Infrastructure News

Guinée: 145 millions USD pour développer la production d'électricité

16/05/2012

Le coordinateur général de la Société EDG (Electricité de Guinée), Abdoulaye Kéita, a procédé le 11 mai dernier dans le quartier de Tombo à Kaloum en...

Nigerian govt announces funding for new energy project

16/05/2012

The Nigerian government has announced that it has secured the funding it needs to improve the country’s energy infrastructure and the use of solar technology in particular.

A new wave of funding has been provided by the Japanese...

Category: Energy

Guinée: Lancement des travaux de construction de la route T5

15/05/2012

Le Premier ministre guinéen Mohamed Saïd Fofana a procédé le 11 mai au lancement des travaux de construction de la route T5 Sud Kissosso-Le Prince, qui s'étendra sur 1 950 km.

Les travaux, qui...

Category: Transport

Nigeria: New investment set to stimulate economic growth

15/05/2012

The Nigerian federal government has confirmed that it has endorsed significant levels of investment in key areas of the country's economy, This Day has reported.

Olusegun Aganga, the Nigerian minister for trade and investment...

Category: General

Nigeria set for power infrastructure upgrades

14/05/2012

The Nigerian minister of power, Professor Barth Nnaji, has announced that the government is to make a concerted effort to improve power infrastructure capacity in a number of major cities, including the capital city Abuja.

Barth...

Category: Energy

Cameroun: 79 millions USD de l'AFD pour Lom Pangar

13/05/2012

L’Agence française de développement a accordé jeudi dernier un prêt de 78,9 millions de dollars au Cameroun afin de participer au financement de la construction du barrage hydroélectrique...

Lancement d'un programme de développement des TIC en RDC

13/05/2012

Le gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo a présenté un nouveau programme de développement du secteur des télécommunications aux députés du pays.

Le...

Nigeria: Aviation minister reveals details of new airport

13/05/2012

The Nigerian minister for aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, has announced that the government will award a construction contract for a new airport in the capital city of Abuja. There are a number of airport construction and...

Lancement officiel du câble de fibre optique WACS

13/05/2012

Le gouvernement sud-africain a annoncé vendredi dernier le lancement du câble sous marin de fibre optique WACS.

«Le gouvernement sud-africain est fier d'être un partenaire pionnier dans le...

Kenyan govt announces infrastructure improvements

10/05/2012

The Kenyan government has claimed that more than 1.5 million citizens in the country are set to benefit from a series of infrastructure improvements.

As much as $300 million has been set aside to improve services in a number of...

Category: General

ICA Annual Meeting 2012 to be held from 11-13 June in Tunis

10/05/2012

The 8th Annual Meeting of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) will be held on June 11th-13th, 2012 in Tunis, Tunisia to discuss infrastructure investment and development in Africa.

Categories: General, Energy, Transport, Water

Uganda set for road infrastructure improvements

09/05/2012

Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda, has commissioned the construction of the Gulu-Nimule highway, the New Vision has reported.

And Mr Museveni announced that the ambitious infrastructure project will cost as much as sh89...

Burkina Faso: Lancement de travaux de réhabilitation sur sept barrages

08/05/2012

Le ministre burkinabé de l'Agriculture et de l'Hydraulique, Laurent Sedogo, a lancé samedi dernier les travaux de réhabilitation de sept barrages à travers le pays.

D'un coût total de...

Zimbabwe: Victoria Fall's airport set for redevelopment work

08/05/2012

The international airport at Victoria Falls is set for major redevelopment work over the next few months, it has been confirmed.

Indeed, there are a number of facilities in the town, including the local hospital, that are due for...

L'AFD octroie 19,5 millions USD à l’aéroport d’Abidjan

08/05/2012

Proparco, filiale de l’Agence française de développement (AFD), a octroyé vendredi 4 mai un prêt de 19,5 millions de dollars destiné à financer un projet de réhabilitation de...

Category: Transport

Nigeria set for road infrastructure improvements

07/05/2012

Plans to improve the road infrastructure in Nigeria have just been announced by the Taraba State government, Vanguard has reported.

According to the government, the state of Taraba is set to see the construction of four...

West Africa - The Future of Telecoms (video)

07/05/2012

ABNDigital - 7 May 2012

With the arrival of several cables at the coast, telecom companies in the West African region are seeing immense growth in Nigeria. Experts predict that the sector will expand by 5.9% between 2011 and...

Category: ICT

Fin d'une étude sur l’interconnexion électrique entre la Côte d’Ivoire, le Libéria, la Sierra Léone et la Guinée

03/05/2012

Le Gouvernement guinéen vient d’annoncer la fin de l’Etude d’Impact Environnemental et Social et du Tracé de Ligne du projet d’interconnexion Côte d’Ivoire - Libéria -...

One-stop Beitbridge border ‘imperative’ to unlocking further trade, investment

03/05/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - 3 May 2012

Implementation of a one-stop border post at Beitbridge, the congested crossing between South Africa and Zimbabwe, is “imperative” to reducing trade-restricting transactions costs...

Category: Transport

South Africa: Sanral respects e-toll judgment

03/05/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - 3 May 2012

The SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) is still studying a ruling by the High Court in Pretoria which brought the Gauteng e-tolling project to a halt, it said on...

Category: Transport

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