Infrastructure News

Gallup

Gallup surveys in 26 sub-Saharan African countries in 2012 suggest U.S. President Barack Obama's new initiative to double access to electric power in Africa will be difficult to implement, particularly given the...

Afriquinfos

Dans la quête d'une indépendance énergétique basée sur les énergies renouvelles, Djibouti s'apprête à appréhender le développement du solaire en tenant compte de l'évolution des autres projets énergétiques et plus...

Jeune Afrique

L'entreprise chinoise Sepco III, spécialiste de l'ingénierie électrique, a signé avec l'Office nationale de l'électricité et de l'eau potable (ONEE) pour l'extension du site de la centrale électrique à charbon de...

APA

Le représentant résident de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) au Gabon, Moulay Lahcen Ennahli, a déclaré; lundi lors d'une conférence de presse à Libreville, que les travaux de la route transafricaine devant relier...

The Southern Times

Regions of Climate Action (R20) will next year hold a conference in South Africa to find existing funding gaps in renewable energy within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, an official...

ESI-Africa.com

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a senior loan of up to €50 million to finance the Ciprel power expansion project in Côte d'Ivoire to increase the existing plant capacity by 222 MW.

Electricity...

Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)

CONSTRUCTION of the One-Stop-Border-Post (OSBP) at Namanga, in Longido District is expected to be completed by December, this year.

The Tanzania Roads Agency (TANROADS) has stated here that...

The Huffington Post

One of the key issues for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSAfrica) is bridging the energy-infrastructure gap the region has and the impact of these sectors on the region's overall development.

Yes, we have all heard...

The Wall Street Journal

The $1 billion financing for African mobile telecommunications infrastructure developer IHS Towers is yet another sign that global investors are warming up to investing on the continent again.

The...

Zawya

Africa is now the world's fastest growing continent in the world and is set to grow at more than 5.5% per annum for the foreseeable future, according to the latest report from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group....

Southern African News Features (Harare)

A recent announcement by an international firm that it has invested more than US$12 million in a solar power project in South Africa highlights the emergence of southern Africa as a new...

The Guardian by Taiwo Hassan

The Federal Government and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have concluded plans to hold a high level policy dialogue on 'Infrastructure and Structural Transformation in Nigeria' that is expected...

Power Engineering International - Penny Hitchin

Access to power is vital for both social and economic development. However, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a vast area containing nearly 50 diverse countries with a combined population...

The Bank received from the Governments of the Republic of Rwanda and Republic of Burundi, an invitation to witness the official launching ceremony of the One stop border post which took place on Wednesday 17th July 2013 at Ruhwa.

AfricaInvestor

African institutions have endorsed the African Development Bank (AfDB) 'Africa50Fund' an innovation vehicle for financing infrastructure development on the continent.

'Africa50Fund' is an initiative by AfDB to...

NewNet

The African Development Group (AfDB) has provided financing for a new geothermal energy project in Lake Assal, Djibouti. The project has been established as a public-private partnership, according to ESI-Africa, with the...

Pana

Rising from their meeting in Tunis over the weekend, African institutions endorsed AfDB's Africa50 Fund as Africa's vehicle to facilitate large-scale mobilization of resources and unlock international private financing...

abidjan.net

D'ici à six ans, la Chine pourrait octroyer dix milliards de dollars de prêts à la Côte d'Ivoire pour financer de grands projets d'infrastructures.

Selon Albert Mabri Toikeusse, ministre chargé du Plan et du...

Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Présidente de la Commission de l'Union africaine (CUA), Carlos Lopes, Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (UNECA) et Donald Kaberuka, Président du Groupe de la...

nytimes.com

President Obama's "Power Africa" initiative, unveiled during his recent trip there, has the potential to make a major impact on a continent where millions of people - including more than two-thirds of those...