Egypt to construct fourth generation cities

Egypt is set to construct 20 new cities of the fourth generation in bid to improve life quality, increase residential area and absorb population surge in the most populous Arab country. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostapha Madbouly, confirmed the reports and said that the county’s new Urban Communities Authority of the Ministry of Housing will build…

Nigeria’s Lagos-Ibadan road to be completed by 2021

Julius Berger, a construction company in Nigeria has given the Senate committee on work an assurance that Lagos-Ibadan road will be completed by 2021. The company who made the revelations during a meeting with Senator Kabiru Gaya-led Senate committee which also involved inspection on roads projects currently, pointed out that completion of the project, which was earlier slated for…

Nigeria’s Lagos-Ibadan road to be completed by 2021

Julius Berger, a construction company in Nigeria has given the Senate committee on work an assurance that Lagos-Ibadan road will be completed by 2021. The company who made the revelations during a meeting with Senator Kabiru Gaya-led Senate committee which also involved inspection on roads projects currently, pointed out that completion of the project, which was earlier slated for…

Kenya to receive US $26.6m boost for Thake dam

Kenya is set to receive US $26.6m boost from the African Development Bank to complete construction of Thake dam in southern Kenya as part of a strategic water supply project for the larger semi arid area of Makueni County. The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors approved two loans; US $21.9m from the bank and US$49m from the Africa…

DRC signs US $14bn deal for the Inga 3 dam project

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has signed a deal with the Chinese and Spanish partners for the construction of the US $14bn Inga 3 hydroelectric dam project. The consortium which is led by China Three Gorges, alongside a European consortium, led by Actividades de Construcción y Servicios (ACS) of Spain, is set to see the vast scheme nearly triple DRC’s generating…