06/09/2012 - Construction, exploitation et entretien d’une centrale électrique alimentée au charbon de 125 MW sur un site de 29 hectares situé à 35 km de Dakar à Sendou (Bargny). Le Projet produira chaque année 925 GWh d’électricité, soit environ 40 % de la consommation du Sénégal en 2010. Le projet contribuera à résoudre la crise actuelle dans le secteur de l’électricité en permettant de remplacer la production de générateurs d’urgence en location et de centrales âgées, ainsi qu’en permettant un meilleur entretien des autres centrales du parc de production.

Categories: Senegal, Energy & Power

06/09/2012 - L’Aéroport International Blaise Diagne (AIBD) est en cours de construction sur un nouveau site situé à 45km à l’est de Dakar. L’AIBD aura une capacité de 3 millions de passagers et comprendra les installations suivantes : un terminal de 42.000 m2, une piste de 3,5 km de long avec des voies de circulation, 30 postes de stationnement d’avions avec 6 postes de stationnement au contact, un terminal de fret, un pavillon présidentiel, un terminal Hadj, ainsi que d’autres composantes.

Categories: Senegal, Transport, Infrastructure

27/07/2012 - Casamance, located in southwestern Senegal, has been involved in a struggle for independence since the 1980s. The Rural Development Support Project in Casamance (PADERCA) falls within the framework of the Economic and Social Activities Revitalization Program in Casamance, established by the Senegalese government since 2004 and aims at supporting the restoration of peace in this part of the country.

Categories: Senegal, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Water Supply & Sanitation

27/07/2012 - The Diffa region to the far south-east of Niger is one of the areas most affected by cycles of drought, characterized especially by dune encroachment, increased silting in agricultural and stock breeding areas and a steady deterioration of the natural environment.

Categories: Niger, Infrastructure, Water Supply & Sanitation

17/07/2012 - The economic crisis of the 1980s, exacerbated by the armed conflicts of the 1990s in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has resulted in a drop in farmer assistance, desertion of farms and lack of maintenance of rural roads. This situation has specifically led to decreased productivity, difficulties in the supply of farm inputs and equipment, and increased inaccessibility to production areas, thus giving rise to food insecurity.

Categories: Democratic Republic of Congo, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Water Supply & Sanitation, Infrastructure

17/07/2012 - The Harar Water Supply and Sanitation Project, funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the tune of 33 USD million, was inaugurated in the historic Ethiopian town on 8 July, during the celebration of International Harar Day.

Categories: Ethiopia, Water Supply & Sanitation

16/07/2012 - The Regional Project on Sustainable Management of Endemic Ruminant Livestock (PROGEBE) resulted from the will of The Gambia, Guinea, Mali and Senegal to implement preservation measures for the trypanotolerant livestock (Ndama cattle, Djallonké sheep and West African dwarf goat) and its natural habitat.

Categories: Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Senegal, Agriculture & Agro-industries

12/07/2012 - Senegal is a Sahelian country that relies heavily on agriculture. This sector faces weather vagaries and a decline in rainfall during recent decades (200 mm in 30 years). To address this situation and complete the development of the Senegal River valley, the Senegalese government sought to value runoff water resources available in the country.

Categories: Senegal, Water Supply & Sanitation, Agriculture & Agro-industries

29/06/2012 - The project to rehabilitate the agricultural and rural sectors (PRESAR) was designed in the context of a country emerging from conflict. It aims to achieve food security and fight rural poverty. More specifically, the project aims to improve rice production and market gardening as well as livestock

Categories: Guinea-Bissau, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Water Supply & Sanitation, Food Production

08/05/2012 - An example from Ghana. The Rural Enterprise Project (REP) aims at alleviating poverty, slowing rural-urban drift, contributing to the creation of sustainable jobs. The project also aims at addressing the low level of technology and productivity, low income and un-competitiveness in production, processing and distribution in agriculture. REP aims at addressing this deficiency through transfer of technology, thereby improving the low level of technology and productivity, as well as aiding in improving the low income levels of beneficiaries.

Categories: Ghana, Human and Social Development, Youth