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1. Lesotho Water Project Expansion Costs May Increase by 15%

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   24 October 2012 Bloomberg - The cost to extend a project that brings water to South Africa ’s industrial hub from Lesotho has risen about 15 percent to 9 billion rand ($1.02 billion) from a December 2010 estimate, a South African official said. The cost increase from about 7.8 billion rand comes after the South African and Lesotho governments approved the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project last year. The extension includes construction of the 163.5-meter-high (536- foot) Polihali dam and a 38.2-kilometer (24-mile) tunnel linking it to Katse Dam. Read the complete article...…

2. South Africa & Lesotho showcase water project at World Water Forum

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   12 March 2012 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 gathering of water experts in Marseilles this week. The World Water Forum (WWF), held every three years, is set to get under way in France's second-largest city on Monday. The event -expected to attract 25,000 delegates to its sixth gathering since 1997 - will also likely serve as an opportunity to attract funding for South Africa's big water infrastructure building plans.…

3. How do cellphones benefit vulnerable people? Lessons from farming cooperatives in Lesotho

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   Back to results How do cellphones benefit vulnerable people? Lessons from farming cooperatives in Lesotho Author Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) Description In April 2006, the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme published a brief called “Upwardly Mobile: Delivering Social Protection by Cellphone”. As part of its remit to build evidence on innovative approaches to develop…

4. Wind farm to improve Lesotho's energy infrastructure

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   14 December 2010 A new wind farm is being developed in Lesotho that could add up to 30 megawatts of power to the country's national grid. The project will cost $87 million (£55 million)…

5. The Role Of Public-Private Partnerships In Africa


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   in the Basotho capital of Maseru, the first of its kind in landlocked Lesotho. A Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) project, it is managed by the Tsepong consortium and led by the Netcare Group. The BOT agreement,…

6. AU and AfDB signed agreement for improved access to rural water supply and sanitation in 10 African countries

   Home › News & Events › Infrastructure News › AU and AfDB signed agreement for improved access to rural water supply and sanitation in 10 African countries

   Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Lesotho and Mauritania. With the exception of Lesotho and Mauritania these countries are regarded as fragile…

7. South Africa seeks funding for water project

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   15 March 2012 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 and offering us technology. They're saying they'd like to partner with us," Deputy Water Affairs Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi said. Mabudafhasi said the country needed foreign capital to invest in the project, which would supply water from Lesotho to Gauteng, South Africa's industrial heartland. Read more... Categories: Water…

8. Economic Brief - The Africa Infrastructure Development Index 01

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   Nigeria Equatorial Guinea Cameroon Malawi Burkina Faso Lesotho Angola Burundi Benin Sudan Congo, Rep. Mauritania Guinea Liberia Togo Guinea-Bissau Central African Republic Mozambique Mali Tanzania…

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   and Vulnerability Programme undertook a pilot project to see how vulnerable people benefit from cellphones. Ten cellphones were provided to women’s farming cooperatives in Lesotho in August 2006 – to people…

10. Energy infrastructure to improve in Tanzania

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    It comes after it was reported in Bloomberg that Lesotho is carrying out an $87 million programme that will see 30 megawatts of power to the country's national grid.   Categories: Energy…