Infrastructure News

Nigeria to get 200MW power plant

04/12/2009

GE Oil & Gas and Rockson Engineering Nigeria will collaborate to respectively design and construct eight gas turbines capable of generating up to 200 MW in Kaduna.

The companies were awarded the $230 million (£139...

Category: Energy

Regional integration to meet the challenges of Africa

03/12/2009

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga called upon the African states to favour regional programmes during a United Nations conference on Tuesday 2 December 2009.

According to him, this is the best solution for meeting the many...

CBK infrastructure bond 'twice oversubscribed'

03/12/2009

A Kenya infrastructure bond has drawn $589 million (£355 million) in bids, Bloomberg has reported. The Central Bank of Kenya reported bids for their infrastructure bond sale were twice oversubscribed. Director of monetary...

Category: Energy

Solar energy being developed in Algeria

02/12/2009

The Algerian electricity company Sonelgaz has decided to invest in renewable sources of energy.

The company has announced the establishment of a plant for the manufacture of photovoltaic modules, which produce electricity thanks...

TBEA: East African energy investment to start with Kenya

02/12/2009

Kenya will be the point of entry for Chinese energy firm TBEA, which aims to expand its investment in power generation and transmission to East Africa in the next few years. International business co-ordinator Wei Hua was quoted...

Category: Energy

SA gets EU energy funding boost

02/12/2009

South Africa (SA) has received a loan of €40 million (£36.3 million) to be invested by the FirstRand Bank in renewable power projects. Focus will be on industrial cogeneration, but support for individual projects...

Category: Energy

Road asphalting project in Cameroon

01/12/2009

Cameroon has just received a loan of 11.5 million Dollars from the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development to provide financing for part of a road asphalting project. 

This involves the Sangmélima-Djoum highway, which...

Kenya to use $2bn fund for renewable energy

01/12/2009

The Kenyan government has announced its intention to develop renewable energy from a $2 billion (£1.2 billion) fund set up with the aid of the World Bank, the French Development Agency, the KfW of Germany and African...

Category: Energy

Senegal: 55 million Dollars for a coal-fired power station

30/11/2009

The African Development Bank (BAD) has approved a loan of 55 million Dollars to finance the construction of a coal-fired electricity generating station in Senegal.

This is to be constructed at Sendou, near Dakar, and the work...

Two projects for water treatment and supply in the DRC and Tunisia

30/11/2009

The drainage and water treatment network of the town of Beja in Tunisia is going to be entirely upgraded and modernised.

The aim is to separate the sewer system from that of the rainwater removal network, with the replacement of...

Few African nations 'on track to meet water goals'

30/11/2009

Few African nations are currently on track to reach the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals for water, an Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD) has noted. With about five years to go until the target deadline...

Category: Water

Regional cooperation 'necessary for Nigerian energy goals'

30/11/2009

Nigeria's energy goals are not set high enough - and the country should look towards regional programmes to achieve the affordability and accessibility its population needs.

This is according to People's Democratic Party elder...

Category: Energy

Greater access to drinking water in West Africa

27/11/2009

A programme of waste water treatment and access to drinking water is going to be established in Senegal which will benefit 220,000 people, according to the APS press agency.

Initiated by the NGO Eau Vive (Living Water), it will...

Category: Water

Yenagoa-Brass road building starts

27/11/2009

A multibillion-naira scheme to create a new road link between Yenagoa and Brass in Nigeria has begun work just two weeks after being awarded by the federal government.

The launch of the Yenagoa-Brass road project represents a...

Category: Transport

East African telecoms infrastructure 'to be modernised'

27/11/2009

Nokia Siemens Networks has agreed a deal with Zain to help modernise the company's telecoms infrastructure throughout its East African operations.

The dealwill see work being undertaken in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to improve...

Category: ICT

Renewable and low-emission projects needs 'significant investment'

27/11/2009

The African Development Bank has warned that the continent's countries must begin upping their infrastructure investment in renewable energy and other projects to cut carbon emissions.

Gilbert Mbesherubusa, infrastructure...

Category: Energy

Electrical connection planned between Tunisia and Italy

26/11/2009

A draft agreement has just been signed between Italy and Tunisia to initiate a study of the potential of renewable sources of energy and their application. The objective is to create an interconnection for electricity between...

Category: Energy

Funding green lights wind power plant for South Africa

26/11/2009

A financial boost from the Clean Technology Fund will be used in part to build a wind power farm in the western cape of South Africa.

The investment plan, which is set to see $500 million (£302 million) given to the country...

Category: Energy

Two electricity generating stations under construction in South Africa

25/11/2009

The world’s two largest coal-fired dry-cooling power stations are currently under construction in South Africa.

Based at Medupi and Kusile, they will produce 4800 MW each, so as to put an end to the frequent power cuts which...

Category: Energy

Algeria: A new project to double the capacity at Bejaia Airport

24/11/2009

DTP, the Directorate of Public Works, has just announced a major renovation project to take place at Bejaia Airport in Algeria.

The landing runway at the airport will be extended from 2400 to 3000 metres.

The terminal will also...

Category: Transport

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