Infrastructure News

Le gouvernement sénégalais va octroyer 95 millions de dollars au Fond de soutien à l'énergie, rapporte le journal Le Soleil.

Le gouvernement a fait cette annonce jeudi dernier, lors de la présentation du budget 2012. ...

Un nouvel opérateur de télécommunications recevra sa licence au premier semestre 2012, a annoncé cette semaine le ministre des Travaux publics, des Infrastructures et des Ressources naturelles de Sao Tomé et Principe, Carlos...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a line of credit agreement with the Bank of Kigali worth $12 million (£7.6 million).

Using the money for key economic sectors, such as infrastructure, agri-business and...

A US-based charity has received a $7 million (£4.42 million) to improve rural sanitation in Africa.

The money will go towards Plan International's Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) project, which researches and...

Malawi's government has hired a British company to help it develop a water infrastructure strategy in the country, reports ESI Africa.

W S Atkins will work with the country's government to provide a framework for the...

La 3ème conférence internationale sur l'énergie solaire, réunissant experts et acteurs du secteur énergétique, s'est déroulée la semaine dernière au Caire, en...

The African Union (AU) has met to discuss the implementation of large hydropower projects across the continent, according to Coast Week.

As part of the Hydro 2020 initiative, a summit met to discuss the paradox between...

Le ministère malgache du commerce a révélé mardi dernier que des opérateurs économiques turcs projettent d'investir dans la construction d'une centrale hydroélectrique...

Kenya and Ethiopia have signed a deal worth $743 million (£466 million) for the building of a road that will join the two countries.

The Addis Ababa-Nairobi road project, part of the Trans-African Highway corridor, will...

Toyota to build energy plants in Kenya

Japanese firm Toyota is to build new geothermal energy plants in Kenya, reports AllAfrica.com

The Japanese firm has won a bid to construct a new generating facility and upgrade another at a...

Les travaux de construction d'une route reliant la ville d'Okoyo (centre du Congo) à la frontière du Gabon ont été lancés jeudi dernier.

« La construction de cette route consacre...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has teamed up with an international software company - the Zambato Group - to create a new infrastructure project marketplace for Africa that will allow funders, constructions firms and...

Le câble de fibre optique ACE a été connecté au Gabon le week-end dernier, rapporte Radio France Internationale.

Le câble Africa Cost to Europe (ACE) reliera l'Europe à plusieurs pays...

Le président algérien Abdelaziz Bouteflika a inauguré lundi dernier le métro d'Alger, rapporte l'agence de presse Xinhua.

D'une longueur initiale de 9,5 km, le métro d'Alger...

A wind/hybrid generating system that will bring power to thousands of Morocco's most vulnerable homes has been approved by Climate Investment Funds (CIF).

The project will increase electrical capacity in the country by 1,070...

South Africa's government is to invest almost £10 billion in modernising its railway infrastructure over the next two decades.

Eyewitness News reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has told the...

The World Bank has confirmed it will invest $60 million (£37.4 million) in Nigeria's Edo State for various infrastructure projects.

According to Allafrica.com, the funding institution was satisfied with the performance...

The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has pledged $68.3 million (42.5 million) to Mozambique over the next three years to finance various infrastructure projects.

Covering developments between 2011-13, the money will be used for...

The World Bank has approved $250 million (£175.5 million) in funding for a power facility in South Africa.

Utility firm Eksom has been granted the money to develop a wind and solar plant in Upington, in the Northern Cape...

A $1 billion (£625 million) deal has been agreed between the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) and the China Railway Group (CREC) that will see new railway infrastructure built in the country.

The CREC will build a new...