Infrastructure

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

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Rwanda lands Elsewedy Electric and Schneider at CEO Forum

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Africaspoint Editorial

Rwanda signed investment agreements with Elsewedy Electric for a smart meters manufacturing plant, technical university, logistics hub and Kigali SEZ…

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Lamu, Mombasa, Tanger Med: Africa’s ports are winning

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Africaspoint Editorial

Kenya's Lamu port received 74 vessels in the first ten weeks of 2026, a third of all calls since it…

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$31bn in deals: what Africa got from the Nairobi summit

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Africaspoint Editorial

Forty companies committed $31.5 billion across 30 projects at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, led by TotalEnergies with $10…

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Africa is the world’s new shipping hub

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Africaspoint Editorial

The Hormuz closure and Red Sea insecurity have converted Africa's coastline into the world's primary shipping corridor, with Tanger Med,…

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South Africa’s June 30 shutdown arrives

Anti-immigration protesters marched across South Africa's major cities on June 30, the deadline set by…

Angola GDP growth 5.3 percent non-oil diversification Q1 2026Dangote Refinery IPO

US-Iran truce sends oil crashing

A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…

Africa startup funding May 2026 $259 million Bima NALA LemFi fintech reboundAI

MTN’s MoMo is going super app

MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…

Africa GDP 4.2 percent growth fastest economies 2025 2026Uganda Airlines Boeing 10 aircraft fleet expansion Museveni 2026

AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda

The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…

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Dangote eyes $17bn Mombasa refinery

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Biggest Africa infrastructure projects 2026

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Airbus hails Ethiopian Airlines as Africa’s aviation blueprint

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Nigeria exports crude while Dangote refinery runs dry

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