Nov 12 (Reuters) - Sub-Saharan Africa needs to spend $93 billion a year, nearly three times Kenya's GDP, to drag its infrastructure into the 21st century, a report said on Thursday. The following table looks at various aspects of the poorest continent's infrastructure -- roads, telephones, power and water -- and sees how it stacks up with other parts of the developing world: Sub-Saharan Africa Other low-income countries Paved roads 31 134 Total roads 137 211 Fixed-line phones 10 78 Mobile phones 55 76 Internet density 2 3 Generation capacity 37 326 Electricity coverage 16 41 Improved water 60 72 Improved sanitation 34 51 Notes: Road density is measured in km per 100 sq km of arable land; telephone density in lines per thousand people; generation capacity in MW per million people; electricity, water, and sanitation coverage in percentage of population. Source: Infrastructure Consortium for Africa, www.icafrica.org (For more Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: http://af.reuters.com/)
South African palaeontologist Adam Yates attends a news conference in Johannesburg November 11 ,2009. A huge dinosaur discovered in South Africa is a previously unknown species that sheds light on the ...
