Infrastructure

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

BP enters Namibia with 60% Walvis Basin stake

BP has agreed to acquire a 60% operating interest in three Walvis Basin exploration blocks in Namibia from Eco Atlantic…

MTN buys back its towers in $6.2bn deal

MTN Group agreed to acquire the 75% of IHS Towers it did not already own in an all-cash deal valuing…

Novastar closes $147m Africa fund with Japan capital

Novastar Ventures has closed its Africa People and Planet Fund III at $147 million with major Japanese institutional backers including…

DRC raises US copper sales fivefold to 500,000 tonnes

The DRC has raised planned copper sales to the US fivefold to 500,000 tonnes through state miner Gécamines and Mercuria…

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…