Infrastructure News

Power infrastructure is to be improved in Dijibouti, with the announcement on Tuesday (July 27th) the World Bank is to finance an energy generation project with a grant worth $8.9 million (£5.7 million).

The programme, known...

A sum of 286 billion Dollars in bank credits, subsidized by the Algerian State, is going to be mobilized for industry according to an announcement from the Council of Ministers issued on Monday 24 May 2010.

This financing is...

The World Bank approved a loan to Togo this week for Economic Relaunch and Governance, of 16.3 million Dollars.

The funds will provide budgetary support for the government in order in particular to strengthen governing capacity...

A huge windpower project in Cape Verde has just received financing of 18.6 million Dollars from the African Development Bank.

A mixed company formed by the State of Cape Verde and the companies Electra and InfraCO will be in...

A grant worth $16.3 million (£11.3 million) has been approved by the World Bank's Board for the Republic of Togo.

The funds will benefit the energy sector, as well as other key parts of the economy including cotton and...

Clean energy infrastructure in Africa has been praised for its achievements and work towards climate change targets.

According to the African Development Bank (AfDB), its board of directors has been quick in approving plans to...

The French Development Agency (AFD) is contributing to Morocco’s Global Rural Electrification Programme (PERG).

The PERG, a project launched by the Moroccan authorities and the National Electricity Office (ONE) in 1995, aims to...

The World Bank has granted a loan of 2.8 billion Euros to South Africa, intended to finance the construction of a coal-fired power station, Medupi (North East) and the installation of solar panels and wind farms.

With a power of...

Oil exploration and hydro-electric dams on the Nile are at present the essential providers of energy in the Sudan.

These are insufficient resources to provide the 20,000 additional MegaWatts which it is anticipated will be...

The Egyptian Minister of Electricity, Hassan Younès, announced on Monday 12 April that the government is going to invest 110 billion Dollars between now and 2027 in Egypt in the electricity sector.

Egypt’s ambition is to achieve...

In order to establish better control over the development and access to electricity in Senegal, the State is going to acquire the power station of its independent energy producing partner GTI.

An agreement was signed on...

Access to electricity in South Africa will be expanded by a loan granted by the World Bank.

The $3.75 billion (£2.44 billion) fund also aims to finance a number of renewable energy projects in developing countries.

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The third international event relating to solar energy and other renewable energy sources in the member countries of the Sahelo-Saharan Community, which consists of 28 member countries in West Africa, was held on 8 April.

Each...

More than 6,700 households across Algeria were connected to natural gas in the course of February and March 2010.

This announcement was made this week in a press release from the Algerian Ministry of Energy and Mines, reproduced...

Electricity provision in Tanzania could become more accessible and sustainable following a World Bank grant.

The Energy Development and Access expansion Project (TEDAP) will see a $25 million (£16.4 million) credit after the...

South Africa is scheduled to sign a loan agreement this week with the World Bank for a sum of 3.75 billion Dollars.

The funds will be used to finance a thermal power station project in the Province of Limpopo (North) for the...

Water and electricity infrastructure in the Republic of Congo could see improvements thanks to a grant.

The World Bank approved the grant from the International Development Association worth $25.5 million (£16.8 million)...

German Ambassador Karin Blumberger-Sauerteig met Cameroon Minister of Industry Badel Ndanga Ndinga on 12 March last to discuss co-operation in the energy sector.

There are a number of projects under way, and the purpose of the...

Director of Energy, Simon Eddy, has announced a series of measures to resolve the energy crisis in the Ivory Coast, which is regularly affected by electricity power cuts.

The State is going to import 25 MW from Ghana, and has...

The Zimbabwe national electricity company has received 132 million Dollars for the development and upgrading of its infrastructures.

This financing is coming from the South African Development Bank and the African Development...