Bloomberg - Concrete patches on the canals snaking through Nico Greeff’s vineyards betray constant repairs to an outmoded irrigation system that’s the lifeblood of farming in South Africa’s arid west.
Independent Online (South Africa) - Increasingly, the case for investing in Africa is made on the basis that this “last frontier” is now in a strong position to develop, to urbanise its growing and relatively young population,...
Creamer Media's Engineering News - African cities would grow nearly three times faster than the global average over the next three-and-a-half decades, highlighting the need for efficient, effective and environmentally...
(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has urged African oil and gas producing nations to direct their revenue in infrastructure and education rather than on "white elephants".
Offshore - Somali pirates no longer benefit from the easy pickings available in years past. Naval operations are increasingly successful, and for the most part, ships transiting the High Risk Area (HRA) are a more difficult...
Creamer Media's Engineering News - The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has approved loans amounting to R9.6-billion for 14 renewable-energy projects with a combined capacity of 896.5 MW, the development finance...
Creamer Media's Engineering News - Angola launched a $5-billion sovereign wealth fund to invest in domestic and overseas assets, funnelling the African country's vast oil wealth into infrastructure, hotels and other high-growth...
Reuters - Zambia plans to lift a ban on the entry of new mobile phone companies to increase competition and improve cellular service, a minister said on Tuesday.
The southern African country of over 13 million people in 2009...
AllAfrica.com (East African Business Week) - Maritime experts meeting in Mombasa have unveiled a raft of measures aimed at transforming Africa's Maritime industry to international standards.
Bloomberg Business Week - Kenya’s Lake Turkana Wind Power Ltd. said financing talks will again delay the start of construction of a 611 million-euro ($795 million) wind farm, billed as sub- Saharan Africa’s largest.
AllAfrica.com (East African Business Week) - DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania is expected to spend $247.6m grant in development projects for three-year, thanks to the excellent bilateral cooperation with the Germany government.
BizTech Africa - New figures released by ITU show that information and communication technology (ICT) uptake continues to grow worldwide, spurred by a steady fall in the price of telephone and broadband Internet services.
All Africa.com - Liberia's Finance Minister, Amara Konneh knows first-hand what access to electricity can bring to the developing countries, particularly in his post-conflict Liberia where the need for restoring the energy...
Creamer Media's Engineering News - State-owned power utility Eskom, regulatory authority the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) and an independent power analyst called for the finalisation of revisions to laws...
Bloomberg Business Week - Sur Construction Plc, a construction company with ties to Ethiopia’s ruling party, expects to almost double revenue this year as the state boosts investment in infrastructure, General Manager Tadesse...
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly - Rising investment in water infrastructure, along with infrastructure development trends and overall regional economic development, is expected to trigger increased demand for water-treatment...
Africa Report - When African telecom companies started to emerge in the late 1990s, many scoffed. How could it be, went the general chatter, that Africans have money to spend on telecoms? Several multi-millionaires later, after...
AllAfrica.com - Tanzania has entered into a contract with Uganda to build an alternative route for the undersea cable via Mutukula to overcome the inconveniences caused by businesses persistent internet cable breakdown.
Traffic congestion is a perennial problem in Johannesburg. One solution could be Rea Vaya, the first public bus rapid transit system, the first of its kind in Africa. The Rea Vaya buses are replacing thousands of taxis and...
