Infrastructure News

Abuja Light Rail Project 'on track for 2013 deadline'

19/10/2009

The priority status of the Abuja Light Rail Project and its 2013 deadline for completion has been reiterated by the minister of the federal capital territory senator Muhammed Adamu Aliero.

After experiencing funding difficulties...

Category: Transport

100 million loan for electricity distribution in the DRC

16/10/2009

A loan from the World Bank in the amount of 100 million Dollars has been earmarked to finance the modernisation of two electricity converters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A contract was signed this week in Kinshasa...

Category: Energy

Co-operation between Japan and Senegal in the water sector

16/10/2009

The team running the project known as Peptac, Drinking Water for Everyone and Support for Community Activities, reported this week that there are 1,400 motorised water drilling installations and 109 drinking water supply systems...

Nigeria 'ups power investment'

16/10/2009

Some $4.6 billion (£2.83 billion) has been unlocked by the Nigerian government in order to strengthen vital infrastructure in the country.

According to a report in This Day, the funding will go towards achieving 6,000...

Category: Energy

Ghana infrastructure project 'will facilitate regional integration'

16/10/2009

Regional integration is one of the main areas expected to improve with the construction of a road between Awosie and Pokuase.

A loan for $85 million (£52 million) has been approved by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and...

Category: Transport

A whole range of railway projects in Algeria

15/10/2009

Financing to the tune of 80 billion Dollars has been allocated by the Algerian state to projects involving railway construction and infrastructure upgrades in Algeria.

This means that six new railway lines will be built between...

Dozens of new river transport infrastructure projects for Nigeria

15/10/2009

A total of 32 water transport infrastructure projects have been given the initial go-ahead by the Nigerian government.

The 11 river ports set for construction will be located in areas such as Numan in Adamawa State and Onitsha in...

Category: Transport

Joint venture agreement 'to serve west African infrastructure market'

14/10/2009

Joint venture agreement 'to serve west African infrastructure market'

A joint venture between Jacobs and OCP has been announced as a platform for eventual expansion into the west African infrastructure market.

The initial phase...

Categories: Transport, Energy

Madagascar connected to submarine fibre optics cable

14/10/2009

The Madagascar “Lion” submarine cable is operational, as Michel Barré, Director of the France Telecom Group for East Africa, recently announced.

All that now remains is for the legislation to be passed, authorising the cable to...

Launch of Terrestrial Digital Television in Gabon

13/10/2009

Communications Minister Laure Olga Gondjout has been celebrating the launch of Terrestrial Digital Television (TNT) in Gabon this week.

“The concerns which our country’s executive authorities have had ever since independence...

Category: ICT

Water infrastructures: A common aim for the BAD and the Tunisian Government

13/10/2009

The African Development Bank (BAD) is going to finance a study in Tunisia on protection against flooding, it was learned at the end of last week.

The Bank indicated that the aim of the study is to determine the scale of works to...

Nigeria: Grid upgrade needed to meet energy targets

13/10/2009

Deficiencies in the power grid must be attended to if Nigeria's Afam power stations and Okoloma gas plant are to deliver on the target of 6,000 megawatts by December of this year, the government has conceded.

The minister of...

Category: Energy

SA infrastructure market 'promising'

12/10/2009

South Africa is tipped to see a real growth rate of 12.77 per cent for 2009's fourth quarter, according to a report from consultant Companies and Markets.

A vast investment in transport infrastructure and large-scale power...

Categories: General, Transport, Energy

ICT investment in Nigeria 'totals $18bn'

12/10/2009

Since 2001, investments in telecom and ICT infrastructure in Nigeria have totalled $18 billion (£11.3 billion) - and the country is keen on attracting more.

Chief executive of the communications commission Ernest Ndukwe...

Category: ICT

Two major highway projects in Senegal

12/10/2009

Aminata Niane, general director of APIX, the agency for the promotion of investments and large-scale works, has just announced the launch of the second phase of the work on a new motorway in Senegal.

The work will start in the...

Category: Transport

Egypt: 53 million Euros for upgrading a screening plant

12/10/2009

The African Development Bank (BAD) this week approved a loan of 53.3 million Euros to finance the upgrading of a screening plant at Gabel El Asfar, in Cairo.

The aim of the project is to improve the quality of waste water...

Inter-state electricity network 'awaiting funding'

12/10/2009

A regional electricity project is still awaiting funding confirmation after the announcement of an estimated cost of $282 million (£178.6 million).

The network is expected to see the installation of 700 kilometres of new...

Category: General

Summit conference to co-ordinate highway infrastructure funds

09/10/2009

From 12 to 15 October 2009 Cameroon will be hosting the eighth meeting of the continent’s Highway Funds Association.

The main topic this year is the “Management of Highway Maintenance Funds in the Face of the Challenges of...

Private ICT investment 'key' to improvement

09/10/2009

Private investment in information communication technology (ICT) is transforming the continent and has vindicated this finance model, Rwandan president Paul Kagame has been quoted as saying by the New Times.

Addressing the...

Category: ICT

Ousmane: $39bn shortfall in needed infrastructure investment

08/10/2009

Africa needs an estimated $39 billion (£24.3 billion) more than it is currently receiving to develop roads and other crucial infrastructure, authorities from the African Central Bank have said.

Led by chairman Kane Ousmane...

Category: General

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