Africa and Middle East - Page 1

Abu Dhabi approves fund for motorway projects
Friday, January 27, 2012 Abu Dhabi Executive Council has approved funding for the Mafraq-Ghweifat and Dubai-Abu Dhabi...

Nigeria seeks World Bank funding for Mile 12-Ikorodu Road
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 The Nigerian Government is in discussions with the World Bank for N30bn ($187m) to fund the modernisation of the Mile 12-Ikorodu road in...

Saudi Arabia allocates $2.87bn for 284 road projects
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Saudi Arabia has allocated SAR10.78bn ($2.87bn) for 284 road projects in 2012 in its annual...

Bahrain unveils road development plan
Thursday, January 12, 2012 Bahrain's Works Ministry has unveiled a road development plan which includes the renovation, revamp and expansion of key junctions, and the building of new main highways to connect all parts of...

Qatar’s Salwa Road project to be completed by December 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 The QAR1.59bn ($436m) Salwa Road development project in Doha, Qatar is on track to be completed by December...

Ghana to complete Tetteh-Quarshie-Mallam road project this month
Thursday, January 05, 2012 Work on the $165m Tetteh-Quarshie Interchange-Apenkwa and Apenkwa-Mallam Junction road projects in Ghana are expecting to be complete by the 31 January...

Kenya to start Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport project in February
Thursday, December 22, 2011 The Kenyan Government is planning to start the KES1.4tn ($16bn) Lamu Port-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) corridor in February 2012, which will link the north of the country to...

Qatar to invest $12.3bn on road projects over five years
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Qatar will invest about QR45bn ($12.36bn) on road projects to improve and create new road networks by...

EIB lifts funding freeze on Zambia, to fund Great East Road
Monday, December 12, 2011 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has lifted its two year funding freeze on Zambia and agreed to fund €80m for rehabilitation of the Great East...

Dubai launches Sheikh Khalifa highway
Friday, December 09, 2011 The UAE Ministry of Public Works has opened the new Sheikh Khalifa highway, connecting Dubai to the central region of the UAE and...

Oman earmarks funds for roads
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 Oman has allocated OMR314.9 ($817.9m) for road projects in the state budget for...

Ethiopia seeks African Development Bank loan
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) is looking at a $650m loan from the African Development Bank to improve the...

Speed cameras reduced road fatalities in Qatar, study reveals
Monday, December 05, 2011 Qatar has seen a significant decrease in the number of fatal road traffic accidents after rolling out speed cameras in 2007, according to a report by the Weill Cornell Medical College...

Balfour Beatty secures Qatar road contract
Friday, December 02, 2011 Balfour Beatty's professional services division has secured a programme management consultancy contract worth £5bn on a roads and drainage scheme in...

Sinohydro completes Ethiopian road project
Thursday, December 01, 2011 China-based Sinohydro has completed the $57.2m project of upgrading the Assela-Dodola section of road, 220km south of Ethiopia's capital, Addis...

Oman awards five road projects
Thursday, December 01, 2011 Oman’s Transport and Communications Ministry has awarded five road projects worth OMR264m ($676.5m) in a bid to improve road...

Exim Bank of China funds Kenyan road project
Thursday, December 01, 2011 Exim Bank of China has extended its KES16.9bn ($184m) loan to Kenya to finance construction of the southern by-pass road project, which will complete the loop of three bypasses easing traffic...

Abu Dhabi plans to upgrade road traffic technology
Monday, November 28, 2011 UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, is planning to invest $100m to upgrade transport and traffic technologies in the...

Dubai to open Sheikh Khalifa Expressway in December
Friday, November 25, 2011 The UAE is planning to open the Shaikh Khalifa Expressway by December 2011, built at a cost of AED2bn ($544m) and stretching from Fujairah to...

Ghana secures funding for Eastern Corridor road projects
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 The Government of Ghana has secured donor funding of $1.5bn for the construction of Eastern Corridor road...