Kenya’s Nairobi City has waived building approval fees for affordable housing projects as a move to attract more investors into the city as it gears to achieve President Uhuru’s Big 4 Agenda on affordable housing. Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko said the move by his administration will pave way for the county and national government to…
Three member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique have inked down a memorandum of understanding(MoU) that will see construction of a railway line linking the three countries. The proposed railway line conforms well to the SADC subject on infrastructure development which encourages formulation of infrastructure to promote regional integration.…
Three member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique have inked down a memorandum of understanding(MoU) that will see construction of a railway line linking the three countries. The proposed railway line conforms well to the SADC subject on infrastructure development which encourages formulation of infrastructure to promote regional integration.…
Gambia has received US $161m from a partnership of the European Investment Bank, World Bank and European Union to harness solar power and clean energy. Gambia’s Finance Minister Mamburay Njie confirmed the reports and said the funds will be a boost towards addressing Gambia’s current power shortages. It will also ensure reliable energy supply across the country mostly…
The governments of Tanzania and Malawi have come together and launched a joint commission of the Songwe River Basin aimed at running irrigation and power generation projects on Songwe River Basin. Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, in Kyela district in the southern highland region of Mbeya,Tanzanian Deputy Minister for Water and Irrigation said that the…
South Africa is set to construct a skyscraper in Cape Town’s CBD which resembles a Rubik’s cube with a new edition of modern architectural design. Construction of the luxurious mixed use skyscraper dubbed ‘The Rubik’ will be developed by Abland – one of South Africa’s leading property developers – in partnership with Nedbank and Giflo.…
Reconstruction works of the Oshodi-Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road in Nigeria nears completion. Messrs Hi-tech Construction Company, the contractor handing the project announced that the project is 75% complete. Sachi Ramsunder, the Project Manager explained that the bulk of work remaining for the fly over bridge and the road network would be completed in about five weeks…
Tanzania through Jumeme Rural Power Supply Ltd has embarked on construction of solar–hybrid mini–grids to boosts electricity power output in an effort to meet the rising demand of electricity in the country. RP Global, an independent renewable energy developer and majority shareholder of JUMEME has announced that they are already on the ground and construction of…
Construction works of the Olembe Stadium, earmarked for the hosting of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon nears completion. This is according to Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Public Contracts Talba Malla. Speaking during an inspection visit at the stadium to evaluate the level of work done on the site, the Minister…
Algeria is set to reach electricity production capacity of 33,000MW by 2022 against the current 21,000MW. This is according to Energy Minister, Mustapha Guitouni. “We are very proud to have multiplied electricity production four times from 6,000 MW in 1999 to 21,000 MW in 2019 and we are committed to commission other projects to reach…