Infrastructure

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

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AfricaBusiness

Spiro banks $215m to electrify Africa

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Africaspoint Editorial

Spiro raised $215 million in equity financing on June 1, the largest equity raise in African electric mobility history, backed…

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AfricaHealth

Sudan seals $51m AfDB water deal

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Africaspoint Editorial

Sudan signed a $51 million agreement with the African Development Bank and UNICEF on June 4 to convert three stalled…

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AfricaBusiness

Ethiopia lures Kenya’s EV makers north

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Africaspoint Editorial

Ethiopia's target for EVs to represent 80% of new vehicle registrations by 2030 is drawing Kenya's top electric mobility companies…

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AfricaBusiness

Ethiopian Airlines confirmed a global competitor

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Africaspoint Editorial

US Ambassador to Ethiopia Ervin Massinga declared on May 26 that Ethiopian Airlines is no longer simply a regional carrier…

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…

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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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South Africa braces for June 30

South Africa's police service has activated joint operations in all nine provinces at a projected…

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ZimbabweZimbabwe NRZ Afreximbank $150 million railway rehabilitation Mutapa 2026

Zimbabwe’s NRZ wins $150m Afreximbank rescue

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Africa data centre construction market Nigeria $4.58 billion 2031Africa startup funding $1 billion H1 2026 venture capital

Africa’s data centre market targets $4.58bn

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Botswana Namibia refinery $4 billion Orange Basin oil Southern Africa 2026Nigeria Angola OPEC crude oil market share

Botswana and Namibia’s $4bn refinery pact

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Africa critical minerals map 2026

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