Infrastructure

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

Nigeria’s gas is finally heading to Europe

After fifty years of studies, MoUs, and false starts, the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline has a technical team on the ground…

Kenya’s $4bn railway breaks free of China

Kenya has restarted construction of the SGR extension stalled since 2019, raising up to $4bn through revenue securitisation rather than…

Botswana’s $3.7bn reserve loss forces a rethink

Botswana's foreign exchange reserves have collapsed from $7.5bn in 2017 to $3.2bn today. Diamond revenues are down 50%. GDP contracted…

BHP’s $246bn warning to South Africa

The world's largest miner, about to be led by a South African, is delivering a pointed message to Pretoria: fix…

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…

From Alexandra township to running Africa’s biggest bank

Mary Vilakazi grew up in Alexandra township, sold sweets for pocket money, financed her education…

All four SA banks are chasing Kenya

All four of South Africa's biggest banks are targeting Kenya simultaneously. Nedbank is buying NCBA.…