DAR ES SALAAM: DEPUTY Minister for Energy, Ms Judith Kapinga has expressed satisfaction with the progress of the construction of flow metres and new oil storage barrels at the Dar es Salaam Port, assuring that that the work will be completed as planned. Ms Kapinga made the remarks after she toured and inspected the construction […]
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Malawians have taken up in various social media platforms to condemn Blantyre City Council (BCC) for substandard works on the construction of some roads which is costing the country billions of money. This comes after some sections of newly-constructed roads in Blantyre have been already damaged, a few months after being opened for public. Some […]
The programme in Gummi LGA aims to provide essential input support and services to the Zamfara-west senatorial district farmers. The Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal on Saturday, flagged off the distribution of agricultural assets and farm inputs to farmers within Zamfara-west senatorial district of the state. The flag-off ceremony which took place in Gummi […]
Nairobi — Former Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has been arrested over Sh8.5 billion alleged corruption in the construction of the Kilifi Utalii College. Balala was arrested on Friday morning alongside former Principal Secretary Leah Gwiyo and an engineer from West Consult Engineers. Developing story ….
DAR ES SALAAM: THE first consignment of 100 kilometres pipes for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) have arrived in Dar es Salaam Port, signalling the initiation of the main construction phase for the cross-border pipeline project. EACOP will transport crude oil from the Lake Albert region of Uganda to the Chongoleani peninsula near […]
Nairobi — High construction costs are hindering the success of affordable housing projects in Kenya, according to the latest report by the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) Built Environment Report. The 2023 data shows that the cost of building materials has gone up from between Sh34,650 and 77,500 at the beginning of this year to […]
“We are only working to put food on the table, nothing else” says Tinashe Mandobe who has made bricks in the small Eastern Cape town since 2004 Thandekile Mangaliso and his wife Tinashe Mandobe work all day, in summer’s scorching heat, at an informal brick works in the small Eastern Cape town of Dordrecht since […]
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Adams Oshiomhole, has raised the alarm that prisoners from foreign countries are working at construction sites in Nigeria. He spoke in Abuja on Wednesday when the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, appeared before the National Assembly Joint Committees on Interior for a budget defence session. “Your ministry […]
The Uganda Network of Young People Living with HIV/AIDS (UNYPA) has unveiled a plan to construct a shs1.5 billion training centre. Speaking during their celebration of 20 years of fighting HIV/ AIDS at Hotel Africana in Kampala, the UYNPA Executive Director, Ruth Awori said the facility will also become their new home. “This will be […]
The Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) says it will continue to clamp down on some cement-manufacturing companies in the country to enforce standards and not to destroy businesses. According to the Authority, it would not renege on its key mandate of ensuring standards in the country since that was the only way it could protect lives […]
Mayor of Maya City disclosed that the Haromaya lake shore development project construction will start next week; various development projects are being built in the city with an outlay of 400 million Birr. Maya city Mayor Ifra Wozir (PhD) told the Ethiopia Press Agency (EPA) that the lake shoreline development project will help develop the […]
The CEO of Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Francis Gatare, has called upon investors to build a multi-star hotel on Mount Rebero in Kigali City. He made the case for the luxury hotel, on November 25, 2023, after participating in Umuganda where 1,000 trees were planted on the hill in partnership with youth and Global Citizen–an […]
The Minority Chief Whip, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has labelled as “abysmal” the record of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government in the areas of health and roads infrastructure. The Adaklu MP said the government had held “pomp and pageantry sod cutting exercise” even when there were no funds, to hoodwink Ghanaians that it meant well. […]
The government must channel part of the second tranche $600 million of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) funding to complete abandoned road infrastructural projects. That, according to the Director of the Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey, would help to address the infrastructure challenges facing […]
The contract, which was initially awarded to Julius Berger in 2010 for N7 billion, was not executed as planned owing to lack of funds. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has re-awarded the contract for the construction of the official residence of the Nigerian Vice President to Messrs Julius Berger for N15 […]
Government has defended its efforts to rehabilitate and maintain the country’s road network saying the projects had stalled due to budgetary constraints. The Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Felix Mhona, told Parliament that the government has resumed all stalled road projects across the country. Mhona emphasized the importance of good roads for economic development, […]
President Tinubu, who said the Nigeria judiciary has evolved, called on judicial officers to live above board at all times. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the FCT administration will create an enabling environment for the judiciary to ensure proper dispensation of justice in the territory. Mr Wike said this […]
The construction of Rubavu port stands at 96 percent and the port is set to open in December, The New Times has learnt. Rubavu port, the biggest in Rwanda, is expected to boost tourism and cross-border trade between Rwanda and DR Congo upon completion. ALSO READ: PHOTOS: Inside proposed Rubavu Port According to the Acting […]