $150 million (£100...

The company Xtera Communications has been selected by Togo Telecom to install a high-speed Internet network of greater capacity, greater robustness, and with better network availability.

The network will allow for connection to...

A meeting hosted by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is to be held in Tunisia next week.

On March 1st the group's head of poverty reduction and social protection division Sunita Pitamber will coordinate the forum in...

On the occasion of the visit by French Head of State, Mr. Sarkozy, to Libreville on 24 February 2010, new agreements were signed between Gabon and France, in particular in the infrastructure sector.

One project is going to be...

The Franco-Tunisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CTFCI) organized a debate on 24 February at its Tunis location on the Tunisian Solar Power Plan (PST).

This includes a large number of renewable energy projects over the...

Infrastructure in South Africa has been developed for the World Cup and will continue to be improved once the contest ends.

President Jacob Zuma made the claim during an interview with the Financial Times yesterday (February...

23 February last saw the issue by the International Telecommunications Union of a report on the state of development of information technologies worldwide.

Where Africa is concerned, the Seychelles, Mauritius, and the Republic...

<br/>A huge project aimed at improving access to drinking water and drainage was launched in Senegal on Monday, 22 February.

This involves the Usaid/Pepam programme, which will cover 90 rural localities in the regions of...