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Infrastructure

Ivory Coast
Abidjan metro's cohabitation with Sitarail still unresolved

Railway operator Sitarail, a subsidiary of Bolloré Transports & Logistics, is still waiting for the results of an impact assessment [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure 27.01.2020

Mali
AMEA Power wants to build a solar farm near Bamako

The Malian government supports the Emirati renewable energy firm in its wish to develop a 50 MW plant, but Energie du Mali's disastrous finances could throw shade on the plan.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 27.01.2020

Ivory Coast
Snarl-up at Akwaba roundabout

A few lines in the last issue of the West Africa Newsletter seem to have sufficed to unleash the tensions [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 22.01.2020

Ivory Coast
Tokyo set to return to shores of Ébrié lagoon

With the Chinese breaking into the Ivorian market, Tokyo is angling for several large-scale projects and is using its development agency JICA and JBIC bank as tools of persuasion.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.01.2020

Guinea
Roadworks ahead for Moustapaha Naïte

The Guinean president Alpha Condé recently entrusted several strategically important dossiers to the minister of public works, 43-year-old Mouastapha Naite. [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 22.01.2020

Ivory Coast, Turkey
Setback for Zangaba Mühendislik at San Pedro

The bid submitted by the Turkish company Zangaba Mühendislik to [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.01.2020

Spotlight | Mauritius
Relations sour between sugar firm Omnicane and its Rwandan partner

The Mauritian company is trying to break into the African renewable energy sector but could face an arbitration claim from its partner in a Rwandan dams project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.01.2020

DRC
How Panafrican Green Energy is trying to break into Congo

The Senegalese firm, which is developing a waste-to-energy project in Kinshasa through its local subsidiary, SECAD, signed an MOU with the Congolese government in July 2019 thanks to its friends in high places.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.01.2020

Cameroon
A bridge too hard? Yaoundé challenges Vinci subsidiaries' multi-million claim

Sogea Satom and Soletanche Bachy, which built Douala's second bridge over the river Wouri, mounted arbitration proceedings against Cameroon, claiming it downplayed the project's technical challenges.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.01.2020

Namibia
Windhoek to develop suburban trains

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to fund feasibility studies [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure 20.01.2020

Document | Tanzania
Rail projects heading for the buffers?

For all the hype, the future cross-border rail link projects are going to struggle to remain on track.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 17.01.2020

Cross-border rail projects between Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.

Guinea
CBG upgrades bauxite evacuation train

In order to expand its production and upgrade its railway line, the Compagnie des bauxites de Guinée has acquired new wagons to transport its ore production.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 14.01.2020

Spotlight | Djibouti
CR Energy Concepts obtains site for its power plant

At a December 31 cabinet meeting Djiboutian authorities allocated 12.43 ha to the American firm CR Energy Concepts to build its first waste-to-energy plant.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 13.01.2020

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Electric Power prepares tender process for three dams

Aiming to export more than 5,000 MW by 2028, Ethiopia, with the support of the African Development Bank, is moving forward with its hydroelectric dam construction policy.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 13.01.2020

Guinea
Necotrans liquidators seek default judgement in US court against Guinea over Conakry port saga

In mid-December, the court-appointed liquidators for French logistics group Necotrans, Frédérique Lévy and Xavier Brouard, called on the United States [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure 13.01.2020

Kenya
Quantum Power's yet to clinch financing of its geothermal plant

The British firm, which has spent six years developing a 35 MW power plant in Kenya, aims to position itself on other geothermal and wind energy projects in the country.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 13.01.2020

Cameroon
Port of Douala seeks its independence

Without waiting for the outcome of its legal action against Bolloré, the Port autonome de Douala has hunkered down and is running operations itself.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 08.01.2020

West Africa
Summa seeks other airports to (re)build

Like other Turkish operators, the construction firm Summa owned by [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 08.01.2020

Namibia
Windhoek tackles uranium railway upgrades

Two Chinese groups and Botswana's Unik Construction have won a contract to renovate the railway line running from Namibia's mines to the port of Walvis Bay.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 24.12.2019

Zambia
Zesco's woes put the brakes on Neoen's ambitions

The French renewable energy producer Neoen, which already has a 47.5 MW solar farm in Zambia, is planning new power plants with a total output of between 20 and 100 MW.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 23.12.2019

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Infrastructure

Ivory Coast
Abidjan metro's cohabitation with Sitarail still unresolved

Mali
AMEA Power wants to build a solar farm near Bamako

Ivory Coast
Snarl-up at Akwaba roundabout

Ivory Coast
Tokyo set to return to shores of Ébrié lagoon

Guinea
Roadworks ahead for Moustapaha Naïte

Ivory Coast, Turkey
Setback for Zangaba Mühendislik at San Pedro

Spotlight | Mauritius
Relations sour between sugar firm Omnicane and its Rwandan partner

DRC
How Panafrican Green Energy is trying to break into Congo

Cameroon
A bridge too hard? Yaoundé challenges Vinci subsidiaries' multi-million claim

Namibia
Windhoek to develop suburban trains

Document | Tanzania
Rail projects heading for the buffers?

Guinea
CBG upgrades bauxite evacuation train

Spotlight | Djibouti
CR Energy Concepts obtains site for its power plant

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Electric Power prepares tender process for three dams

Guinea
Necotrans liquidators seek default judgement in US court against Guinea over Conakry port saga

Kenya
Quantum Power's yet to clinch financing of its geothermal plant

Cameroon
Port of Douala seeks its independence

West Africa
Summa seeks other airports to (re)build

Namibia
Windhoek tackles uranium railway upgrades

Zambia
Zesco's woes put the brakes on Neoen's ambitions

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Infrastructure

Ivory Coast Abidjan metro's cohabitation with Sitarail still unresolved

Mali AMEA Power wants to build a solar farm near Bamako

Ivory Coast Snarl-up at Akwaba roundabout

Ivory Coast Tokyo set to return to shores of Ébrié lagoon

Guinea Roadworks ahead for Moustapaha Naïte

Ivory Coast, Turkey Setback for Zangaba Mühendislik at San Pedro

Spotlight | Mauritius Relations sour between sugar firm Omnicane and its Rwandan partner

DRC How Panafrican Green Energy is trying to break into Congo

Cameroon A bridge too hard? Yaoundé challenges Vinci subsidiaries' multi-million claim

Namibia Windhoek to develop suburban trains

Document | Tanzania Rail projects heading for the buffers?

Guinea CBG upgrades bauxite evacuation train

Spotlight | Djibouti CR Energy Concepts obtains site for its power plant

Ethiopia Ethiopian Electric Power prepares tender process for three dams

Guinea Necotrans liquidators seek default judgement in US court against Guinea over Conakry port saga

Kenya Quantum Power's yet to clinch financing of its geothermal plant

Cameroon Port of Douala seeks its independence

West Africa Summa seeks other airports to (re)build

Namibia Windhoek tackles uranium railway upgrades

Zambia Zesco's woes put the brakes on Neoen's ambitions

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Ivory Coast
Abidjan metro's cohabitation with Sitarail still unresolved

Mali
AMEA Power wants to build a solar farm near Bamako

Ivory Coast
Snarl-up at Akwaba roundabout

Ivory Coast
Tokyo set to return to shores of Ébrié lagoon

Guinea
Roadworks ahead for Moustapaha Naïte

Ivory Coast, Turkey
Setback for Zangaba Mühendislik at San Pedro

Spotlight | Mauritius
Relations sour between sugar firm Omnicane and its Rwandan partner

DRC
How Panafrican Green Energy is trying to break into Congo

Cameroon
A bridge too hard? Yaoundé challenges Vinci subsidiaries' multi-million claim

Namibia
Windhoek to develop suburban trains

Document | Tanzania
Rail projects heading for the buffers?

Guinea
CBG upgrades bauxite evacuation train

Spotlight | Djibouti
CR Energy Concepts obtains site for its power plant

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Electric Power prepares tender process for three dams

Guinea
Necotrans liquidators seek default judgement in US court against Guinea over Conakry port saga

Kenya
Quantum Power's yet to clinch financing of its geothermal plant

Cameroon
Port of Douala seeks its independence

West Africa
Summa seeks other airports to (re)build

Namibia
Windhoek tackles uranium railway upgrades

Zambia
Zesco's woes put the brakes on Neoen's ambitions