Mahama Wants to Pull the Caribbean Into Africa’s Free Trade Area
President John Dramani Mahama proposed expanding the African Continental Free Trade Area to include the Caribbean during a state visit...
August 4, 2026Topic
infrastructure
South Africa Takes Its Grid Rebuild to Beijing
South Africa is pitching Chinese investors on an energy programme worth about R2.2 trillion to 2039, with transmission the binding...
August 4, 2026
Four State Firms Hold 80% of Cameroon’s On-Lent Debt
Cameroon's on-lent debt reached FCFA 845.2 billion at end-June 2026, and four state companies hold 79.5% of it, per the...
August 4, 2026
Angola Launches Studies for West-East Highway Megaproject
Angola signed a US$21 million deal for feasibility studies of a 1,300-km West-East highway linking Lobito port toward the DRC...
July 30, 2026
Brazil Lobby Pitches US$350 Billion Infrastructure Plan
Brazil's CNT presents a R$2.03 trillion ($350bn) infrastructure agenda with 2,837 projects to 2026 presidential candidates, proposing concessions and PPPs.
July 29, 2026
Argentina Tenders Los Nihuiles Hydro Privatization
Argentina opened a joint tender to privatise the 290 MW Los Nihuiles hydro system in Mendoza with a 30-year concession...
July 29, 2026
Chile Reworks Prison Concessions to Unlock US$2.65 Billion in Works
Chile is overhauling its prison-concession model to accelerate an estimated US$2.65 billion in new facilities, adding over 15,000 places by...
July 29, 2026
Peru’s Lake Titicaca Tourism Stalls as Puno Misses Holiday Boom
Puno tourism grew only 3-4% during the 2025 high season despite 3,000 Semana Santa visitors. Unpaved roads, costly Juliaca flights,...
July 29, 2026
Colombia’s Bocas De Ceniza River Mouth Gets Tourist Revival
Colombia is restoring Bocas de Ceniza, the Magdalena River’s Caribbean mouth, with a new promenade, viewpoint, and electric train route...
July 29, 2026