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Africa: Experts Call for Creative Financing to Boost Infrastructure Development

The number of people involved in informal trade is growing, but most in the region don't have access to proper transport means. This is one of the challenges highlighted during the last day of The Global African Investment Summit that closed on Tuesday in Kigali. It was noted that only one in four households in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region has access to energy, and the majority of them.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 8th September 2016

Mega housing projects changing face of Mtwapa

A new housing development by the Kenya Medical Association is changing the face of Mtwapa in Kilifi Country. The Sh1 billion complex consists of 20 blocks, each with eight two-bedroom apartments on a five-acre plot located just after Greenwood Resort. It was completed in June and is ready for occupation. Each of the 160 apartments has an ensuite bedroom with an extra bathroom for guests. A reverse osmosis water purifier ensures.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 8th September 2016

Rwanda: New System to Manage Building Permits in Secondary Cities to Be Launched Today

Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) will today launch a new system to manage building permits in secondary cities across the country, a step that experts have described as a breakthrough in harmonising the issuance of building permits across the country. RHA will launch the Building Permitting Management Information System (BPMIS) in Musanze, Northern Province, in collaboration with the World Bank Group's International Finance.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 7th September 2016

Tanzania: Sh32 Billion Mererani Road to Be Ready December

Mererani — Upgrading of the 22 kilometre road linking Mererani gemstone mines to the rest of the country through Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) will be complete by the end of this year, it was revealed here recently. The project costs Sh.32 billion and is being undertaken by a Chinese construction firm, China Henan International Corporation Group Limited (Chico). Manyara regional manager for Tanzania National Roads.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 7th September 2016

Africa�s Captains of Industry Urged to Propel Infrastructure Development

Captains of industry in Africa have been called upon to make greater impact on the continent’s infrastructure landscape. South Africa’s Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe noted that their participation was critical for the development of the continent’s construction projects. Addressing the annual congress of Master Builders SA Conference in Durban on.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 3rd September 2016

Tanzania: Govt to Pick Contractor for Sh16 Trillion Railway Line Project

Dar es Salaam — The Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication is currently in the process of procuring a contractor for the construction of the standard gauge railway line run from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma and Mwanza. This comes just weeks after Tanzania signed a $7.6 billion (about Sh16 trillion) loan agreement with the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China for upgrading the railway line. Transport permanent.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 2nd September 2016

Rwanda signs deal for new airport construction

RwandAir today launches its inaugural commercial flight to Benin’s capital of Cotonou (IATA: COO / ICAO: DBBB) operating to the Cardinal Bernadin Gantin International Airport, also known as Cadjehoun International Airport. This marks the start of a long planned expansion of destinations across Africa ahead of the delivery of additional aircraft due for delivery over the coming months which includes the addition of Abidjan at the.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 2nd September 2016

East Africa: New Railway Line Plan Sketched

The government has outlined a three-year timeline for the construction of a 7.6 billion US dollar (15 trillion/-) railway line - a major trade artery between Tanzania and its landlocked neighbours of Burundi, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Standard Gauge project, which is supported by China's Exim Bank, is scheduled to start anytime from now, the Minister for Works, Transport and Communications, Professor.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 1st September 2016

Megha Engineering completes 4 major projects worth Rs. 3100 cr

Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd., has completed four major projects during the first quarter of this year with a total outlay of Rs. 3100 crore, including an infra project in Tanzania and the major lift irrigation project of Pattiseema that links Godavari and Krishna rivers and a project under Mission Bhageeratha. Of the four projects, two were inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the third one he visited in.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 1st September 2016

Rwanda: Rwf58 Billion Earmarked for Kigali Urban Road Upgrades

A total of 51.5 kilometer road network is set to be upgraded in the City of Kigali at a cost of Rwf58.2 billion courtesy of the Export-Import Bank of Chaina. The draft law for the ratification of the loan agreement signed in Beijing, for the Yuan 488m, was approved by a recent Cabinet meeting. The agreement was signed between the Rwandan government and the Export-Import Bank of China for Kigali Urban Road Upgrading.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 31st August 2016

Ethiopian dam study contracts to be signed in Sept: Egypti's foreign ministry

The contracts with two consulting firms to carry out technical studies into the impact of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam will be signed on 5 and 6 September, Egypt's foreign ministry said on Tuesday. In a meeting with reporters, Ahmed Abu Zeid said that the irrigation ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will attend the contract signing in Sudan. The three countries agreed in 2015 that two French firms, Artelia and BRL, would.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 31st August 2016

Dangote shakes Kenya�s cement market with Ethiopia imports

Nigeria’s Dangote Cement has started its shake-up of the Kenyan market with imports of the commodity from its plant in neighbouring Ethiopia as it prepares to establish a local manufacturing plant. Dangote’s targeting of the Kenyan consumer with low-cost cement from Ethiopia is expected to further drive retail prices downward in a market where they have remained static for nearly 10 years. Importing.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 31st August 2016