Infrastructure News

La construction du périphérique de Maputo commencera en juin

14/03/2012

Les travaux de construction du périphérique de Maputo, au Mozambique, commenceront en juin prochain. Ils devraient se terminer d’ici à 2014, rapporte AllAfrica.

Le projet coûtera 315 millions USD...

Category: Transport

Funding deal reached for Rwandan highway

14/03/2012

The next stage of the trans-national Bujumbura-Rusizi-Karongi-Rubavu highway looks set to go ahead after funding for the project was agreed between the Rwandan government and the OPEC Fund for International Development, the New...

Category: Transport

Video: African Sea Ports Investment with Amadou Wadda

13/03/2012

ABNDigital - March 7, 2012

As African countries continue to increase and upgrade their infrastructure, sea ports are set to attract huge investment over the medium term. To get a sense of the opportunity, ABN's Wole Famurewa ...

Category: Transport

Kenya: Construction of new port terminal to ease congestion (video)

13/03/2012

NTV Kenya - March 13, 2012

Construction work to rid the port of Mombasa of inefficiencies is nearing completion. This follows a progress report issued by the Kenya Ports Authority chief executive Gichiri Ndua, who says the...

Category: Transport

AfDB to loan Kenya $263 mln for roads, energy

12/03/2012

Reuters - March 12, 2012

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) said on Monday it would loan Kenya 21.8 billion shillings to finance the construction of roads and energy projects in east Africa's biggest...

Categories: Energy, Transport

Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Road Inaugurated

12/03/2012

Government of Ghana - March 9, 2012

Vice President John Dramani Mahama yesterday inaugurated Ghana’s section of the Abidjan-Lagos corridor road project at Akatsi in the Volta Region.

The upgraded Akatsi- Agbozume, Akatsi- ...

Category: Transport

Progrès dans la construction de la route transsaharienne Algérie-Niger

12/03/2012

Le Fonds koweitien de développement économique a accordé un prêt de cinq milliards de FCFA au Niger, le 8 mars dernier, afin d’aider à l’aménagement du tronçon...

Category: Transport

L’AFD réaffirme son soutien à la Guinée

09/03/2012

Le Directeur Général de l’Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Zerah Dov, et le Ministre de l’Economie et des Finances guinéen, Kerfala Yansané, ont signé, le lundi...

Categories: Transport, Energy

Le 10ème Forum africain de l’investissement aura lieu à Accra

09/03/2012

La ville d’Accra, au Ghana, accueillera les 3 et 4 avril prochains le 10ème Forum africain de l’investissement.

Organisé par le Conseil d’Affaires du Commonwealth (CBC) en collaboration avec la...

Categories: ICT, Transport, Energy

Côte d’Ivoire : la BAD investit 58 millions d’euros dans un projet de pont à péage – premier projet du secteur privé en 10 ans

08/03/2012

Banque africaine de développement - 7 mars 2012

Le Conseil d'administration de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a approuvé, le 1e mars, un prêt de 58 millions d'euros (l’équivalent de 38 milliards de FCFA) dans le...

Category: Transport

AfDB invests in first private sector project in Côte d’Ivoire in over a decade with €58m toll bridge loan

08/03/2012

African Development Bank - March 7. 2012

The African Development Bank‘s (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a €58 million loan (equivalent to FCFA 38 billion) towards the financing of the construction, operation and ...

Category: Transport

Kenya leads East Africa in private equity funding

07/03/2012

Business Daily Africa - March 6, 2012

Kenya last year attracted the highest amount of private equity funding for infrastructure in East Africa, with the country getting more than half the number of the deals, a survey carried...

Categories: Transport, General

South Africa Protesters March Against Tolls Roads, Labor Brokering

07/03/2012

Voice of America - March 7, 2012

Tens of thousands of people in South Africa took part in protests Wednesday against so-called e-tolling on highways and to demand that labor brokers be outlawed. The protests were called by the...

Category: Transport

South Africa: Cosatu Memorandum on Open Road Tolling

07/03/2012

allAfrica.com - March 7, 2012

To be delivered to representatives of government in every Province

Honourable representatives of government, comrades

We, as representatives of COSATU wish to convey to you our total opposition...

Category: Transport

South Africa: Rustenburg announces tenders for rapid transport project

07/03/2012

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 6, 2012

The first of a number of tenders for the Rustenburg local municipality’s (RLM’s) R3-billion Rustenburg Rapid Transport (RRT) project, which is aimed at providing transport to...

Category: Transport

EAC Secretary General meets East African local government authorities

07/03/2012

EAC Secretary General meets East African local government authorities / Urges leaders to stop arbitrary levying of local taxes on goods, business people, transporters along the transport corridors and transits highways

Category: Transport

Frost & Sullivan Forecasts Explosion of New Infrastructure in Namibia over the Next Decade

06/03/2012

Bloomberg Businessweek - March 6, 2012

Timely, Cost-Conscious Completion of Projects to Spell Success for Infrastructure Development Companies

Namibia will see significant growth across a number of infrastructure sectors over...

Categories: Transport, General, ICT, Water, Energy

Angola: Railways to Help Develop Zambia's Economy

05/03/2012

allAfrica.com - March 5, 2012

Luanda — The Zambian Foreign minister, Given Lubinda, said Friday in Luanda that the rehabilitation of the Angolan railways will help develop the economic and social environment in the countries...

Category: Transport

Kenya's new port to be gateway to Great Lakes region

05/03/2012

radio france internationale (English) - March 4, 2012

The construction of Lamu Port in Kenya has been officially launched by Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister...

Category: Transport

Kenya : Lancement d'un vaste projet de port en eaux profondes

05/03/2012

L'Ethiopie, le Kenya et le Soudan du Sud ont annoncé vendredi le lancement du projet de construction du port de Lamu, au Kenya, rapporte l'agence de presse Xinhua.

Le port, prévu à une dizaine de kilomètres de la ville de Lamu,...

Category: Transport

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