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A dairy farmer in KwaZulu-Natal has invested in two Kubota tractors to improve on operational productivity. He is of the mind that returns on such an investment โ of which he has already reaped many โ should be viewed across the lifespan of the equipment. Making a living from the agricultural sector in...
A Notice for expression of interest has been issued for the Multinational: Benin, Cote DโIvoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) project for the study on the Abidjan to Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project for the recruitment of a consultant for t...
With a rich founding history of gold and diamond mining, South Africa remains a leader in deep underground mining as well as safety in this arena, making the transfer of equipment and goods underground a task with little margin for error. Enter the Kubota RTV-X900. While the tasks involved in a successf...
Wirtgen South Africa, local subsidiary of the Wirtgen Group, global leader in mobile machine solutions for road construction and rehabilitation as well as mining and mineral processing, will soon be launching the much anticipated Kleemann Mobiscreen MS 703 EVO to the South African market. Developed and...
Transport and information and communication technology (ICT) projects financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in 2016 would have a positive impact on the living conditions of close to 20 million Africans over the next few years. The AfDB made this forecast in the Annual Report of the Infrastruct...
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has applied for financing in the amount of US$355million equivalent from the World Bank towards the cost of the Ethiopia Expressway Development Support Project (Project ID # P148850) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds to payments for goods, works, re...
Malawi and Tanzania have agreed to work together for the development of the Songwe River Basin Program (SRBDP). This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between both parties at a ceremony held in Lilongwe, on May 18, 2017. Prepared with the support of the African Water Facility and the...
A job site in South Africa has demonstrated that the VรGELE MT 3000-2 Offset PowerFeeder improves pavement quality. Proof comes from the University of Twente, Netherlands, which monitored the project from a scientific perspective – and their equipment included RoadScan, the innovative temperature-...
The Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) has released a General Procurement Notice for the study for the Abidjan to Lags Corridor Highway Development Project that passes through the countries of Benin, Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo. ECOWASย has received several Grants from the Africa...
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $ 200 million International Development Association (IDA) credit under the IDA17 Scale-up Facility for Zambia to improve selected rural roads in six of Zambiaโs ten provinces. Government will finance the remaining four provinces. Accor...
The Governments of Liberia is soliciting funding from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) and four other funding agencies, namely Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and Abu...
Byย Samuel Obeng Asiamah, Course Co-ordinator Delft Road Safety Courses areย a joint initiative of the Delft University of Technology, the Foundation of Postgraduate Education at Delft University, SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research and Road Safety for All. These Dutch based organizations started the...
In many African countries, food security and nutrition continue to be a challenge. To address this in Ghana, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have joined forces to co-finance the โNorthern Rural Growth programmeโ (NRGP). The project was l...
The Republic of Cameroon’s Ministry of Public Worksย has announced a Notice of Interest for Consulting Services on their Transport Sector Support Program phase 2 – Rehabilitation of the Yaoundรฉ-Bafoussam-Babadjou road (241 km) Opinion N ยฐ 60 / AMI / MINTP / SG / DGET / CSEPR ADB-BM / APM / CA...
An invitation for Bids follows the General Procurement Notice (GPN) for this project which appeared in UNDB online, datedย 4th April and 14th April online and on the African Development Bank Groupโsย Website. 18.04.2017 Loan No: 2100150029045 IFB No: 05/BIDDC/FSSP/017 The Republic of Angola has received f...
The Lapssetย Corridor Development Authority in Kenya has received a grant from the African Development Bank/NEPAD โ Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) Special Fund to finance Transaction Advisory services and related technical assistance on the LAPSSET Corridor Project โ Lamu Port D...
The Government of Kenya has received a loan from the African Development Bank to finance the Multinational Uganda – Kenya: Kapchorwa to Suam to Kitale & Eldoret Town Bypass Roads Project. The Project is a multinational operation that provides an important link between Uganda and Kenya by conne...
The Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA) has signed an agreement with the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) to carry out feasibility studies and designs for the construction and development of the Nairobi Western Bypass. The Nairobi Western Bypass will be a 4-lane high-capacity expressway wi...
The Malawi Roads Authority is inviting sealed bids from contractors following the release of funds on 27th March 2017 for road rehabilitation works under the Road and Bridge Maintenance Programme for the procurement of various Civil Works contracts in the financial period 2017 / 2018 of the National Roa...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved USD 253.0 million of loans to the Governments of Kenya (USD 147.3 million) and Uganda (USD 105.7 million) for the upgrading of ย 118 km road section connecting the two countries as well as the construction of the 32 km Eldoret town bypass, in Kenya. Once...
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and Tanzanian President John Magufuli unveiled the foundation stone for the Ubongo Interchange, which will ease transportation bottlenecks and help businesses. The interchange is supported by a $225 million concessional credit from the International Development As...
During an official visit to Kenya, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has pledged new support for projects in the power and transport sectors. Also, at a press conference In Nairobi with Cabinet Secretary for the Treasury Henry K. Rotich, the signature of a connectivity project was announced. The EIBโs...
The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has applied for financing from the African Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of the Ethiopia Integrated Road Transport Program Phase-I. Contract Name: Jimma – Chida Road Upgrading Project Identification of contract: ICB No. W/26/I...
Construction work on the Lagos to Ibadan Rail Link was signed on 6th March 2017 for the 156km railway line from the coastal city of Lagos to the inland city of Ibadan โ a distance of 156km. The target date for completion of the rail link is December 2018. Financing for a US$1.5bn loan to cover the proje...
The construction of a the highway between Bagamoyo, Tanzania and Mombasa, Kenya along East Africanโs Coastline is now ready to go ahead following the finalising of plans. This transnational highway will comprise the rehabilitation and upgrading to bitumen standard, and planned to pass by the Kenya urban...
Construction of the Abidjan-Dakar Highway Corridor will go ahead after a 1st March 2017 meeting where experts drawn from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed to the construction of a six-lane highway to connect seven coastal countries in West Africa: Ivory Coast, Liberia, Guinea...
Work on the first phase of the US$ 2.7 Billion 900-kilometre dual carriageway Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway Project is expected to commence this month with the first phase from Beitbridge to Harare valued at US$ 984 Million. The Beitbridge-Chirundu Highway Project was awarded to China Harbour Engin...
Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has agreed with the Kenya Ministry of Transport to finance reconstruction of a 580km road between Lamu and Isiolo, which is part of the Lamu Port โ South Sudan โ Ethiopia Transport Project (LAPSSET), with a cost KShs 60 billion. Detailed designs for the road is...
The community of Rugusa, Rwanda, is celebrating the opening of a brand newย 60 metreย footbridgeย completed by COWI engineers,ย a local construction team andย the NGOย Bridges to Prosperityโ. The 850-person community of Rugusa, Rwanda, has lost 20 people to date due to the lack of a safe river crossing, with...
Uganda orders 401 units of roads construction equipment from Komatsu worth US$157 million Komatsu Ltd has recently received an order for 401 units of construction equipment, such as motor graders and wheel loaders for road construction and improvements in 112 regions of Uganda. This is part of the expor...
Africaโs first electrified standard gauge railway entered service yesterday between the suburbs of Addis Ababa and its coastal neighbour, Djibouti. The line will cut the time taken to travel the 750km between Ethiopia and the sea from 3 days to just 12 hours. According to Aboubaker Omar Hadi, Chairman o...
The Tanzania Government has awarded a US$ 1.2 million contract to a joint venture of Mota-Engil from Portugal and Yapi Merkezi Insaat VE Sanayi from Turkey for the construction of a 300km section of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) network planned for the east African countries of Tanzania, Kenya, and U...
It is a well-known fact that Bomag machines guarantee a high standard of quality and efficiency at every construction site. However, they can accomplish even more. In South Africa, they have proven that they can function as inspiration for discovering new fields of activity. The Kwa Mhlanga Group used t...
Construction work began at the Port of Tema in Ghana in January 2017 on a new US$1.5 billion container terminal near the capital of Accra. The terminal will directly create 5,000 jobs, and be operated by Meridian Port Services (MPS), which is mainly owned by two giants of the African port sector, Bollor...
Prof Makame Mbarawa – the Tanzania Minister for Works, Transport and Communications recently stated that the construction of the new 60,000 square metre terminalย at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA)ย was well on course with currently about 65% of the works complete. The construction work...
Kenya issues Consultancy Tender forย Sirari Corridor Accessibility and Road Safety Improvement Project Request for Expression of Interest (EOI) (Consultancy Services) –ย Tender No. KeNHA/1363/2016. The Government of the Republic of Kenya (GoK) has received financing from the African Development Bank...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) have approved a US$40.8 Million loan on Friday 16th December 2016 to the Republics of Benin and Togo to finance the upgrading of a 30-kilometre road section linking the capitals of both countries into a four-lane highway, as well as an import...
Multi-national Uganda to Kenya, Kapchorwa โ Suam โ Kitale & Eldoret Town bypass roads project lot 2 – upgrading of Kitale Endebess Suam tender no. kenha/1474/2016 1. The Government of the Republic of Kenya has applied for financing from the African Development Bank towards the cost of the reha...
Kenya Transport Sector Support Projectย – Rehabilitation of Airside Pavements and Airfield Ground Lighting System at Moi International Airport, Mombasa, Kenya The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) through the Government of Kenya has received funds fromย Agence Franรงaise de Dรฉveloppement (the French Dev...
Gangra Haul Road Project UK Contractor – Dawnus International has been awarded its third contract in Liberia for the ยฃ10m Gangra Haul Road project for the worldโs largest steel manufacturer โ ArcelorMittal who is developing three iron ore deposits and a concentrator in the mountains of Nimba Count...
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