Infrastructure News

World Water Forum - March 16, 2012

Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Niger, Chad, France, Italy and Switzerland have pledged $80 million as part of the Rural Water Supply Initiative in Africa. The announcement was made during the...

Voice of America - March 16, 2012

African ministers say water is vital to improving health and economic development on the continent. Africa placed high on the agenda at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille, France...

Mail & Guardian online - March 16, 2012

A failure to invest in water infrastructure is holding back the economies of many sub-Saharan countries, African Ministers' Council on Water (Amcow) executive secretary Bai-Mass Taal...

Banque africaine de développement - 15 mars 2012

Une délégation de la BAD a visité, le 15 mars 2012, le site du projet d'appui au développement agricole de Bugesera(PADAB). Cette visite s'est déroulée en marge de la conférence...

allAfrica.com - March 16, 2012

HARARE City Council has secured US$100 million from the Development Bank of Southern Africa for water and sewer upgrading. The money is expected to improve water and sanitation delivery in...

IRIN - March 15, 2012

JOHANNESBURG, 15 March 2012 (IRIN) - Africa’s third longest river, the Niger, is a source of water, food and energy for nine West African countries. But frequent droughts induced by a changing climate,...

China Daily - March 14, 2012

CAPE TOWN - South Africa on Tuesday called for international funding to help build a cross-border water project, which would benefit the country and Lesotho.

"We've got countries coming forward...

The African News Journal - March 13, 2012

Nairobi, Kenya — Members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have petitioned development partners to finance key infrastructure projects in the Horn of Africa....

The first Water Platform Meeting of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) was held from 8-9 March 2012, to identify challenges and opportunities in the financing and implementation of Transboundary Water Resource and...

Jeune Afrique - 11 mars 2012

L'Afrique reste le continent dont l'accès à des ressources en eau de qualité est le plus limité, les Américains du nord sont toujours les plus gros consommateurs tandis que l'Asie-Pacifique ...

Al Jazeera English - March 12, 2012

Ethiopia is pursuing a massive dam building project that it hopes will generate alternative sources of power, but critics have said the endeavour will be an environmental disaster.

The...

South Africa.info - March 12. 2012

South Africa and Lesotho will show off their jointly managed Lesotho Highlands Water Project - one of the biggest engineering projects of its kind in the world - at the world's biggest...

A new water plant, built in Otobi in order to reduce the risk of water-borne diseases, has been visted by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Leadership has reported.

President Jonathan visited the N2.6 billion plant earlier...

Creamer Media's Engineering News - March 7, 2012

South Africa’s Water Research Commission (WRC) is moving ahead with a comprehensive new study of the country’s water resources, including its groundwater resources, in a bid...

Christian Science Monitor - March 6, 2012

Last week, the World Bank announced that developing countries appear to have already met their goal of cutting global poverty rates in half by 2015. China was the driving force behind...

Business Ghana - March 6, 2012

Madam Jasqueline Nnam, Knowledge Sharing Officer of Africa Adapt (AA), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) has called on stakeholders to come together to share ideas on climate change to...

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...

African Development Bank - March 1st, 2012

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Tunisian government and the National Sanitation Authority, on 1 March, signed a loan agreement and guarantee agreement for €32.5 million...

High Level Meeting on the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative and the African Water Facility

The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Ministers Council on Water, ...

Agence Tunis Afrique Presse - 29 février 2012

Un accord de prêt de 65 millions de dinars, destiné à financer le projet d´amélioration de la qualité des eaux épurées, a été signé mercredi29 février 2012 à Tunis, par la Banque ...