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  • The Spanish Foment minister, Ana Pastor

    ANGOLA, 2012/11/06  The Spanish Foment minister, Ana Pastor, said on Wednesday in Luanda that the signing of cooperation accord in the fields of merchant navy, ports and air transports between Angola and her country is an significant landmark in the relations of the states. The official said to the press next the signing ceremony of the referred accords.

  • Zambia: NCC to Spend K200 Million On Mulungushi Bus Station Rehab 2012-10-30

    ZAMBIA, 2012/10/30 NDOLA City Council (NCC) has set aside K200 million for the rehabilitation of Mulungushi Bus Station in the town centre.NCC public relations manager Roy kuseka said in an interview yesterday that the money was mobilised within the local authority."The money that will be spent on rehabilitating the station is internally sourced, meaning that it is council money," he said.

  • Uganda: Kampala-Jinja Highway Planned for Redevelopment 2012-10-30

    UGANDA, 2012/10/30 A new sh700 billion eight-lane express highway is planned from Kampala to Jinja to handle the rising traffic and improve the national of the national road network, the Uganda National Roads Authority has revealed.The new expressway will operate as a toll road, meaning that it will attract a nominal fee in order for motorists to use it and enable the investor recover the costs.

  • OPS Frets Over Nigeria's Debt Profile 2012-10-18

    NIGERIA, 2012/10/18 Members of the Organised Private Sector through the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), have expressed worry over the growing level of domestic debt and the high cost of debt servicing reflected in the 2013 budget presented to the National Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan.

  • URR Drivers Express Concern Over High Cost of Fuel 2012-10-16

    GAMBIA, 2012/10/16 Drivers in URR have expressed their total dissatisfaction over what they regard as perpetual increase of the price of fuel which, according to them, is creating great financial constraints for them. Speaking to this reporter, a disgruntled 22 passenger van driver Modou Lamin Kumba, stressed that to be a donkey cart driver is even better than being a vehicle driver. He said amount what the drivers are doing under current situation, is to work for passengers.

  • Somalia Drive Four Lanes Expansion Possible

    SOMALIA, 2012/10/16 Public Works Minister, Samuel Kofi Woods, II has described as "POSITIVE" on-going discussions with the Japanese Government on the infrastructure sector of Liberia. Minister Woods as part of government delegation is in Tokyo to conclude negotiations for the rehabilitation and expansion of the Somalia Drive-commencing from the Freeport of Monrovia to Red light under a grant from the Japanese Government.

  • Six Feeder Roads Earmarked in Nimba 2012-10-16

    LIBERIA, 2012/10/16 Public Works Minister Samuel Kofi Woods, II, has underscored the need for community dwellers in areas where feeder road's rehabilitations are taking place to fully support and contribute local construction materials to construction companies so as to ensure the unhindered and unimpeded implementation of the projects.

  • Senegal: Boosting air transport 2012-10-14

    SENEGAL, 2012/10/14 Work is underway on several projects meant to strengthen Senegal’s air transport sector, including an ongoing initiative to refurbish provincial airport infrastructure and an effort to launch operations at the perishable goods freight terminal of the Dakar airport, which should open up new opportunities in agriculture and foreign trade. Nevertheless, the delivery of the sector’s largest infrastructure project, the new Blaise Diagne International Airport (Aéroport International Blaise Diagne, AIBD), has been pushed back to the end of 2013.

  • The CTA Civil Construction Working Group Met the National Roads Administration 2012-10-11

    MOZAMBIQUE, 2012/10/11 On September 26, the CTA working group of Civil Construction met with the Director of the road maintenance of ANE. The purpose of the conference was to discuss mechanisms for the development of local entrepreneurs. The CTA working group of Civil Construction has stressed the importance of road maintenance long-term contracts for the development of local businesses.

  • Western Cluster Sign Port Lease Agreement2012-10-06

    LIBERIA, 2012/10/06 Following nine months of negotiations, Western Cluster Limited (WCL) on Monday, October 1, 2012 signed a Port Lease and Operating Agreement with the management of the National Port Authority (NPA) for the rehabilitation and construction of infrastructures at the Freeport of Monrovia for the export of iron ore.
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