Infrastructure
African infrastructure news: ports, railways, roads, airports, power plants, telecoms networks, and major construction projects across the continent.
Africa’s first big battery is rewriting energy
South Africa's HEX Battery Energy Storage System in Worcester is delivering 100 MWh of stored power to Africa's first utility-scale…
Burundi Just Got Its Biggest Internet Rollout in a Decade. 400,000 People Are About to Get Connected.
Lumitel Burundi has signed a $10 million contract to bring high-speed internet to 86 hills across 14 provinces, connecting 400,000…
Vodafone and Amazon Leo Sign Deal to Bring Satellite Backhaul to Remote 4G and 5G Sites Across Africa
Vodafone and Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network have signed a deal to connect remote 4G and 5G mobile base…
Kenya Airports Authority Shuts Down Adani Comeback Talk as JKIA Tender Goes Public
Kenya Airports Authority has flatly denied reports that the Adani Group has been quietly re-engaged on the JKIA modernisation project,…
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Ghana takes slavery reparations to the UN
President Mahama tables a landmark UN resolution on March 25 formally declaring the transatlantic slave…
China VP arrives as Kenya-China ties deepen
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng arrived in Kenya on March 22 for talks with Deputy…
Egypt opens Africa’s longest monorail line
President Sisi inaugurated the 56.5km East Nile Monorail on March 20, connecting Cairo Stadium in…
Ghana’s lithium problem isn’t geology. It’s people.
Ghana's Ewoyaa lithium project is set to produce 3.6 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate over…