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A majority of trips in Kenya are made by walking and cycling, with only 15% made by private cars, most of which take place in the capital, Nairobi. Yet until now, priorities on the streets did not serve the needs of the majority. For decades, plans throughout the city for new roads construction and upgr...
Rwandaโs government plans to develop a new district for low and middle-income residents in Kigali. The project is part of the state strategy for the development of sustainable and energy-efficient living spaces. โSweco will work closely together with residents and public authorities to support the imple...
Communities in far-flung rural areas in Northern KwaZulu Natal Road have not been overlooked by the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL). They have been provided with safer walkways for pedestrians and periodic road maintenance has been carried out on crucial routes that serve passen...
With an existing fleet of more than 130 machines, the Liviero Group purchased two R 976 crawler excavators, as well as other machines, for overburden, coal mining and loading dumper trucks in the Keaton Energy coal mine in Middleburg, South Africa. After more than 2,000 operating hours, during which the...
The African Development Bank and the Economic Community Of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) have signed an agreement for a study into a 1,000 kilometre highway linking Cote dโIvoireโs commercial capital Abidjan, to Lagos in Nigeria, marking a new step in building regional integration and trade. T...
African Development Bank contributes โฌ182.9 million to landmark project The daily one-hour commute between the densely populated Senegalese capital and the new suburb of Diamniadio, will soon be cut in half when the new Regional Express Train (TER) comes into service. At an official ceremony for the han...
On 18 December 2018, the Honourable Minister of Works and Transport publicly announced the outcome of the Pre-Qualification Evaluation Process of the Kampala Jinja Expressway PPP Project. A public opening of requests for pre-qualification applications was carried out on 3 September 2018, where eight Con...
During the COP24 global climate conference in Katowice, the Board of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved investment worth hundreds of millions of Euros for projects to fight climate change and help countries to deal with its consequences. Among these projects are wind and solar power schemes...
Mr. Christian Adovelande, President of the West African Development Bank (BOAD), and Dr. Boubou Cissรฉ, Minister of Economy and Finance of Mali signed a loan agreement totaling XOF25 billion (West African CFA franc) for the construction of an interchange, a viaduct and the development of 10 km of urban r...
At the AfricaโEurope HighโLevel Forum in Vienna today the European Investment Bank formally agreed a total of โฌ495 million of new financing for three projects to support sustainable transport, clean energy and internet access projects in North, West and East Africa. The three projects, signed at the sum...
West African Guinea is known for possessing the largest reserves of high-quality bauxite in the world. This potential has prompted the country to continually expand its bauxite mining sector in recent years, making substantial investments. Wirtgen surface miners are playing a decisive role in this devel...
New Holland has launched a new course to train technicians for agricultural equipment and engines in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The course is part of the TechPro2 vocational programme launched by CNH Industrial with the aim to involve local communities in advanced training specifically tailored for young pe...
The African Development Bank has approved a โฌ17.96 million loan to the Republic of Cameroon to finance the construction of a Ring-Road Project in the North-West Province of the country. The Ring Road project, which falls under phase three of the countryโs Transport Sector Support Programme, aims to impr...
Commuters on the go now have access to the new SANRAL App that enables them to check and top-up the balances on their electronic toll accounts in real time. This app helps to make travelling on the SANRAL road network easier and more comfortable and adds value to our account holders, says Vusi Mona, the...
One of South Africaโs best-kept conservation secrets lies 170 kilometres south of Durban and is considered to be the smallest desert in the world.ย The Red Desert gets its name from the scarlet colour of the sand and is situated on a hillside overlooking the Mtamvuna River which divides KwaZulu-Natal and...
With a groundbreaking Stirling engine from the Swedish environmental technology company Ripasso Energy, the largest “waste-to-energy” project of its kind ever implemented in Africa may be realised. Carbon dioxide emissions are reduced dramatically when residual gases are converted into elect...
Five years after the first pile was driven into the ground for major upgrading, the iconic Mount Edgecombe Interchange was officially opened today by Minister of Transport Blade Nzimande. He described the interchange as โa veritable civil engineering work of artโ and said it was a fine example of infras...
Traffic flow in the Hartbeespoort Dam is set to improve as construction work on the R512-PWV3 is making good progress. The estimated completion date is December 2019. Once the project is done, motorists will enjoy a free flow of traffic and there will be a better link to the North West Province from the...
The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) and Wirtgen Group South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will give small enterprises better access to the road construction machinery they need to execute major SANRAL-owned projects. The agreement will afford small to medium construc...
The German startup SINN Power is conducting a feasibility study on the potential of wave energy and other renewable technologies on behalf of a customer in Guinea. A stable power supply is by no means a matter of course for the inhabitants of the West African country of Guinea. The reasons for this are...
Ramsey based company SidewinderUK.com supported their Finance Director Dawn Phillips and her friend Tina Cross who has recently returned from climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for local cancer charity Maggieโs Cambridge. โItโs a privilege to be able to give something back to our local community...
Sub-Saharan Africa will have the fastest growing construction industry among all major regions in the world over the next five, years growing on average by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) by 6.6% a year, from 2018 to 2022, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The companyโs...
The construction of two village access roads that will ensure increased road safety and all-weather access at the R61 junction outside Port St Johns, have been completed, the South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) announced. The project included the upgrading of a 3,24 km access track to a...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank gave the green light for the launch of the second phase of the Mano River Union (UFM) programme, which would improve roads and facilitate transport between Liberia and Cote dโIvoire. This second phase consolidates road rehabilitation efforts so far...
Mine operators for some time now have been increasingly turning to an alternative to conventional rip-and-stack or drill-and-blast coal mining: the use of surface miners. Diverse studies and tests show that surface miners offer considerable advantages in terms of both economic efficiency and the final p...
The 895-km highway corridor linking Kenya and Ethiopia has not only eased cross-border traffic between the two countries, but is a major push for economic integration within Africa, resulting in jobs and improved livelihoods across the Horn of Africa region. In 2006, the project was still on the drawing...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a โฌ110 million (ZMK 1.27 billion) concessional loan with the Zambian Ministry of Finance in support of the Great North Road (T2), to be followed shortly by the signature of an EU grant of โฌ72.45m that will complement EIB financing. Support for a regional pro...
Leading construction and engineering company BAM Nuttall has brought seven local operatives, from its Freetown Water Rehabilitation project in Sierra Leone, to the CITBโs National Construction College (NCC) to complete excavator and lifting operations training. With the project being undertaken on behal...
Africa Road Infrastructure & Investment Congress Date: 19 – 21 November 2018 Country: Kenya Location: Nairobi, Kenya Website: www.bitumenexchange.com/arc-nairobi2018 Details:ย The Sub-Saharan Africa Road Infrastructure and Investment Congress is an initiative brought via the Global Networking P...
During a public ceremony held in the presence of H.E. Danny Faure, President of the Republic of the Seychelles, agreements were signed between the European Investment Bank, the European Union and the Seychelles Ports Authority to finance the rehabilitation and expansion of the commercial part of the Por...
Rehema Tukai grew up in Kondoa and works in Dodoma, Tanzaniaโs capital city. Until now, visiting her family in Kondoa involved a five-hour journey along a bumpy and dusty road. Thanks to a new road co-funded by the African Development Bank, it takes her a little over one hour to travel the same distance...
Many necessities of modern life rely on mined materials โ but where are these minerals coming from and what exactly makes them so impressive? 1. AS GOOD AS GOLD โ KALGOORLIE SUPER PIT, Australia Located in Western Australia the Kalgoorlie Super Pit is one of the largest open pit gold mines in the countr...
The Sacyr Foundation has signed an agreement to with two NGOs in Kenya for a project to install about 5.5 km of pipes, plus the manholes and necessary connections, to supply drinking water to the villages of Kaseve and Kitune (Muranga district) with a population of 3,500 people; to the public schools of...
With the signed agreement between SINN Power and Fazenda de Camarรฃo, SINN Power is all set to begin the companyโs first commercial wave energy project on Cape Verde. For hundreds of years, huge waves have crashed onto the long, rocky shores of Sรฃo Vicente. Still, up to now, electricity for the African i...
The President of the Republic of Angola, Joao Manuel Gonรงalves Lourenรงo, has inaugurated the Liceo Mutu-Ya-Kevela School in Luanda following the comprehensive rehabilitation undertaken by Sacyr Somague, a subsidiary of Sacyr Ingenierรญa e Infraestructuras for US$22 million. Sacyr Somague has carried out...
The Government of Rwanda in partnership with African Development Bank (AfDB) through the African Development Fund (AfDF), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the European Union (EU) funding the Kagitumba-Kayonza-Rusumo road (208km) project. The ground breaking ceremony for the multi-na...
Rapid International Ltd based in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, has recently supplied KwaMhlanga Group in Gauteng province, South Africa, with a new Rapidmix 400CW mobile continuous concrete mixing plant for production of road subbase in South Africa. KwaMhlanga Group is a large, diverse, civil engine...
Runways, taxiways and aprons are at the heart of any airport operation, and that includes the airfields operated by the Kenya Air Force (KAF). Absolute cleanliness across all surfaces is a top priority โ a jet engine (or jet turbine) has the capacity to draw in just about any loose material that may be...
The Arch for Arch stands as a tribute to the human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, affectionately known as โArchโ by fellow South Africans, as well as a monument to peace and democracy. Designed by Snรธhetta and Johannesburg-based Local Studio, in collaboration wit...
Koidu-based Meya Mining is employing and training local operators, helping to improve international perceptions of Sierra Leoneโs diamond trade. To say that Sierra Leone is rich in resources would be an understatement. Rutile, bauxite, gold and iron ore all number among the countryโs abundant minerals....
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