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  • Ministers of planning, finance and investment discussed for the new Suez Canal

    EGYPT, 2014/08/17 Ministers of planning, finance and investment discussed on Monday alternative funding sources for the new Suez Canal project in a joint conference with the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority. The new channel, part of a larger project to expand port and shipping facilities around the canal, aims to raise Egypt's international profile and establish it as a major trade hub. "Paying off all debts to oil firms is our current priority," Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab said in a cabinet statement, adding that an energy transaction is any minute at this time to be finalised, which will cover energy needs for one year.

  • Ghana eyes Accra’s air hub potential

    GHANA, 2014/08/16 News that South African Airlines (SAA) looks to be homing in on Ghana as the majority likely location for a secondary hub should bolster the country’s efforts to carve a niche as a regional air transport centre.

  • Chinese Firm to Build Three Berths in Kenya's Lamu Port

    KENYA, 2014/08/07 Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday signed a 480 million U.S. dollar agreement with a Chinese firm for the construction of the initial three berths of Lamu Port in the coastal region. The transaction for the three berths under the Lamu Port - South Sudan - Ethiopia Transport Corridor Project (LAPSSET) Corridor Program was signed with China Communications Construction Company Ltd. Kenyatta said his government has by presently set aside for 50 million dollars to instantly commence the construction works. "This includes funds for compensation of project affected persons. I am therefore directing the Ministry responsible for lands to complete the process of compensating those affected by this project as any minute at this time as possible," Kenyatta said.

  • Coastal shipping is once again linking the coast of Mozambique

    MOZAMBIQUE, 2014/07/07 Coastal shipping is once again linking the coast of Mozambique, which is 2,400 kilometres long, next a lot of years of complete inactivity due to the local economic climate, according to Mozambican daily newspaper Notícias. The newspaper said that ships loaded with locally- or foreign-produced goods were putting in at the country’s major ports of Maputo, Beira, Quelimane, Nacala and Pemba. With government support the shipping is carried out by an operator called Replace, which in its initial year of business (in 2013) carried around 800 containers, 350 of which were blank, at the port of Beira alone.

  • The opening of flights between Tunis and Libreville,

    GABON, 2014/06/11 The opening of flights between Tunis and Libreville, the cancellation of entry visas for their citizens and the opening of embassies in the two capitals, were some of the issues discussed here Monday by the Tunisian and Gabonese ministers of foreign affairs, Mongi Hamdi and Emmanuel Ngondet, respectively. Speaking on the occasion, the chief of the Tunisian diplomacy said that his country was turning towards African markets, stressing that Gabon has, over the completed few years, recorded significant economic increase.

  • Who's Responsible for 'Nightmare' in Liberia?

    LIBERIA, 2014/06/06 Beginning 2008 to 2012, the Ministry of Public Works received applauses from the Liberian public on the rapid construction of roads across the country some of which includes the Caldwell Road, the Samuel K. Doe Boulevard, the Jamaica Road, the Buchanan-Monrovia highway and several other projects. In several counties, feeder roads had been undergoing rapid rehabilitation with donors, inclunding the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the Government of Liberia along with others providing massive support to the infrastructural reconstruction drive of Liberia but by 2013, the pace of road construction suddenly changed with several projects coming to a standstill. The Ministry of Public Works overseeing the infrastructural development aspect of the country experienced a change in leadership with Samuel K. Woods resigning his position as he is from presently on to national the primary reasons for quitting the post with several projects being implemented by the Ministry under his watch.

  • Ethiopian Airlines’ (ET) taking delivery of the world’s instantly most advanced aircraft, the Boeing B787 Dreamliner

    ETHIOPIA, 2014/06/02 Seven received and three to go – that is the story of Ethiopian Airlines’ (ET) taking delivery of the world’s instantly most advanced aircraft, the Boeing B787 Dreamliner, the initial airline in Africa to get this revolutionary new bird and the one with the major fleet at present which by the end of 2014 will have grown to 10 such aircraft. ET’s CEO Tewolde Gebremariam was quoted in the media to have said at the same time as welcoming the new bird home: “As Africa’s flagship carrier, Ethiopian has always been and remains aviation technology leader in the continent by availing the majority advanced aircraft to its esteemed customers. We currently have the youngest fleet in Africa with an average age of 7 years. In line with our 15 year strategic roadmap of fast, profitable and sustainable increase, Vision 2025, we will continue to expand and modernize our fleet in order to continue to provide maximum comfort to our customers.”

  • Addis Abeba will any minute at this time see the benefits of the ongoing Light Rail Transit (LRT) project

    ETHIOPIA, 2014/05/20 Addis Abeba will any minute at this time see the benefits of the ongoing Light Rail Transit (LRT) project. The challenge will again be to manage the rail system along with the existing transport modalities. With the rail being a mass transport system, however, it will be a game changer in the sphere. From presently on, some of the possible negative impacts of the system ought to be given full attention from the outset. The Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) is engaged in both urban and cross-country railway line projects that will undoubtedly bring fundamental changes in both the socio-economic increase of East African nations in general and Ethiopia in particular. My focus, however, will be on Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, which is to be completed in the not too distant next, according to reports.

  • Banjul Hosts Meeting On Trans-Gambia Bridge Project

    GAMBIA, 2014/05/18 The joint technical committee of The Gambia and Senegal on the proposed Trans-Gambia Bridge project convened a conference in Banjul on Wednesday May 14 which discussed construction of the bridge and border posts. A grant from the AfDB will facilitate the construction of a 942-meters-long bridge over the River Gambia at Bambatenda-Yellitenda. Gambian and Senegalese official at the conference as well visited the Tran-Gambia ferry crossing points and the proposed sites for the border posts. As part of the project, there will be two joint border posts, on either side of the bridge, at Misira-Senoba near Somaand Kerr Ali-Kerr Ayib near Farafenni. These border posts will home offices for customs, police and immigration services of the two states.

  • Kenya: China Bridge Says Rail Project to Create 30,000 Jobs

    CHINA, 2014/05/18 China Road and Bridge Corporation, the contractor for the standard gauge railway line between Mombasa and Nairobi, says the project will create additional than 30,000 jobs for Kenyans. The company says besides direct jobs from the Sh327 billion infrastructure project, the major ever undertaken in Kenya, there is potential to the coming on board of about 13,000 new indirect jobs, largely through local firms expected to supply various inputs and services necessary for the venture. "We will, as much as possible, source inputs from local suppliers. We are here to create opportunities and jobs for Kenyans and not to take away the same to China," said CRBC Liaison and Cooperation Affairs Julius Li.
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