Gabon’s prime minister, Raymond Ndong Sima, is planning infrastructure investments to boost the central African nation’s economy for “sustained, inclusive and equitable” growth.
A group of more than 70 lawyers from west and central African lawyers attended a briefing on the working of the African Development Bank (AfDB) group in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 13 March ...
South Africa, the country that invented touchtone dialling, boasts an outstanding telecommunications infrastructure and a diversity of print and broadcast media. With a network that is 99% digital and...
CAPE TOWN - South Africa on Tuesday called for international funding to help build a cross-border water project, which would benefit the country and Lesotho.
Nairobi, Kenya — Members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have petitioned development partners to finance key infrastructure projects in the Horn of Africa....
Following several calls by government for households to reduce their daily energy consumption and alleviate pressure from the electricity grid, the South African Bureau of...
In another signal that South African authorities are warming to the need to exploit local reserves of shale gas, the National Planning Commission said yesterday that it saw natural gas...
Kenya's energy regulator warned on Wednesday it may raise energy prices in the coming months after lifting the cost of petrol and kerosene for the first time since November, complicating the central...
It's long been established doctrine in international development circles that diesel engines are the most cost-effective tools for pumping water and powering villages.
L’ambassadeur de l’Union Européenne, Jean-Michel Dumond, et le Ministre des Finances de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), Matata Ponyon Mapon ont signé, le 13 mars dernier, cinq...
Over the next 12 months, as much as R2.8 billion could be spent in the province of Mpumalanga to make major infrastructure improvements, which could help to stimulate the local economy.
The first Water Platform Meeting of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) was held from 8-9 March 2012, to identify challenges and opportunities in the financing and implementation of Transboundary Water Resource and...
Les travaux de construction du périphérique de Maputo, au Mozambique, commenceront en juin prochain. Ils devraient se terminer d’ici à 2014, rapporte AllAfrica.
The next stage of the trans-national Bujumbura-Rusizi-Karongi-Rubavu highway looks set to go ahead after funding for the project was agreed between the Rwandan government and the OPEC Fund for International Development, the New...
L'Afrique reste le continent dont l'accès à des ressources en eau de qualité est le plus limité, les Américains du nord sont toujours les plus gros consommateurs tandis que l'Asie-Pacifique ...
WITH the current hindrances to the flow of trade within the East African Community (EAC), there is a need to strengthen partnerships between private and public sectors to improve the region’s...
As African countries continue to increase and upgrade their infrastructure, sea ports are set to attract huge investment over the medium term. To get a sense of the opportunity, ABN's Wole Famurewa ...
Nairobi, Kenya — Members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have petitioned development partners to finance key infrastructure projects in the Horn of Africa.
Construction work to rid the port of Mombasa of inefficiencies is nearing completion. This follows a progress report issued by the Kenya Ports Authority chief executive Gichiri Ndua, who says the...
