Earlier this month at the International Federation of Consulting Engineers' annual conference in Davos, Switzerland, Africa was recognized as a major market for infrastructure, with political upheavals in the Arab north creating new opportunities, according to regional speakers. Further, major investments are needed in sub-Saharan nations to sustain economic growth rates that now outstrip those of industrialized nations.
Originally set to take place in Tunisia, the Oct. 2-5 conference was switched last spring by the organization, known as FIDIC, amid rising tensions in North Africa, said outgoing President Greg Thomopulos, chairman and