91香蕉视频 Hilton to build 160 hotels in Africa US hotelier Hilton plans to open 160 new hotels in Africa in the coming years, almost tripling its presence on the continent. They include three in Angola, a new market…
91香蕉视频 Ethiopia restarts scheme to build tallest tower in sub-Saharan Africa Ethiopia has restarted a project to build the tallest building in sub-Saharan Africa: a $445m, 62-storey headquarters for its state-owned electricity utility, local website Birr Metrics reports.聽 Ethiopian Electric Power…
91香蕉视频 Big Chinese and Egyptian builders team up for African megaprojects Egypt鈥檚 Arab Contractors has teamed up with China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) to jointly bid for work in Egypt and the rest of Africa. Egyptian prime minister Mostafa Madbouly…
91香蕉视频 Work completed on East Africa鈥檚 longest bridge Work has finished on the $260m John Magufuli Bridge in Tanzania. The 3.2km structure connects the towns of Busisi and Kigongo across the Mwanza Gulf in the southern coast of…
91香蕉视频 Conference pledges $50bn to electrify Africa A conference held in Tanzania last week to progress the electrification of Africa has resulted in a pledge to spend more than $50bn on expanding the continent鈥檚 grids and generating…
91香蕉视频 Bam fined over 鈥榠rregular payments鈥 in Africa The Dutch Public Prosecutions Office has fined contractor Bam 鈧30,000 over 鈥減otentially irregular payments鈥 made during a development in Africa. The potential irregularity was discovered during an investigation into another…
91香蕉视频 Comoros archipelago gets $135m to upgrade ports The African Development Bank (AfDB) is lending the Union of the Comoros $135m so it can improve its ports to boost trade. Comoros is an archipelago of three islands in…
91香蕉视频 Morocco starts process of building Africa鈥檚 first wind farm Morocco is looking for a consultant to do a feasibility study on an offshore wind project that could be Africa鈥檚 first. The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) and the…
91香蕉视频 Firms pledge to lay 1,000km cable to bring African solar power to Europe Belgian marine contractor Jan De Nul and Australian mining company Fortescue have pledged to lay a 1,000km subsea transmission line to carry solar power from Africa to Europe. The agreement…
91香蕉视频 Angola hatches plan for southern African power grid Angolan engineer ProMarks and Swiss commodity trader Trafigura yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Angola to develop a southern African power transmission network. The aim is…
91香蕉视频 Nigerian mobile operator MTN to build West Africa鈥檚 largest data centre MTN Nigeria announced on Saturday that it was planning to build West African largest data centre, business website Nairametrics reports. The company, which is based in South Africa, has not…
91香蕉视频 Acciona starts work on Africa鈥檚 biggest desalination plant A consortium led by Spanish contractor Acciona has broken ground in Morocco on what will be Africa鈥檚 largest desalination plant at Lamharza Essahel, about 40km south of Casablanca. The $650m…
91香蕉视频 China begins work on 575km Saharan railway China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has begun work on a 575km railway through the Sahara desert, between the Algerian iron ore mine at Gara Djebilet and the Moroccan rail system,…
91香蕉视频 African bank debars Chinese contractor The African Development Bank (AfDB) has debarred contractor China Henan International Cooperation Group from bidding for projects the bank funds for a year for a fraudulent practice. China Henan failed…
91香蕉视频 African Development Bank to fund rail link between Burundi and Tanzania The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to loan $696m for a rail link between Burundi and Tanzania as part of Africa鈥檚 Central Corridor. The 651km route will be split…
91香蕉视频 China Harbour to help turn Libyan city into 鈥済ateway to Africa鈥 Beijing-based China Harbour Engineering, a subsidiary of China Communications, has signed an agreement in principle to build infrastructure in the Misurata Free Zone (MFZ) in Libya. Located on the coast…
91香蕉视频 G7 launches $600bn trans-African railway to counter China鈥檚 Belt and Road The US and the EU have joined forces with the African Development Bank (AFDB) and the Africa Finance Corporation to launch the west鈥檚 latest attempt to counter China鈥檚 Belt and…
Trends Report warns of 鈥楪reat Game鈥 politics in Africa after China鈥檚 rise A report this month highlights China鈥檚 newly dominant role in Africa won through infrastructure investment.