Infrastructure News

Kenya's sole fuel processor Kenya Petroleum Refineries has hired an engineering consultant to assist in an $899 million (£545 million) upgrade.

The work will involve construction of a new pipeline to the western town of...

The Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) has claimed that investment in Mozambique's coal industry is leading to an economic boom in the nation.

Maccuhub has reported that funding for the emerging industry in Tete province has...

The works carried out in the oilfield at Agadem, in the North-East of Niger, should be finished by June, it was announced last Tuesday at Niamey by the Chinese Ambassador, Xian Huan.

"At Agadem, the...

A scheme believed to be the largest independent hydropower project in Tanzania is set to receive $700 million worth of investment from a Russian utilities company.

Zarubezhstroy Corporation (ZARS) will invest the money to put up...

Last Monday, the African Refiners' Association (ARA) adopted a program to extend and to modernize, the PEMS, which will require an investment of 1.3...

Indian investment in Mozambique has been forecast to rise to $1 billion (£614 million) by 2013, it has been revealed.

With investments totalling $64.17 million in energy, mineral resources, agro-industries, transport and...

Two US firms have been awarded a significant proportion of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact with Tanzania.

Symbion Power and Pike Electric have been named as the two companies who will be installing nearly 1,600...

Energy infrastructure in Malawi looks set to receive a boost after it was announced that the US government plans to invest $350.7 million (£215 million) in improving the southern African country's energy sector.

The...

Ebrahim Patel, South African minister for Economic Development, announced last Tuesday that South Africa is to invest 3.8 billion dollars over five years in a renewable energy...

Shell has just signed a contract valued at 101 million dollars for the construction of a gas pipeline in Nigeria.

The contract was concluded with local company Saipem Contracting Nigeria...

South Africa's renewable energy industry is set to be one of the main beneficiaries of the Industrial Development Corporation's (IDC) new five-year investment plan.

The self-financed, state-owned national development...

The Algerian government announced April 3 that it aims to generate 20,000 MW of electricity from renewable energies by 2030.

This program will need an investment...

Benin's minister for Energy, Sacca Lafia, announced last Thursday that the government intended to raise the rural electrification rate from renewable energy from its present three percent to 50 percent...

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) plans to invest about R45 billion (£4 billion) in Africa this year to take advantage of growth opportunities in the continent.

According to the firm's chief investment officer,...

Some €25 million (£22million) is to be loaned by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to fund the Addax Bioenergy Sierra Leone (ABSL) project.

Included in the project are plans to develop a Greenfield sugarcane...

The BG Group has revealed its plans to invest some $300 million (£180 million) in Tunisia this year.

Reuters reports that the British-based oil and gas firm plans to increase its exposure in the North African country by...

March 28: The European Union has granted 12 million euros in aid for an infrastructure project relating to the transport and generation of electricity in Djibouti.

It will "improve the...

Some $356 billion (£218 billion) worth of investment is needed for renewable energy projects in Africa between now and 2030, it has been suggested.

The World Energy Council Africa regional manager Dr Latsoucabe Fall has...

Energy infrastructure in Africa looks set to get a boost after it was announced that the African Development Bank (AfDB) has created a $57 million (£35 million) fund for renewable energy projects across the continent.

The...

Barth Nnaji, energy advisor to the president, has announced that Nigeria is committed to achieving electricity generation of 5000 Megawatts by the end of December 2011.

He made this announcement at...