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Liberia: Humanitarian Run School Sends SoS Call for Support to Complete Building Project

A humanitarian run Academic and Vocational High school, Spoken Word Education Empowerment Program, (SWEEP- Liberia Academy), has sent out an SOS call to seek urgent financial and material assistance to complete ongoing construction works on the school building, ahead of the opening of ACADEMIC 2023/2024. SWEEP-Liberia Academy is located at the Sanitation Junction on Police […]

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Uganda: Govt Extends Deadline for Completion of Renovation Works On Namboole Stadium

Government has again extended the deadline for the completion of the renovation works on Mandela National Stadium, also known as Namboole. Whereas it had been said by the UPDF Engineering brigade handling the works that the stadium would be ready by last month, the Education Minister, Janet Museveni has said the actual deadline was August […]

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Nigeria: Many Trapped As 4-Storey Building Collapses in Abuja

Tragedy struck yesterday in the nation’s capital, Abuja, as about 20 persons were reportedly trapped in the rubble of a four-storey hotel building which collapsed in Dape, Life Camp. According to eyewitnesses, the building, which has an underground facility, was owned by one of the top people in the hotel business in the territory. It […]

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Zimbabwe: Kadoma-Sanyati Road Upgrade Resumes

Conrad Mupesa — UPGRADING of the strategic Kadoma-Sanyati Road that links the south of Mashonaland West to Gokwe North district in Midlands, has resumed, with the responsible department also carrying out maintenance works. Provincial roads engineer, Simbarashe Gomo, said the upgraded road works were expected to meet laid down Southern African standards. “The Department of […]

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Ethiopia: Taxpayers Foot Bill for Dams Delivering Drop in the Bucket

Ethiopia’s expensive irrigation drive has been hobbled by “glaring flaws” that could render its multi-billion birr hydropower projects wasteful or ineffective, according to the country’s top auditor. Auditor General Meseret Damite cited numerous issues plaguing dams commissioned over the past decade at enormous cost: improper design, inadequate operating guidelines, below-capacity output and insufficient maintenance procedures. […]

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Ethiopia: Over-Budget Tigray Dam Construction to Restart After War Interruption

The construction of the Zarema Mayday irrigation dam, which was interrupted during the two-year war in Ethiopia’s north, will resume next year, according to the Ministry of Irrigation and Lowland Areas. The dam was conceived to supply water to the Wolkayit sugar factory, one of 13 sugar factories the Ministry of Finance (MoF) is working […]

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Nigeria: Building Collapses in Port Harcourt

The Rivers State Government is investigating the incident, says an official. An appendage of a two-story hotel has collapsed in the Ada-George area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Four people injured from the incident are receiving treatment in hospital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the two-storey building belonging to 1708 Hotel, Rumuoke […]

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Zimbabwe: Westprop Unveils Signature Gate House At Pomona City

Westprop  Holdings today unveiled its signature gate house at Pomona city signaling the commencement of the massive US$4 billion ‘city within a city development’. CEO and founder of the Victoria Falls Stock exchange listed real estate company Mr Ken Sharpe was upbeat and sounded bullish when he headlined the colourful ceremony. “We are now delivering […]

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Uganda: Rotary, Uganda Baati Build Class Room Block for Nyamifura Primary School in Rukungiri

Uganda Baati Limited (UBL) through Safal Foundation a Corporate Social Initiative arm of the Safal group in partnership with Rotary Club of Kololo-Kampala have handed over an ultra-modern infrastructure to Nyamifura Primary School committee. Situated in Kagorogoro village, Kabwooma parish, Nyakajembe Sub County in Rukungiri District, Nyamifura Primary School caters to 415 students from surrounding […]

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South Africa: Khayelitsha Residents Fed Up With Years of Delays in Housing Project

Planning for the Taiwan informal settlement upgrade started in August 2018 and construction of 4,500 “housing opportunities” will only begin next year People living in Taiwan informal settlement in Khayelitsha have been protesting over the slow implementation of a housing project meant to benefit them. On 22 June, nearly 200 people marched to the Western […]

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West Africa: ECOWAS to Fund Banjul-Barra Bridge Construction – Works Minister Reveals

The minister for Transport, Works and Infrastructure, Ebrima Sillah, has informed the National Assembly that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will fund the construction of Banjul-Barra Bridge through ECOWAS Corridor Project, and its feasibility studies are set to start in July, this year. Minister Sillah made this revelation on Wednesday, June 14, […]

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Uganda: No More Jokes With Standard Gauge Railway Construction, Says PS Ggoobi

The Ministry of Finance Permanent Secretary, Ramathan Ggoobi has said government is ready to hit the ground running with the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway. “We are beginning the construction of the Standard Gauge Railwa(SGR).The talk( about SGR) has been on for a long time. We have studied and over studied and now we […]

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South Africa: R83 Million and Three and a Half Years Later Only One RDP House to Show for It

Namibia Stop 8 Housing Project in Inanda started in 2019 and was meant to deliver hundreds of houses The Namibia Stop 8 Housing Project in eThekwini started in 2019 but to date only one RDP house has been completed. Hundreds of families relocated for the project have been living in cramped conditions in a poorly […]

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Ghana: Don’t Compromise On GARID Project – Dan Botwe

The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Dan Kwaku Botwe, has served notice that his outfit would not spare officials of the various assemblies if they compromise the implementation of the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project. According to him, government is committed to solving the annual flooding the city has […]

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Gambia: Cabinet Sub-Committee Inspects Independence Stadium Renovation Work

The Cabinet Sub-Committee on Sports, led by Youth and Sports Minister Bakary Badjie, last Friday visited the Independence Stadium to assess the ongoing renovations and remodeling work of the site. According to the Minister Badjie, the objective of the visit was to evaluate the efforts being made to upgrade the facilities to meet the standards […]

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Namibia: Abanga to Construct Fertiliser Factory

Gobabis — Thomas Abanga, the founder and chief executive officer of Abanga Farms & Food Systems, shared during the recent Omaheke Employment-Creation Conference that his company is in the final stages of setting up a fertiliser factory in the country. Without disclosing where or in which town the factory will be established, Abanga confirmed that […]

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African Court Commends Tanzania for Construction of Permanent Premises

Arusha — On 2 June, the government of Tanzania officially handed over the construction site to the appointed constructors. Demonstrating its commitment, the Tanzanian government allocated a budget of Tshs 4,000,000,000 (approximately US$1.7 million) in June 2022, and this month made an additional budgetary contribution of Tshs 5,400,000,000 (US$2 million) towards the construction. The estimated […]

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Algeria: Goverment Meeting – Progress of Steel Complex Project in Bechar Discussed

Algiers — At its weekly meeting on Wednesday, chaired by Prime Minister, Aïmene Benabderrahmane, the government dicussed the progress of the steel complex project in the province of Bechar, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s office. [ECR] The government, which met at the Government Palace, “heard a presentation by the Minister of […]