UK-headquartered project consultant Turner & Townsend has been appointed strategic delivery partner for Africa’s biggest road public-private partnership (PPP), the $3.6bn Usahihi Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway. The 459km tolled highway will cut…

French engineering consultancy Egis Group has appointed Charlie Hodgson to be its chief executive for Europe and Africa. He was previously managing director of transport and infrastructure for WSP in…

The newly elected government of Gabon has signed two agreements with the Africa Export-Import Bank accepting loans worth more than $3.2bn for industrial development. The funding is equal to 16%…

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…

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.  Ethiopian Electric Power…

Egypt’s 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…

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…

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’s grids and generating…

The Dutch Public Prosecutions Office has fined contractor Bam €30,000 over “potentially irregular payments” made during a development in Africa. The potential irregularity was discovered during an investigation into another…

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…

Morocco is looking for a consultant to do a feasibility study on an offshore wind project that could be Africa’s first. The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) and the…

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…

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…

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…

A consortium led by Spanish contractor Acciona has broken ground in Morocco on what will be Africa’s largest desalination plant at Lamharza Essahel, about 40km south of Casablanca. The $650m…

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,…

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…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to loan $696m for a rail link between Burundi and Tanzania as part of Africa’s Central Corridor. The 651km route will be split…