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Accra News

Accra requests Chinese funds to upgrade rail network

The Investment and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) is to provide Ghana with a loan of $900 million for the rehabilitation of the country’s Eastern Rail lines; Accra to Nsawam (north of the capit...
Arusha News

Work to begin on Arusha-Voi-Mombasa highway in 2013

Construction of a four-lane dual carriageway connecting Arusha in Tanzania with Voi in southern Kenya is to begin in 2013. The East Africa Community (EAC) is overseeing the $560 million project to...
Dar Es Salaam News

Increased water supply to Dar es Salaam

Tanzania is undertaking a major project to lay new water pipes from the Lower Ruvu water plant to supply Dar es Salaam and coastal regions, as part of plans to expand the plant's processing capacity f...
Nairobi News

Major water shortage in Nairobi

Nairobi is expected to endure a significant decrease in water supply until the end of May after floods washed away one of the city's principal water sources in the Gakoe forest in Gatundu, 80 km north...
Maputo News

Mozambique to buy hydro scheme from Portugal

Portugal is selling its 15 per cent stake in the Cahora Bassa hydroelectric dam, with Mozambique buying 7.5 per cent for almost €32 million, and the other 7.5 per cent going to Portuguese power s...
Accra News

Global Technology Centre in Accra

A Global Technology Centre has been established in Accra by the Sister Cities Foundation, a cross-cultural organisation supported financially by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife Melinda. &nbs...
Maputo News

New gas pipeline for Maputo port

Construction of a two-km long gas pipeline to receive domestic gas from Maputo port is to be completed by April, according to Mozambican fuel importer Importadora Moçambicana de Combustí...
Maputo News

China to finance Maputo ring road

A ring road around Maputo is to be financed with a €300 million loan from the Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank), after an agreement was ratified by Mozambique's council of ministers on 28 F...
Maputo News

New bus terminal in Maputo

A new bus terminal was opened in Maputo, on 29 February.The terminal, which can hold 35 buses and is used by Mozambican inter-provincial transport operator Etrago, cost $800,000. It is located near He...
Dar Es Salaam News

Dar es Salaam to supply affordable gas

The state-owned Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) has launched a $2.8m project to supply residential houses and light industry in Dar es Salaam with affordable compressed natural gas (...
Maputo News

China to finance Maputo ring road

A ring road around Maputo is to be financed with a
Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia’s first expressway advances south

The expressway under construction between Addis Ababa and Adama is almost a third completed, according to the Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA). Adama, also known as Nazret, is situated southeast of Ad...
Arusha News

Arusha clashes with Tanzanian government over land

Offices for the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) are to be built on a 174-hectare site which had originally been allocated for substantial development by the Arusha Rural District Co...
Arusha News

New city plan called for Arusha

A committee has been formed to implement a new master plan for the city of Arusha, according to the chairman of the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA), Adolf Olomi. Add...
Dar Es Salaam News

Railway project to link Tanzania, Uganda and South Sudan

Construction of a $4.7 billion railway line linking Uganda and South Sudan to the port of Dar es Salaam is scheduled to begin in 2014. The Tanzanian government confirmed that the design, engineerin...
Addis Ababa News

Work starts on Bole Airport to Meskel Square road

Work on the reconstruction of the road that links Bole International Airport to Meskel Square in Addis Ababa was officially inaugurated by the city
Maputo News

Business booming at Maputo port

Coal exports from Maputo port have increased from 1.5 million tons to over four million tons since 2003, according to the port
Addis Ababa News

Major Road to be constructed in Addis Ababa

A major road is to be built from Addis Ababa's central Meskel Square to Bole Airport. The $60 million agreement for the 4.3km long and 40m-wide road has been signed between Addis Ababa City Roads Auth...
Maputo News

Major power project in Mozambique

A major construction project that will connect Maputo to a hydro-electric dam 3,000 km further north has been announced. The power lines will transport over 3,000 MW from the Cahora Bassa dam, in t...
Dar Es Salaam News

Plans to redesign Tanzanian capital

The Tanzanian capital city Dodoma is to have a radically-redrafted master plan introduced in January by an international South Korean-based engineering company Saman Corporation and Tanzanian firm Tah...
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