Infrastructure

Four Africa-based property and construction companies to look out for

Published by Staff Writer on 23 May 2017

Dynamic, high-growth companies which have come to the attention of major global investors.

Africa – a hub of opportunities waiting to be unlocked

Published by KPMG Africa on 3 May 2017

Africa’s growth and development is intimately linked to infrastructure development, and in many instances, the lack thereof.

Q&A: Investing in port infrastructure in Angola

Published by Staff Writer on 17 April 2017

For Angolans, a major international import and export hub that is complemented by free zones, has enormous potential to create entirely new supply chains.

Lessons learned in years of financing African infrastructure

Published by Kate Douglas on 30 March 2017

We talk to the people behind the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, which has committed over US$1.3bn in 20 African markets for mostly private sector projects.

China-Africa relations: Musings from the Belt and Road initiative

Published by Adefolake Adeyeye on 9 March 2017

The initiative would open up a number of routes for transferring goods to Africa and within Africa.

In defence of Germany’s Marshall Plan with Africa

Published by Adefolake Adeyeye on 7 February 2017

Despite the challenges of investing in Africa, the continent holds many opportunities for German companies.

Planes, trains, and automobiles: East Africa’s massive infrastructure project begins

Published by Jill Craig on 6 February 2017

LAPPSET will consist of a 32-berth port on Kenya’s north coast, a railway, an oil pipeline, highways, international airports, and resort cities.

African passports: The powerful, the weak and the (now) barred from the US

Published by Kate Douglas on 30 January 2017

US President Donald Trump has now banned visa access to citizens from three African nations. We look at the continent’s most powerful and weakest passports.

New African railways ride on Chinese loans

Published by Salem Solomon and Falastine Iman on 30 January 2017

Funding railways benefits China by connecting ports and facilitating the movement of raw commodities that are badly needed to fuel China’s development.

21 quotes on how to be a better entrepreneur: By Africans for Africans

Published by Staff Writer on 23 December 2016

Over the course of this year we spoke to entrepreneurs across the continent who shared their experiences and advice.

Benin invests in publicising its investment opportunities

Published by Kate Douglas on 22 December 2016

The small west African country is trying to set itself apart from nearby heavyweights like Ghana and Nigeria.

Profit-making idea: How to score government contracts

Published by Staff Writer on 12 December 2016

The website that publishes $90 billion worth of government and development bank contracts a year.

Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, gateways to east Africa

Published by Otavio Veras on 1 December 2016

The Kenyan and Tanzanian ports are the most important in the region.

Addis Ababa airport – a view into a parallel world

Published by Jaco Maritz on 18 November 2016

The four hours I spent waiting for my next flight provided some comfort in the wake of Trump, Brexit and growing nationalism.