Infrastructure News - Year: 2014 - Month: July

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Le continent, qui a littéralement...

The Telegraph.co.uk

Ask an Expert: the continent is tipped as the next region to boom but how can investors take advantage?There are several approaches. First, there are a handful of specialist funds. Alquity Africa,...

CNBC

Africa, as a whole, has begun to link the necessity for infrastructure with the industry itself, says Andrew Johnstone.

"The linkage between the necessity for infrastructure and industry go hand in hand now. Ministers...

BiztechAfrica

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka made a strong case for the importance of tackling private investment impediments in the African infrastructure agenda during the joint AfDB, Organisation for...

The Africa Report

With the legal framework, tenders, impact studies and financing still to be finalised, construction of the dam is unlikely to start before the end of 2016.
 


Despite the desire of President Joseph Kabila...

Xinhua

D'après le Rapport d'enquête 2013 sur l'attractivité de l'Afrique, publié ; par le cabinet d'audit financier Ernst et Young le 6 mai dernier,cité par le magazine la Chine au Présent, le continent africain attire...

PR Newswire

Venu à Paris pour participer à une réunion conjointe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) et de l'International Growth Center (IGC),...

Fair Observer

African start-ups can bring affordable energy solutions to millions of people around the continent.
 


"The Dallas Cowboys Stadium uses more power than the entire country of Liberia." Let that sink...

Deutsche Welle

The new BRICS development bank and reserve fund launched this week are intended to provide an alternative to existing Western-led institutions. Africa hopes for aid to make infrastructural improvements.

At a...

L'Opinion

Pour Donald Kaberuka, le président de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), le retard pris dans le domaine de l'équipement coûte deux points de croissance au continent.

Alors que le siège de la Banque africaine...

The Star

Rural Electrification Authority Chairman, Simon Gicharu joins Rural Electrification Authority workers to position a pole at Kapseret Primary school in Uasin Gishu County. The Authority is connecting electricity to the...

Daily Maverick

While most debate around South Africa's energy future tends to focus on the best source of new power generation (coal, gas, nuclear renewables), environmental issues and the role of Eskom, much less attention is...

Ventures

Africa Railways, a subsidiary of Qalaa Holdings (formerly Citadel Capital), has completed the drawdown of the final $69.6 million of a $164 million senior debt facility, which it raised through global and East African...

PR Newswire

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka made a strong case for the importance of tackling private investment impediments in the African infrastructure agenda during the joint AfDB, Organisation for...

Egypt Daily News

A total capacity of 1,300 MW from Ain Sokhna power station will be added to the national electricity grid in August and October, Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker said in a Sunday statement.

The station is...

eePublishers

Africa off-grid energy challenge
 
IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) says that the Green Village Electricity Project (GVEP) was a winner of the Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge - an initiative launched...

www.lesoleil.sn

Le ministère de l'hydraulique et de l'assainissement, avec l'unité de coordination du Pepam, a organisé un atelier de restitution d'une étude sur la délégation de gestion des unités de potabilisation dans le...

All Africa

The promotion of renewable energy in Africa was the focus of a seminar entitled Opportunity Africa: Sustainable Energy Investments held on June 24 and 25 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The gathering was jointly organized by...

Polity.org.za

Global elite legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the South African Government E mployees Pension Fund (GEPF), African Development Bank (AfDB) and DTD Holdings (DTD) on their proposed...


Mbendi.com

Five million people in ten countries - eight of them fragile states - are set to benefit from an Africa-wide resource mobilization initiative aimed at improving their access to drinking water, sanitation and...