Actualités sur les infrastructures

Dark Fibre Africa, the open access dark fibre infrastructure provider, has revealed that its R75 million (£5.9 million) roll-out in the region of Benoni is continuing at a good pace, despite the recent moratorium on fibre...

Tech Week Europe - 17 April 2012

Yesterday, the BRICS Cable initiative announced a 34,000 km long submarine fibre optic cable system that will connect the developing economies of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China...

allAfrica.com - 11 April 2012

Windhoek — A new report on the usage of information technology indicates that Namibia is one of the worst performing countries, when it comes to the usage in new information and communication...

Bloomberg - 16 April 2012

Ghana signed a $1 billion lending agreement with China Development Bank Corp. as part of the biggest loan in the country’s history that Vice President John Dramani Mahama said would provide hundreds of...

Business Day - 17 April 2012

What is holding back trade in Africa?

Business Day talks to Valentine Rugwabiza of the World Trade Organisation about the need for barriers to trade between African countries to be...

Reuters - 17 April 2012

Kenya's TransCentury (TCL.NR) expects net profit for the first half of this year to surpass full year profit for 2011 after it tripled capacity at its electric cable and transformer plants, its chief...

Government of South Africa - 13 April 2012

Opening remarks by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, at the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC) Provincial and Local Government Conference, Ekurhulen

Cabinet...

 Reuters - 16 April 2012

* Some citizens head for interior, fear conflict after coup

* Military restrict air, sea traffic, cite national security

* Portugal sends force to rescue its nationals if necessary

* ECOWAS...

Reuters - 17 April 2012

DUBAI, April 17 (Reuters) - The International Finance Corp (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) jointly plan to invest up to $100 million on major infrastructure...

BBC - 16 April 2012

On first acquaintance, it's hard to see Ikal Angelei as a rebel.

Too young, too mild-mannered (perfect English diction), too much at ease in T-shirt and trousers.

It's a salutary lesson in never judging the...

Business Report - 16 April 2012

THE final environmental impact reports for a nuclear power station with a capacity of 4 000 megawatts would be completed and submitted to the Department of Environmental Affairs late this year...

Creamer Media's Engineering News - 16 April 2012

The levels of local content in the French-led bid to build proposed new nuclear energy capacity in South Africa will be superior to those outlined in an earlier Nuclear 1 bid...

Networking - 16 April 2012

African telecommunications infrastructure company IHS has invested $8 million (about R63 million) to upgrade to its Network Operations Centre (NOC) in Lagos, Nigeria.

The Nigeria Stock...

Mining Weekly - 16 April 2012

PERTH (miningweekly.com) - ASX-listed Cape Lambert has signed a binding heads of agreement for infrastructure access with its wholly-owned subsidiary Marampa Iron Ore and Aim-listed African...

Fin24 - 16 April 2012

Johannesburg - Motorists who do not register for e-tags will pay a three times higher punitive rate for using Gauteng's new toll roads, the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said on Monday....

Financial Mail - 16 April 2012

It should spell boom times for airlines but as things now stand few are benefiting, says Comair CEO Erik Venter.

“Comair would fly all over Africa if it were possible,” he says. “There is 20%-...

New York Times - 14 April 2012

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Nigeria, already the world’s sixth most populous nation with 167 million people, is a crucial test case, since its success or failure at bringing down birthrates will have outsize...

East African - 14 April 2012

In her column last week, Rasna Warah offered a critique of “traditional donors” in Africa, and heralded a new approach, led by China and embodied most recently by Turkey.

What is this “new...

East African - 14 April 2012

Africa has experienced a rapid economic growth spurt in the past decade however private investment still remains low in the continent. BERNA NAMATA sounded out the deputy director IMF Africa...

Agence France Presse - 15 avril 2012

LAGOS — Nigeria's militant group MEND threatened on Saturday to attack South Africa's investments, including telecoms firm MTN, in the Niger Delta, because of the terror trial of its leader...