Infrastructure

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

Morocco launches $5.6bn Nador port to rival Europe’s biggest

Morocco will launch Nador West Med, its $5.6 billion Mediterranean deepwater port, in Q4 2026 with 5 million TEU container…

Adani’s Africa port empire and the $2.5bn Kenya collapse

Adani Group controls Tanzania's largest container terminal and is pursuing South African port concessions, building a quiet African infrastructure position…

Tanzania signs deal to become world’s 4th niobium producer

Tanzania signed a $300 million niobium mining agreement with US-backed Panda Hill Tanzania Limited on March 24, targeting 100,000 tonnes…

Ethiopia breaks ground on Africa’s biggest airport at $12.5bn

Ethiopia has begun development of a $12.5 billion international airport at Bishoftu, 45km from Addis Ababa, with PM Abiy Ahmed…

Abiy unveils Addis Ababa’s riverside makeover

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Entoto-Kebena River and Riverside Development Project in Addis Ababa…

EU’s steel tariff hits South Africa

The EU's new steel import framework took effect July 1, imposing annual quotas with a…