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Angola
Manuel José Nunes Júnior tasked with kick-starting Barra do Dande oil terminal project

As oil revenues continue to fall, Luanda is relaunching a plan to create a strategic depot in Bengo province.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 12.06.2020

Ivory Coast, West Africa
Chambrier and Gondjout queen it over African logistics

Roselyne Chambrier Chalobah and Laura Olga Gondjout, both from Gabonese political dynasties which went into opposition, respectively represent the interests of competing African logistics giants Arise P&L and Monaco Resources.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 11.06.2020

Senegal
Minister Youm makes room for WB to fund Dakar-Bamako line

With the creation of a state railway company, Senegal's minister of infrastructure and land transport is opening the door to World Bank funding to rehabilitate the Dakar-Bamako line.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 05.06.2020

Guinea
AFD seeks to promote greater passenger use of Conakry Express

The urban Conakry Express. © Guineesud.com/Youtube

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 02.06.2020

Ivory Coast
Egis and Louis Berger vie over urban transport authority

The two companies are competing with five other concerns for the contract to establish Ivory Coast's future urban transport administration.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 02.06.2020

DRC
BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Australian mining giant BHP Billiton, which pulled out of the Inga III dam project in 2012, might be making a comeback.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Business Running story - Grand Inga 01.06.2020

Tunisia
UTICA and UGTT united against Ennahda and Maersk at Port of Radès

The employers' association and union have created a common front against the Islamist transport minister Anouar Maârouf, who they suspect is willing to place container quays in the hands of the world shipping leader Maersk.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 27.05.2020

DRC, Zambia
Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

Virtually unknown on the African continent, Hungarian construction firm Duna Aszfalt is looking for local partners to complete construction of a road between DRC and Zambia, originally started by an associate of Moïse Katumbi.

Free access Infrastructure, Business 27.05.2020

In Focus | Madagascar
Rajoelina expedites investigation into Meridiam airports concession to try to topple Rakotovao

In the midst of a major power struggle with Senate President Rivo Rakotovao, the government is pressing forward with investigations into the concession he awarded to French investment group Meridiam to operate the country's two main airports.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 25.05.2020

Algeria
Army sets sights on Turkish construction giant Kayi and developer Milo Ghalemin

Kayi and its Oran-based real estate developer partner Miloud Ghalem are facing legal proceedings mounted by the defence ministry over the construction of a military health centre in Ouargla.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.05.2020

DRC
World Bank deepens its investigation into China's SZTC's roadworks in Kivu provinces

Some 60 cases of rape and sexual violence were recorded by local residents during the renovation of the road between Goma and Bukavu. The World Bank, which is financing the project, continues its work of identifying and compensating victims.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 25.05.2020

Guinea
Conakry's Bus Rapid Transit project under threat from Covid-19 and elections

The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, which would involve the use of buses carrying up to 205 people and operating on specially reserved routes, is a key component in the Conakry urban development plan (PDU) submitted to the Guinean authorities in late 2019.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.05.2020

DRC
DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

DP World and the DRC government have mutually agreed to add another 18 months to the deadline for the signature of an amendment to the Banana port contract.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 21.05.2020

DRC
How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

The state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction (CCEC) made good use of local businessman Edo Kasongo's networks to land a contract to upgrade 128-km stretch of road in Haut-Katanga province.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 19.05.2020

Mauritania
Arise given notice to quit its offices in the port of Nouakchott

Port Autonome de Nouakchott (PAN) director Sid'Ahmed Ould Raiss has told the Franco-Singaporean joint venture Arise, which is currently building the port's new container terminal, that he has decided to terminate the lease on its premises at the port.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 18.05.2020

Tunisia
Shipping: new ports chief Mahmoud Bouziri seeks legal resolution for Maersk, his former employer

The new head of Tunisia's ports and merchant navy, Mahmoud Bouziri, who used to work for Maersk, hopes to sort out legal problems over Radès port concessions facing the Danish giant's subsidiary, Star Container.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 18.05.2020

Ghana
Accra-Tema highway: AIIM adds muscle to Mota-Engil and Egis' offer

The Portuguese construction giant Mota-Engil-French engineering firm Egis consortium has secured backing from African Infrastructure Investment Managers to bolster its bid for a contract to upgrade the highway between Accra and the port of Tema.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 15.05.2020

Tunisia
Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

The transport minister Anouar Maârouf's attempt to appoint Ennahda members to the heads of the three main state-run port companies has enraged the UGTT, already troubled by the Islamist party's unionist ambitions.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 07.05.2020

View of containers at a loading terminal in the port of Rades in Tunis.

Morocco
TGCC and Inter Tridim win contract for Casablanca tramway and bus maintenance centre

TGCC and Inter Tridim have won a contract to build [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 07.05.2020

Kenya
Coast governors want to tighten grip on Kenya Ports Authority

Although he made no mention of it at a State House speech he gave at the presidential podium on 25 April, Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho is trying to persuade President Uhuru Kenyatta to bring the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 06.05.2020

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Infrastructure

Angola
Manuel José Nunes Júnior tasked with kick-starting Barra do Dande oil terminal project

Ivory Coast, West Africa
Chambrier and Gondjout queen it over African logistics

Senegal
Minister Youm makes room for WB to fund Dakar-Bamako line

Guinea
AFD seeks to promote greater passenger use of Conakry Express

Ivory Coast
Egis and Louis Berger vie over urban transport authority

DRC
BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Tunisia
UTICA and UGTT united against Ennahda and Maersk at Port of Radès

DRC, Zambia
Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

In Focus | Madagascar
Rajoelina expedites investigation into Meridiam airports concession to try to topple Rakotovao

Algeria
Army sets sights on Turkish construction giant Kayi and developer Milo Ghalemin

DRC
World Bank deepens its investigation into China's SZTC's roadworks in Kivu provinces

Guinea
Conakry's Bus Rapid Transit project under threat from Covid-19 and elections

DRC
DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

DRC
How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

Mauritania
Arise given notice to quit its offices in the port of Nouakchott

Tunisia
Shipping: new ports chief Mahmoud Bouziri seeks legal resolution for Maersk, his former employer

Ghana
Accra-Tema highway: AIIM adds muscle to Mota-Engil and Egis' offer

Tunisia
Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

Morocco
TGCC and Inter Tridim win contract for Casablanca tramway and bus maintenance centre

Kenya
Coast governors want to tighten grip on Kenya Ports Authority

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Infrastructure

Angola Manuel José Nunes Júnior tasked with kick-starting Barra do Dande oil terminal project

Ivory Coast, West Africa Chambrier and Gondjout queen it over African logistics

Senegal Minister Youm makes room for WB to fund Dakar-Bamako line

Guinea AFD seeks to promote greater passenger use of Conakry Express

Ivory Coast Egis and Louis Berger vie over urban transport authority

DRC BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Tunisia UTICA and UGTT united against Ennahda and Maersk at Port of Radès

DRC, Zambia Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

In Focus | Madagascar Rajoelina expedites investigation into Meridiam airports concession to try to topple Rakotovao

Algeria Army sets sights on Turkish construction giant Kayi and developer Milo Ghalemin

DRC World Bank deepens its investigation into China's SZTC's roadworks in Kivu provinces

Guinea Conakry's Bus Rapid Transit project under threat from Covid-19 and elections

DRC DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

DRC How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

Mauritania Arise given notice to quit its offices in the port of Nouakchott

Tunisia Shipping: new ports chief Mahmoud Bouziri seeks legal resolution for Maersk, his former employer

Ghana Accra-Tema highway: AIIM adds muscle to Mota-Engil and Egis' offer

Tunisia Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

Morocco TGCC and Inter Tridim win contract for Casablanca tramway and bus maintenance centre

Kenya Coast governors want to tighten grip on Kenya Ports Authority

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Angola
Manuel José Nunes Júnior tasked with kick-starting Barra do Dande oil terminal project

Ivory Coast, West Africa
Chambrier and Gondjout queen it over African logistics

Senegal
Minister Youm makes room for WB to fund Dakar-Bamako line

Guinea
AFD seeks to promote greater passenger use of Conakry Express

Ivory Coast
Egis and Louis Berger vie over urban transport authority

DRC
BHP Billiton mulls return to Inga III

Tunisia
UTICA and UGTT united against Ennahda and Maersk at Port of Radès

DRC, Zambia
Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

In Focus | Madagascar
Rajoelina expedites investigation into Meridiam airports concession to try to topple Rakotovao

Algeria
Army sets sights on Turkish construction giant Kayi and developer Milo Ghalemin

DRC
World Bank deepens its investigation into China's SZTC's roadworks in Kivu provinces

Guinea
Conakry's Bus Rapid Transit project under threat from Covid-19 and elections

DRC
DP World gets 18-month extension on Banana seaport talks

DRC
How China Civil Engineering Construction won deal to upgrade Kasumbalesa-Sakania road

Mauritania
Arise given notice to quit its offices in the port of Nouakchott

Tunisia
Shipping: new ports chief Mahmoud Bouziri seeks legal resolution for Maersk, his former employer

Ghana
Accra-Tema highway: AIIM adds muscle to Mota-Engil and Egis' offer

Tunisia
Ennahda and UGTT battle it out for control of Radès Port and unionist cash

Morocco
TGCC and Inter Tridim win contract for Casablanca tramway and bus maintenance centre

Kenya
Coast governors want to tighten grip on Kenya Ports Authority