A FEW days after laying foundation stone for the modern terminal building at the Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (AAKIA) on Unguja Island, President Ali Mohamed Shein has promised to upgrade the current small airport in Pemba to international level.   View Comments   "Plans are underway to extend the runway, expand the airport, fix lights, and improve security to accommodate bigger planes from abroad," Dr Shein.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 15th October 2015

Tanzania on Saturday officially inaugurated a 535-kilometer China funded gas pipeline, reported Xinhua. The pipeline built with a $1.33-billion concessional loan from the Export-Import Bank of China transports natural gas from Tanzania's southern region of Mtwara to Dar es Salaam. Construction started in June 2013 and was undertaken by China Petroleum Technology and Development Corporation (CPTDC), a subsidiary of China National Petroleum.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 12th October 2015

Construction of the Mass Rapid Transit System in Kenya  which will cost US$ 4m is set to be launched in the capital Nairobi and will be fully funded by the National Treasury. The acting Director-general of public debt management at the Treasury, Jackson Kinyanjui confirmed the reports and said that the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure accepted the proposal for the allocation of US$4m for the construction of the Mass Rapid Transit.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 12th October 2015

The construction of new terminal at Kotoka International Airport in Ghana has received a major boost after the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced that it had approved a $120 million corporate loan to finance Ghana Airports Company Limited’s (GACL) capital investment programme. The loan is expected to help in the construction of a new terminal at Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Ghana capital Accra, and the rehabilitation of.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 9th October 2015

Tender for the 3 MW in-pipe hydropower scheme in South Africa is set to be issued by Johannesburg city, Johannesburg Executive mayor Parks Tau who first mooted the scheme has announced. Its cost competitiveness is likely to challenge Eskom’s Megaflex tariff. Mr Tau announced the progress during the Association of Municipal Electricity Utilities conference assuring attendants  the city’s intention of harnessing energy from.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 9th October 2015

A recently introduced Smart City solution has enabled the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) to develop a complete view of the city’s roads inventory, with over 1.6-million images and 700 000 locations of JRA assets being captured onto the system for tracking, monitoring and management. City of Johannesburg MMC for Transport Christine Walters noted that the new innovation would result in improved service delivery to the public and better.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 8th October 2015

Construction of affordable houses in Rwanda is in top gear following the signing of a proposal of the same by UK based GB Allied Services and International Green Structures Kenya Limited (IGS Kenya). Earlier this month Director Ben Armani and Engineer Robert Mugisha from GB Allied Services (UK) Ltd.; visited and toured the IGStructures models in Nairobi and the IGS Manufacturing Facility Kenya (IGSM-K) in Thika, Kenya. The purpose of the.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 8th October 2015

National Housing Corporation (NHC) has launched a mega housing construction project in Tanzania. The construction project dabbed Morocco Square Towers in Kinondoni District, Dar es Salaam, has been  taunted as the biggest housing project in East and Central Africa. The  Morocco Square Towers was launched by Deputy Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, Ms Angela Kairuki. NHC Director General, Mr..... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 8th October 2015

Cuvango — The construction works of the 20 social houses, out of 200 residences, in Cuvango municipality, southern Huíla province, are concluded.   Speaking to Angop, the municipal administrator, Miguel Luís said that it is under execution the installation of the technical networks, according to the urbanization patterns.   He stressed that the execution of the project is only in this phase because the.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 7th October 2015

The Kenya Airports Authority is putting in place plans for a million-shilling back centre in Mombasa . The facility which will be based at the Moi International airport will be completed within 24 weeks. The backup data centre will be used as a substitute for accommodating the ICT resources. The data centre will also be established as a precautionary measure in case of any outages. The data centre will still be connected to the firm’s.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 7th October 2015

The government of Kenya recently announced they are seeking financing for a proposed road that would link Kenya with Somalia. The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) pronounced that designs had been completed for a proposed road connecting Garissa to Liboi, a Kenyan town just 12 km shy of the Somalia border. No tarmacked road currently exists connecting Garissa to Liboi, though dirt tracks and so-called panya routes or “rat.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 7th October 2015

 Infrastructure construction in Egypt is set to improve as the World Bank head Jim Yong Kim expressed his support in various ongoing and upcoming projects. In a meeting with Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi over the weekend in New York the World Bank boss said Egypt has a great potential in terms of development and it deserves more support.   According to the president in a statement they both agreed that the country need.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 7th October 2015