Infrastructure News

A range of infrastructure projects in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region are set to receive a financial boost from the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA).

This is because a $300 million (£186...

Regional integration in Africa is to be discussed at the annual Partnerships Forum in Tunisia.

Hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the conference will look at the institution's performance in terms of regional...

An energy infrastructure scheme in Rwanda has received the backing of the African Development Bank (AfDB).

The KivuWatt project, which will see methane gas extracted from Lake Kivu and then used in an offshore power plant, is to...

L'entreprise Israélienne SDE Energy, a annoncé avoir reçu l'accord du gouvernement Kenyan pour la construction d'une centrale électrique produisant de l'énergie à partir...

Saudi Arabia has given a grant of 3.1 million dollars for a project to construct 95 wells in Togo. The aim is to improve access to drinking water in the rural area in the north of...

Zambia has just announced its intention to attract two billion dollars in direct foreign investment in 2011 in order to develop its infrastructures.

The Zambian...

China has just granted 360 million dollars to Democratic Republic of the Congo to finance the construction of the Zongo 2 electricity power station.

The loan agreement was signed Saturday...

The agro-industrial complex in Dja, a plant for producing electricity from manioc, will soon open in Cameroon.

A protocol of agreement was signed Tuesday January 25 with the company Forbes...

A new wind farm with an output of 150 Megawatts will be constructed in Morocco, at Taza, to the north-east of Rabat.

The works, which will take three years, will cost a total of 304.5 million...

Kenya's energy infrastructure is set to improve after Siemens was awarded a deal to improve two power substations in the country.

The contract is worth $33.7 million (£21.2 million) and has been handed out by Kenya...

The West African Development Bank (WADB) has signed a loan agreement with the government of Burkina Faso as partial financing for a project to increase the capacity of the power station in Komsilga.

The...

A solar energy project in Sierra Leone has received a $20 million (£12.6 million) loan, with the money being used to improve the energy infrastructure of the nation.

The deal, which is being provided by the Economic...

January 21: William Wu, CEO of Chinese company "Catidc Power", presented Congolese Minister for Energy Gilbert Tshiongo with a project for generating electricity from gas at Lake Kivu, in...

An energy infrastructure project in Guinea is to be funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB).

A $23 million (£14.5 million) grant will help with the rural electrification project and 60,000 people are to gain access to...

The plant to produce photovoltaic solar panels at Rouiba, in Algeria, will be operational by 2012.

Work should commence before the end of the first quarter of this year, the company Sonelgaz,...

Tanzania can expect its energy infrastructure to improve dramatically once a wind farm project has been completed.

It will be the second biggest scheme of its kind in east Africa - creating 100MW - and will be located in...

The government of Algeria is to set up a program comprising 65 renewable energy generation infrastructure projects across the country.

This program, which will shortly be presented to the government,...

China has granted a loan of 73 million USD to Senegal in order to finance an electrical infrastructure project.

The aim is to resolve the problems of shortages experienced by the Dakar...

Energy infrastructure in Namibia is to be improved thanks to the development of a wind farm.

The 44MW wind power generation plant will be located at Diaz Point in Luderitz and will cost $150 million (£94 million) to...

China has granted the Democratic Republic  of the Congo (DRC) a gift of 7.6 million dollars, it was revealed Wednesday by a release from the AFP press agency.

The signature of the agreement took...