Infrastructure
African infrastructure news: ports, railways, roads, airports, power plants, telecoms networks, and major construction projects across the continent.
Safaricom doubles home fibre speeds as rivals enter
Safaricom doubled its entry-level Home Fibre speed from 15 Mbps to 40 Mbps at no extra cost and raised speeds…
Zungu and ex-Glencore trader take Ambatovy
Sumitomo is paying $418 million to exit Madagascar's Ambatovy nickel mine after $2.6 billion in cumulative losses over twenty years,…
Dangote bets $1bn on Zimbabwe’s industrial recovery
Dangote Group announced a minimum $1 billion investment in Zimbabwe covering a gas pipeline, power generation plant and cement facility,…
Somalia prepares first offshore oil drill in historic first
Somalia is preparing to launch its first offshore oil drilling operations, tapping into Indian Ocean reserves estimated to hold billions…
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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…
US-Iran truce sends oil crashing
A US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz have sent Brent…
MTN’s MoMo is going super app
MTN Group Fintech has partnered with Ant International, the global payments firm behind Alipay, to…
AfDB backs Arua airport in Uganda
The African Development Bank has approved $180 million to upgrade Uganda's Arua Airport into an…