Infrastructure

Is Tanzania’s economic growth an urban phenomenon?

• Published on 22 Apr. 2013 • Category : InfrastructureTanzania has been growing steadily over the past ten years and 2012 was no different. The economy expanded by 6.9 percent, which is close to the historical average. A look at national accounts reveals that five sectors contributed to almost 60 per cent of Tanzania’s economic growth between 2008 and 2012:- Communication GDP almost doubled in less than four years, growing on average by over 20 per cent per year. - Banking and financial services have expanded by 11 per cent per year since 2008. - Retail trade increased by almost 40 percent between 2008 and 2012. - Construction su(...)

Emphasis on new Infrastructure driving a maintenance deficit.

• Published on 09 Apr. 2013 • Category : InfrastructureThe emphasis on building new infrastructure in South Africa, as well as the rest of Africa, was to the detriment of the continent’s existing infrastructure, creating a maintenance deficit, Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) learning and development department head Eric Mahamba-Sithole said on Monday.Speaking at a seminar aimed at tackling the skills challenges associated with infrastructure development in Africa, he referred to the World Bank’s Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostics study, which has revealed that about 40% of Africa’s infrastructure required maintenanc(...)

Gulf carriers aim for bigger slice of Africa market

• Published on 20 Mar. 2013 • Category : Infrastructure GCC airlines are expanding their networks in the continent as they look to capitalise on Africa's growing economy and strategically important location. Africa's aviation sector is forecast to soar over the next few years, fuelled by growth in the number of businesses looking to invest in the resource-rich continent and an increase in consumer spending power. According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, economic growth in Africa is expected to have recovered to 5.1% in 2012, after falling to 2.7% in 2011. For 2013, growth is expected to remain stable at 5(...)

Can floating architecture save this Nigerian slum?

• Published on 20 Mar. 2013 • Category : Infrastructure The usual approach to building in a flood zone is to put everything on stilts, as many residents of Rockaway, Queens, are considering in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. That’s also been the approach in the slum settlement of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, where many residents live in illegal wood shanties propped up on stilts, accessible only by canoe. Recently the slum and its population of roughly 250,000 Nigerians have been a target of a government that sees the settlement as an eyesore and an impediment to Lagos’s metamorphosis into a modern megacity of 40 million. Last summer the(...)

PPPs to Develop Africa’s Infrastructure?

• Published on 13 Mar. 2013 • Category : Infrastructure Scaling up financing from the traditional sources of taxes, government borrowing, and aid will not be adequate to successfully address Africa's infrastructure gap. Across Africa, investments in infrastructure have failed to keep pace with growth and demand, creating a tremendous infrastructure deficit. Less than 40 percent of the population across the continent, and only 26 percent of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa, has access to electricity. Approximately 34 percent of the population has access to improved sanitation facilities, and 35 percent lack access to clean drinking water.(...)

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Skills shortage could hamper Africa growth surge

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Innovation Leadership Training Program launching in Zambia

Open Borders top EALA talks

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Ethiopian capital to burn waste, hopes for energy bonanza

African Development Bank aims to boost investment to EAC

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African Health Ministers commit to ramped up TB/HIV treatment

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12 million Africans entering the job Market every year.

Emphasis on new Infrastructure driving a maintenance deficit.

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Lagos creating energy from waste

Citi Bank to start operations in Ghana

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Gulf carriers aim for bigger slice of Africa market

Can floating architecture save this Nigerian slum?

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Tanzanias financial sector is stable.

Gambia gets its first Journalism School

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Brazil tips Dar es Salaam on gas economy

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Biogas looks to women to expand sector.

Rwanda gets US $60m to develop energy sector

Africa’s first Pan-African airline hits 75,000 passengers.

Ambitious infrastructure project funded through contractor financing

Zimbabwe’s tobacco crop down 3 million in 2012.

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S.A. task force to monitor agriculture emissions

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Uganda student wins Africa IT award

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Mozambique receives U.S.$9.3 Million for girls education.

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South Sudan and Sudan come to agreement to resume oil exports.

New laws to stabilize oil market in Ghana.

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