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…

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…

Africa’s longest suspension bridge opens to the public

The Maputo–Katembe Bridge in Mozambique, Africa’s longest suspension bridge that cost whopping US $750m has officially been opened to traffic. Financed by China and built by China Road and Bridge Corporation, the project began in June 2014. The entire structure is nearly 3km long, comprising a kilometre-long ramp on either side of a 680-metre span over Maputo Bay, which…

Africa’s longest suspension bridge opens to the public

The Maputo–Katembe Bridge in Mozambique, Africa’s longest suspension bridge that cost whopping US $750m has officially been opened to traffic. Financed by China and built by China Road and Bridge Corporation, the project began in June 2014. The entire structure is nearly 3km long, comprising a kilometre-long ramp on either side of a 680-metre span over Maputo Bay, which…

Zambia to receive US $40m fund for ISTWSSP project

The government of Zambia is set to receive US $40m fund from the African Development Fund (ADF) for the Integrated Small Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project (ISTWSSP) in Luapula Province. Keneth Chense, LpWSC’s Execurtive Director confirmed the reports and said the project aims at providing drinking water to over 210,000 people. In the province, with a population of…