Infrastructure

African infrastructure news: ports, railways, roads, airports, power plants, telecoms networks, and major construction projects across the continent.

Dangote picks Mombasa for $17bn East Africa refinery

Aliko Dangote told the Financial Times he is leaning toward Mombasa over Tanzania's Tanga for a proposed $15-17 billion East…

Biggest Africa infrastructure projects 2026

Africa's biggest infrastructure projects in 2026 span a $20 billion oil refinery, a transcontinental railway, deepwater ports, hydroelectric dams and…

Airbus hails Ethiopian Airlines as Africa’s aviation blueprint

Airbus's Africa director publicly praised Ethiopian Airlines as the definitive continental aviation success story at the Africa Forward Summit week,…

Nigeria exports crude while Dangote refinery runs dry

Nigeria exported 55.39 million barrels of crude in January and February 2026 while the Dangote Refinery received only 26.9% of…

Airtel Africa profit triples to $813m as data beats voice

Airtel Africa reported FY2026 profit after tax of $813 million, up 147%, on revenue of…

Safaricom FY2026: record KSh80bn dividend, profit up 67%

Safaricom posted group net income of KSh99.7 billion for FY2026, up 67%, and declared a…

Museveni sworn in for seventh term after 40 years in power

Yoweri Museveni was sworn in for a seventh consecutive term on May 12, extending his…