Infrastructure News

The proposed rail link between Lothair, in Mpumalanga, and Swaziland is making progress, reports Engineering News Online.

The 'Western Link' project is expected to be completed soon and will assist Transnet Freight Rail...

La Banque africaine de Développement (BAD) a accordé un prêt de 95 millions d'euros à la Tunisie afin de participer au financement de son programme national d'alimentation en eau potable en...

Proposals for a nuclear power station in South Africa are currently under review by the country's cabinet, reports Reuters.

The construction of the 9,600 megawatt plant, which would be completed by 2030, could be worth at...

The government of Guinea will use part of a $700 million (£442 million) windfall payment to rebuild the nation's broken infrastructure, reports Reuters.

Around 35 per cent of the funds will be used for projects in the...

L'ONG Plan Burkina a procédé le 4 octobre dernier au lancement du Projet d'amélioration de l'accès des enfants et des femmes aux services d'eau potable et d'assainissement (PASEPA),...

Le Premier ministre de Guinée-Bissau, Carlos Gomes Junior, a annoncé samedi dernier que le gouvernement a acheté trois groupes électrogènes afin améliorer l'approvisionnement en...

The African Infrastructure Investment Fund 2 has announced its final closing value, with $500 million (£317 million) secured from investors.

The fund, which will focus on infrastructure equity investments in sub-Saharan...

Le gouvernement gabonais a annoncé le lancement de la construction d'un barrage hydro-électrique à Mouila.

Il servira principalement à alimenter les compagnies minières de cette...

Phase two of the construction of a vital road link in Ethiopia is to begin after the country secured a loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The $125 million (£79.2 million) will go towards financing the building...

Le port de Djibouti a annoncé son intention d'investir 330 millions de dollars afin d'augmenter la capacité de traitement de conteneurs.

Le projet comprend la construction d’un quai et l’achat...

Shell hopes to resume normal oil production levels in Nigeria by early November after a key pipeline was attacked.

The 50 km (30 mile) Trans Forcados pipeline was damaged in an attack that happened against a backdrop of rising...

Le président sierra-léonais Ernest Koroma a présidé une cérémonie lundi dernier à Freetown afin de marquer l'arrivée du câble de fibre optique en Sierra Leone.

Le...

The news came as the city of Cape Town council said it had applied to the Western Cape high court for an interim interdict to stop the project, reports Engineering News.

Costing around R10 billion (£800,000), the finished...

La Société Financière Internationale (SFI) va financer à hauteur de 610 millions de dollars la construction d’un terminal à conteneurs au Port autonome de Lomé.

Le...

Experts have implemented a plan and set of recommendations to help speed up the Trans African Highways (TAH) development, reports ghanabusinessnews.com.

The TAH will help accelerate the overall socioeconomic development process...

Le Fonds koweitien pour le développement économique arabe (FKDEA) a annoncé mardi dernier l'octroi d'un prêt de 64,72 millions d’euros (89 millions USD) au Maroc afin de financer la...

A hydroelectric project in Ghana requires additional funds of about $168 million (£107 million), according to ghanabusinessnews.com.

The Bui Hydroelectric project, which is expected to generate about 400 mega watts of power...

The Development Bank of Southern Africa has provided a $206 million (£133 million) loan to Zimbabwe for a development project, the largest loan of its type in the country's history. The money will be used for the...

Le projet « Capacity-Linked water supply and sanitation improvement for Africa's peri-urbain and rural areas » (CLARA), dont l'objectif est d'améliorer la distribution d'eau et...

Logistic group Transnet has said it is hoping to expand a South African rail link so that it can carry up to 80 million tonnes of coal a year, reports Reuters.

The plans have been laid out to meet potential demand, as it is...