Nigeria: ‘Private-public partnership key to Africa’s infrastructure dev’

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Lagos , Nigeria (PANA) – African countries must fast track Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, since public financial sources alone cannot meet the funding needs, to overcome their current infrastructure deficit, according to a Director of Africa Agribusiness Knowledge Centres … Read More

Ethiopia/AU: Africa steps up use of domestic resources on infrastructure development

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Carlos Lopes Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries now finance a significant share of their infrastructure projects with domestic resources, after such resources accounted for 47 percent of the total amount expended on projects in 2012, Carlos Lopes, Executive … Read More

Benin to invest 134bn FCFA in road infrastructure in 2014

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Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin will invest more than 134 billion FCFA (US$280.7million) on several road infrastructure projects, covering 234.19 km, in 2014, PANA reported from here Sunday. Benin invested about 327 billion FCAF (US$685 million) in road infrastructure in … Read More