Dar es Salaam — President John Magufuli is scheduled to launch the operations of the Dar es Salaam Bus Rapid Transit which was financed by the World Bank through the Second Central Transport Project (CTCP2).   The event will take place during the tour of the WB vice president for Africa Region, Dr Makhtar Diop, who is expected in the country today for a three day visit.   The WB vice president will also hold high level.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 25th January 2017

The latest six-month report released by the Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) revealed that it spent over nine billion Birr to construct roads in the past six months. This accounts for close to one-fifth of the budget allocated for the current fiscal year. There are 13 new projects that will be launched in 2017.   The original plan was to spend 13 billion Br to construct roads, award new road projects and execute on-going road projects. The.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 25th January 2017

National Housing Corporation (NHC) Tanzania will be the main supporting partner at the 20th BUILDEXPO Tanzania, the largest and most successful building and construction show in East Africa, taking place at the Mlimani City Conference Centre (MCCC) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from the 10th to 12th August, 2017. The National Housing Corporation is the outcome of the decision of the Government to dissolve the Register of building (RoB) through Act of.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 25th January 2017

President John Magufuli yesterday asked the Turkish government to provide a concessional loan for the construction of at least 400 kilometre-stretch of the envisaged standard gauge central railway.   President Magufuli as well revealed that a Turkish company was among the short-listed contractors that had bid for implementation of the multitrillion shilling project that covers over 1,200 kilometres from Dar es Salaam to.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 25th January 2017

The maiden visit of Rwanda President Paul Kagame to India has opened up a new avenue for Indian businesses and exporters. Speaking at the 8th Vibrant Gujarat Summit, a global business forum in India, President Kagame urged increased private sector investments from India, highlighting Rwanda as a competitive and conducive environment to do business with a favourable climate for investments. The summit witnessed the signing of a number of key.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 24th January 2017

Zanzibar Building Agency (ZBA) Director General (DG), Mr Ramadhani Mussa Bakari, has called upon investors to set up factories for building materials in Zanzibar to help citizens to have affordable houses.   Speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Mr Bakari visited various projects carried by Tanzania Building Agency (TBA), Zanzibar Building Agency (ZBA) Director General (DG), Mr Ramadhani Mussa Bakari said the move would.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 24th January 2017

Players in Rwanda’s construction sector are upbeat about prospects for 2017, saying the gains of last year are likely to be replicated.   “We saw a boom in 2016. The momentum is going to continue even this year,” said Adeline Kajangwe, the industrial development analyst at RDB.   “Some big projects have kicked off well. For example, groundbreaking at the Bugesera airport project has been done. Others are in.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 21st January 2017

Uganda has announced plans to start constructing its standard gauge railway (SGR) later this year after it apparently dropped an earlier condition that required Kenya to extend its track to the border first.   The 273-kilometre track linking the capital Kampala to Kenya's border town of Malaba will be built at a cost of $2.3 billion, local media quoting government sources said.   The first phase, which will take 40 months to be.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 21st January 2017

Construction of Terminal Three at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) has been completed by 65 per cent and the government has promised to use funds from domestic revenue sources to complete construction work of Phase II of the project which will cost about 290bn/-.   Upon completion, the new terminal is meant to meet the future growth on international arrivals by extending capacity to 6 million passengers per annum in a total.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 21st January 2017

The World Bank has granted a 24-million USD support for Addis Ababa and Haremaya universities to enable them establish centers of excellence.   Both universities were selected to be East and South African centers of excellence having competed with other African universities.   Hence, Addis Ababa University (AAU) would open three and Haremaya University (HU) one center of excellence.   The World Bank provided six million USD.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 20th January 2017

Addis Ababa — Ethiopian Airlines will fly to seven new destinations in the next five months, the firm said on Tuesday.   In its new record expansion plan, the Ethiopian flag carrier says that starting February to June this year, it will fly to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, Conakry-Guinea, Antananarivo (Madagascar), Oslo (Norway), Jakarta (Indonesia) Chengdu (China) and Singapore.   The firm's chief executive said the airline.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 20th January 2017

The Interior Designers Association of Kenya (IDAK) will be the main supporting partner of the 20th BUILDEXPO Kenya, the largest and most successful building and construction show in East Africa, taking place at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), Nairobi from the 20th to 22nd April, 2017. IDAK is the sole national body for interior design firms in Kenya and forms the voice and authority for professional interior designers in.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 18th January 2017