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Madagascar
Rajoelina meets UAE property tycoon over luxury island resort

Mohamed Alabbar, the head of Dubai's leading property developer Emaar Properties, has his eyes on the pristine Mitsio archipelago, north of the island of Nosy Be, where he wants to build a luxury holiday resort.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.12.2024

Morocco
Shipowners tired of waiting for merchant navy assessment

Moroccan shipowners have been waiting since July for US firm BCG to deliver a report ordered by the Ministry of Transport. One of their key concerns is how ship orders will be financed.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 13.12.2024

Algeria
Riyadh set to provide funds to modernise Algerian railways

The chairman of the Saudi Export-Import Bank is in Algiers to grant financing.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance 06.12.2024

Sonangol HQ in Luanda, Angola, 17 February 2020. © Osvaldo Silva/AFP

Spotlight | Angola
Dubai's ETA hunts Sonangol millions sunk into Kwanza Sul cement plant

The Sumbe cement factory developer is claiming $100m in damages and unpaid bills from the Angolan state. Certain elements of the Sonangol-funded project are still shrouded in mystery a decade after its construction, not the least the final cost or its beneficiaries.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 13.11.2024

An electric bus in Nairobi on 19 October 2022. © Simon Maina/AFP

Kenya
Ruto seeks to fast-track Nairobi's Bus Rapid Transit project

The Kenyan president is nearly halfway through his term of office and is keen to bolster his track record on infrastructure. He has asked the government to press ahead on the capital's future bus network, with a new timetable for completion that could prove challenging.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 24.10.2024

Cameroon
AGL launches final financing round for construction of Kribi industrial zone

The consortium led by Africa Global Logistics will meet in Paris next month to define the terms of the shareholders' agreement.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 02.12.2024

Morocco
5G tender call postponed again

Three leading telecommunications providers are vying to deploy 5G in Morocco, which is co-hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 29.11.2024

Madagascar
Telecoms: Axian lined up for $127m in World Bank loans

The directors of the World Bank's International Finance Corporation will vote on 19 December on two loans for two Axian Telecom subsidiaries.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 27.11.2024

Central African Republic
Ghanaian company to make prepayment meters for Enerca

Alpha TND's contract is worth $1.5m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 22.11.2024

Cameroon
Dredger tasked with desilting Douala port still grounded, despite costly repairs

The boat 'Chantal Biya' has been immobilised for months, racking up vast repair bills. It is still broken, however, and unable to clear sand from the port of Douala, preventing large container ships from docking there.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.11.2024

Tanzania
Gemen and CHICO land World Bank bridge contracts

The World Bank is still making substantial payments to construction firms as part of the $550m Tanzania Transport Integration Project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.11.2024

Morocco
Questions abound over Veolia's desalination mega-project

The memorandum of association signed between Morocco's interior ministry and the French multinational is lacking in detail and has raised several technical and financial doubts.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 08.11.2024

Gabon
Egyptian-South African team in pole position for Belinga-Mayumba rail contract

A consortium led by South Africa's Thelo Group and including Egypt's EGAAD is poised to win a contract with the Gabonese government to build a 972km railway linking the Bélinga mining site to Mayumba's future deepwater port.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 06.11.2024

Madagascar
Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

China's Zhongmei Engineering Group has won a World Bank-funded $15m contract to renovate part of the national road between Antananarivo and Toliara.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 06.11.2024

Ivory Coast
Abidjan racks up unpaid bills with Bouygues and other businesses

For almost 10 months, Abidjan has been unable to pay its bills to natural gas producer Foxtrot International

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 05.11.2024

Rwanda
Qatari firm UCC to captain two co-winners of Rwanda airport project

Qatar Airways has clarified the roles of the various players involved in the construction of Bugesera International Airport. Urbacon Trading and Contracting will take the helm throughout the project, giving orders to Portugal's Mota Engil and Greece's Consolidated Contractors.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 04.11.2024

Congo
Cash-strapped Congo switches sanitation firms

The Lebanese operator's Congolese subsidiary, Averda, which provided waste collection services in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, will cease trading at the end of December. The government has already signed a contract with Turkish company Albaykar.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 29.10.2024

Ivory Coast
China's Huawei and US's Cybastion compete for data centres

The US firm Cybastion gained the upper hand on China's Huawei when it was selected by Abidjan to manage Ivory Coast's national storage infrastructure.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 29.10.2024

Gabon
Gabon's ailing power utility desperate to unplug crippling Karpowership contract

Gabon's debt-laden electricity and water supplier wants to rescind an onerous deal it signed less than six months ago with a Turkish electricity producer at the initiative of Energy Minister Jeannot Kalima. The country's junta leader is keeping a close eye on developments.

Free access Infrastructure, Politics 28.10.2024

South Africa
French development agency mulls €300m loan for South Africa's Transnet

The Agence Française de Développement is considering providing financial support to the South African logistics giant Transnet. But first it wants to find an auditor for the company, which has long been plagued by poor governance.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 24.10.2024

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Infrastructure

Madagascar
Rajoelina meets UAE property tycoon over luxury island resort

Morocco
Shipowners tired of waiting for merchant navy assessment

Algeria
Riyadh set to provide funds to modernise Algerian railways

Spotlight | Angola
Dubai's ETA hunts Sonangol millions sunk into Kwanza Sul cement plant

Kenya
Ruto seeks to fast-track Nairobi's Bus Rapid Transit project

Cameroon
AGL launches final financing round for construction of Kribi industrial zone

Morocco
5G tender call postponed again

Madagascar
Telecoms: Axian lined up for $127m in World Bank loans

Central African Republic
Ghanaian company to make prepayment meters for Enerca

Cameroon
Dredger tasked with desilting Douala port still grounded, despite costly repairs

Tanzania
Gemen and CHICO land World Bank bridge contracts

Morocco
Questions abound over Veolia's desalination mega-project

Gabon
Egyptian-South African team in pole position for Belinga-Mayumba rail contract

Madagascar
Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

Ivory Coast
Abidjan racks up unpaid bills with Bouygues and other businesses

Rwanda
Qatari firm UCC to captain two co-winners of Rwanda airport project

Congo
Cash-strapped Congo switches sanitation firms

Ivory Coast
China's Huawei and US's Cybastion compete for data centres

Gabon
Gabon's ailing power utility desperate to unplug crippling Karpowership contract

South Africa
French development agency mulls €300m loan for South Africa's Transnet

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Infrastructure

Madagascar Rajoelina meets UAE property tycoon over luxury island resort

Morocco Shipowners tired of waiting for merchant navy assessment

Algeria Riyadh set to provide funds to modernise Algerian railways

Spotlight | Angola Dubai's ETA hunts Sonangol millions sunk into Kwanza Sul cement plant

Kenya Ruto seeks to fast-track Nairobi's Bus Rapid Transit project

Cameroon AGL launches final financing round for construction of Kribi industrial zone

Morocco 5G tender call postponed again

Madagascar Telecoms: Axian lined up for $127m in World Bank loans

Central African Republic Ghanaian company to make prepayment meters for Enerca

Cameroon Dredger tasked with desilting Douala port still grounded, despite costly repairs

Tanzania Gemen and CHICO land World Bank bridge contracts

Morocco Questions abound over Veolia's desalination mega-project

Gabon Egyptian-South African team in pole position for Belinga-Mayumba rail contract

Madagascar Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

Ivory Coast Abidjan racks up unpaid bills with Bouygues and other businesses

Rwanda Qatari firm UCC to captain two co-winners of Rwanda airport project

Congo Cash-strapped Congo switches sanitation firms

Ivory Coast China's Huawei and US's Cybastion compete for data centres

Gabon Gabon's ailing power utility desperate to unplug crippling Karpowership contract

South Africa French development agency mulls €300m loan for South Africa's Transnet

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Madagascar
Rajoelina meets UAE property tycoon over luxury island resort

Morocco
Shipowners tired of waiting for merchant navy assessment

Algeria
Riyadh set to provide funds to modernise Algerian railways

Spotlight | Angola
Dubai's ETA hunts Sonangol millions sunk into Kwanza Sul cement plant

Kenya
Ruto seeks to fast-track Nairobi's Bus Rapid Transit project

Cameroon
AGL launches final financing round for construction of Kribi industrial zone

Morocco
5G tender call postponed again

Madagascar
Telecoms: Axian lined up for $127m in World Bank loans

Central African Republic
Ghanaian company to make prepayment meters for Enerca

Cameroon
Dredger tasked with desilting Douala port still grounded, despite costly repairs

Tanzania
Gemen and CHICO land World Bank bridge contracts

Morocco
Questions abound over Veolia's desalination mega-project

Gabon
Egyptian-South African team in pole position for Belinga-Mayumba rail contract

Madagascar
Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

Ivory Coast
Abidjan racks up unpaid bills with Bouygues and other businesses

Rwanda
Qatari firm UCC to captain two co-winners of Rwanda airport project

Congo
Cash-strapped Congo switches sanitation firms

Ivory Coast
China's Huawei and US's Cybastion compete for data centres

Gabon
Gabon's ailing power utility desperate to unplug crippling Karpowership contract

South Africa
French development agency mulls €300m loan for South Africa's Transnet