Infrastructure News

Africa to grow 5.5% per annum, but risks remain

29/07/2013

Zawya

Africa is now the world's fastest growing continent in the world and is set to grow at more than 5.5% per annum for the foreseeable future, according to the latest report from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group....

Category: General

Tunis capitale de l'infrastructure africaine

17/07/2013

Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Présidente de la Commission de l'Union africaine (CUA), Carlos Lopes, Secrétaire exécutif de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique (UNECA) et Donald Kaberuka, Président du Groupe de la...

Category: General

New BBC News series on Africa

10/07/2013

The Witness

In a new BBC World News series, Rendezvous with Zeinab Badawi, presenter Zeinab Badawi meets leading African entrepreneurs, musicians, politicians and chief executive officers to ask the social, cultural, political,...

Category: General

China's 'soft power' bolsters Africa's new assertive diplomacy

09/07/2013

nation.co.ke

Africa's leaders have become more assertive in global affairs than ever before. This assertiveness is impelled by China's meteoric rise as a global power, concreting the multi-polar world order. A recent survey...

Category: General

The world’s fastest-growing continent

01/07/2013

economist.com

Celebrations are in order on the poorest continent. Never in the half-century since it won independence from the colonial powers has Africa been in such good shape. Its economy is flourishing. Most countries are at...

Category: General

Why investors are into Africa

24/10/2012

Independent Online (South Africa) - Increasingly, the case for investing in Africa is made on the basis that this “last frontier” is now in a strong position to develop, to urbanise its growing and relatively young population,...

Category: General

Sustainable urban infrastructure key as African cities grow

24/10/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - African cities would grow nearly three times faster than the global average over the next three-and-a-half decades, highlighting the need for efficient, effective and environmentally...

Category: General

IMF warns African oil producers to avoid "white elephants"

23/10/2012

(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has urged African oil and gas producing nations to direct their revenue in infrastructure and education rather than on "white elephants".

Exploration in east and southern...

Categories: Transport, General

Angola launches $5bn sovereign wealth fund

18/10/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - Angola launched a $5-billion sovereign wealth fund to invest in domestic and overseas assets, funnelling the African country's vast oil wealth into infrastructure, hotels and other high-growth...

Category: General

Tanzania: Dar es Salaam to Spend U.S.$ 247.6 Million On Development Projects

17/10/2012

AllAfrica.com (East African Business Week) - DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania is expected to spend $247.6m grant in development projects for three-year, thanks to the excellent bilateral cooperation with the Germany government.

Both...

Categories: Energy, Water, General

Ethiopian Builder Sees Revenue Doubling on Infrastructure Spend

12/10/2012

Bloomberg Business Week - Sur Construction Plc, a construction company with ties to Ethiopia’s ruling party, expects to almost double revenue this year as the state boosts investment in infrastructure, General Manager Tadesse...

Categories: Energy, Transport, ICT, General

South African Minister recommends Shift of African investment towards industry

25/09/2012

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): Africa has a bright future for attracting investment, but must use the opportunity to boost industry and improve infrastructure, H.E. Mr. Rob Davies, Minister of...

Category: General

Zim’s infrastructure growth hailed

24/09/2012

The Herald: ZIMBABWE’S level of infrastructure growth is the same as that of neighbouring South Africa, PTA Bank president Mr Admassu Yilma Tadesse said in Harare last week. Mr Tadesse told delegates to the ZimBuild ...

Category: General

La Banque islamique renfloue le Sénégal

13/09/2012

Une convention de 680 milliards FCFA vient d’être paraphée entre la Banque Islamique de Développement et l’Etat du Sénégal. La stratégie africaine d’Ahmed Mohammed Ali en marche. Conformément à sa nouvelle feuille de route,...

Category: General

Speech by AfDB President Donald Kaberuka: African Economic Integration - Time to Raise the Bar

13/09/2012

Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President, African Development Bank - Speech at the Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments: “African Economic Integration - Time to Raise the Bar”Midrand, 30th August, 2012

Download the speech...

Category: General

East Africa: Regional Council, European Bank Discuss Infrastructure Funding

12/09/2012

AllAfrica.com (The New Times): As a way of unravelling infrastructural challenges that have remained a major obstacle to the integration process, the EAC Secretariat has turned to Europe seeking funding for regional...

Category: General

Ce que vous devez savoir sur l'envol économique de l'Afrique

12/09/2012

Slate Afrique: L’Afrique n’est plus le «continent perdu» de l’imaginaire collectif. Le continent connaît un essor rapide depuis dix ans, le secteur privé prend de l’ampleur et une nouvelle classe de consommateurs détient un...

Category: General

Uganda: Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme

12/09/2012

African Development Bank: The Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme – Project I (CAIIP-1) resulted from a comprehensive review of Uganda’s agricultural sector, which was carried out in 2005 by the Ugandan ...

Category: General

North Africa: The Role of Infrastructure in the Success of the Arab Spring

11/09/2012

U.S. Department of State - Remarks by Deborah A. McCarthy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations, Infrastructure and Business ...

Category: General

Rwanda: Sick Workers, Bad Roads to Hurt Rwanda's Competitiveness - Report

10/09/2012

AllAfrica.com (Rwanda Focus): The global competitiveness report has warned that an unhealthy workforce along with poor infrastructure will hurt Rwanda's competitiveness ambitions.

According to the report, "The greatest...

Category: General

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