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More than $18 million for windpower project in Cape Verde
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25 May 2010 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 charge of seeing this project through. The performance specifications include the construction of wind farms on the islands of Santiago, Sao Vicente, Sal, and Boavista, as reported by the PANA agency. Altogether, the wind farms will have a total capacity of 28 megawatts. Cape Verde is benefiting from development based on eco-tourism and its own energy resources.…
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A Zimbabwean telephone operator receives $60 million
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of subscribers to mobile telephones, following the example of the Cape Verde Islands, where the number of users increased from 349,473 in 2009 to 367,767 in 2010, as the national communications agency has just…
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Hilary Clinton to visit Africa
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29 July 2009 Infrastructure, agricultural issues and global hunger are to feature in Hilary Clinton's discussions with African leaders over the coming days. Starting on August 5th, the US secretary of state is due to tour seven countries across the continent. Kenya will be her first point of call followed by South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Liberia and Cape Verde. The visit is to highlight President Barack Obama's commitment to making the region a US foreign policy priority. It is the earliest in any US administration that both the president and secretary of state…
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Banda: South-to-south bank could aid infrastructure
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were signed with Niger, Sudan and Cape Verde including gas-to-diesel technology development and offshore natural reserve harvest. A deal for collaboration on oil refining and production between the host nation…
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Water and Sanitation in Africa: Status, Challenges and Opportunities
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Benin Cameroon Lesotho Burkina Faso Cote d'Ivoire Zimbabwe Algeria Malawi Morocco Ghana Gabon Cape Verde Djibouti Sao Tome and Principe Gambia South Africa Namibia Comoros Botswana…
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ECOWAS Bio-energy Forum Opens in Bamako, Mali (Press Release)
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23 March 2012 AFRIbiz - March 22, 2012 BAMAKO, Mali, March 20, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A three-day ECOWAS Bio-energy Forum is underway in the Malian capital, Bamako as part of efforts to support the development of regional and national bio-energy strategies to help Member States meet the energy needs of their people. The Forum, organized by the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), based in Praia, Cape Verde in collaboration with partners, also seeks to create a vibrant and sustainable modern bio-energy sector that promotes economic growth and rural…
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PSP urban water
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Faso, Ghana, CAR, and Cameroun Seven (7) for combined electricity & water supply operations: Gabon, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome y Principe, and Mali A wide range of PPP schemes implemented in the Region Concessions contracts (3) (combined Water/Energy utilities): Gabon, Cape Verde, and Mali Affermage contracts (7) (preferred option in the region): Côte d’Ivoire,…
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AFC To Tackle Africa´s Infrastructure & Investment Deficit
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Chinedu Nebo, Minister of Power, Nigeria; Hon. Patrick Achi, Minister of Economic Infrastructure, Côte d´Ivoire; Hon. Cristina Duarte, Minister of Finance, Cape Verde; Mr Jim Yong Cai, Executive Vice…
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EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund
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Environmental viability, and mitigation of potential impacts Provision for sustainable operation and maintenance Countries Mauritania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,…
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Economic Brief - The Africa Infrastructure Development Index 01
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countries of the AIDI in 2010 were Seychelles, South Africa, Egypt, Libya, Mauritius, Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Cape Verde, and Botswana. Of these, five countries are in North Africa and three are Small…