Revival of rail lines is one of the several promises of President Muhammadu Buhari pre-2015 general elections. And across the regions have been some flashes of improvement on rail tracks that had been abandoned for decades. Most symbolic has been the completion and operation of the 168-kilometre Abuja-Kaduna rail line, […]
Day: May 12, 2023
By Johnson Mwawasi Kilangi Solar panels, sun energy and electricity generation in the desert, Africa. ingehogenbijl/Shutterstock.comFrom political platforms in Kenya in East Africa to Nigeria in West Africa, leaders jostling to form the next governments are promising to drive more infrastructure investment through public-private partnerships (PPPs). For over a decade […]
Webuild and joint-venture partner Shibh Al Jazira Contracting Company (Sajco) have signed a €1.4bn contract to design and build 57km of a high-speed railway serving the futuristic commercial and residential region of Neom on Saudi Arabia’s northern Red Sea coast. The joint venture will build most of the “Connector”, a […]