Infrastructure

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

Dangote pledges 650,000 bpd refinery for East Africa

Aliko Dangote pledged at the AFC summit in Nairobi to build a 650,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery in Tanga, Tanzania, identical…

AFC summit: Africa has $4 trillion, not enough pipes

The Africa Finance Corporation's inaugural Africa We Build Summit in Nairobi on April 23 and 24 unveiled a $45.8 billion…

Nigeria signs $1.3bn alumina refinery deal

Nigeria's Solid Minerals Development Fund and the Africa Finance Corporation signed a $1.3 billion MOU in March covering an alumina…

Nigeria gets $900m MDB backing for fibre rollout

Nigeria's Project BRIDGE has secured $900 million in MDB commitments from the AfDB, World Bank and EBRD as part of…

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…