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Nigeria: Group Plans $5 Billion Investment in Infrastructure

May 12, 2008 - 13:32
Nigeria: Group Plans $5 Billion Investment in Infrastructure - Africa Investor (AI), a Pan-African business group, has begun mobilisation of N585 billion ($5 billion) towards development of infrastructure in Nigeria. [AA Urbanisation]

South Africa : Commuters to get Pretoria, Joburg Express Train

May 10, 2008 - 12:45

Commuters to get Pretoria, Joburg express train - By Luyanda Makapela
Pretoria - Commuters who often spend hours in peak traffic between Pretoria and Johannesburg are to receive a business express train.
The service will run from Pretoria Station and end at Johannesburg Pak station in under an hour and is expected to dramatically reduce the congestion on the N1 highway. Buses will also provide further distribution around the two cities from the stations.

Uganda: Quit Excuses And Build New Bridge

May 10, 2008 - 02:20
Uganda: Quit Excuses And Build New Bridge - Experts must be exhausted of saying "we told you so" to the government. The latest accident in-waiting is the deplorable state of the only bridge linking the east of the country to the rest of it at the Owen Falls Dam in Jinja. [AA Construction]

Uganda: Kiteezi Landfill Worries Residents

May 10, 2008 - 02:19
Uganda: Kiteezi Landfill Worries Residents - You have possibly seen an overloaded Kampala City Council (KCC) garbage truck moving out of the city centre heading to Mpererwe -Kiteezi landfill located a long Gayaza Road. [AA Urbanisation]

Kenya: Sh114 Million Facelift for Lokichogio Airport

May 10, 2008 - 02:19
Kenya: Sh114 Million Facelift for Lokichogio Airport - Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has commissioned a new control tower with a modern air traffic control system at Lokichogio Airport at a cost of Sh114 million. [AA Construction]

Liberia: Govt to Demolish Illegal Buildings

May 10, 2008 - 01:16

Liberia: Govt to Demolish Illegal Buildings - The government of Liberia has announced its intention to ramp up enforcement of zoning laws across the country. Demolition of illegal structures will begin this weekend. Redemption Road, Pipeline Paynesville and Barnesville Dry Rice market will be the first areas of focus for the demolition project, which will commence on Saturday 10th May. [AA Urbanisation]

Tanzania: Lack of Cash Hits Building Sector Hard

May 9, 2008 - 16:38

Tanzania: Lack of Cash Hits Building Sector Hard - The building, construction and real estate industry in the country lags behind in attracting finances from the banking sector. [AA Construction]

Angola: Luanda Counts On Five New Health Centres in May

May 9, 2008 - 16:38

Angola: Luanda Counts On Five New Health Centres in May - Luanda will get this month five new health centres under a rehabilitation programme of the local government to spread the sanitary network to the surroundings of the capital city, meant to improve medical assistance, ANGOP has learnt. [AA Construction]

Zimbabwe: WCCE Urges Construction Industry to Shun Corruption

May 9, 2008 - 16:37

Zimbabwe: WCCE Urges Construction Industry to Shun Corruption - THE World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE) has warned industry players in the construction industry to shun corruption, which has emerged as one of the biggest obstacles to the country's economic turnaround. [AA Construction]

Winners of 2010 design competition to be announced

May 9, 2008 - 01:43

Winners of 2010 design competition to be announced - By Nthambeleni Gabara
Cape Town - The City of Cape Town will on Thursday announce the winners of its 2010 Green Goal Mouille Point Student Landscape Design Competition.
As a one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the city will announce the winners of the competition on Thursday at the Cape Town Hotel.
This is the first ever student competition in Cape Town, linked to the Green Goal programme of the forthcoming world cup.

Cameroon 2008-05-09 : Nation Could Host World Cup After Construction of Sports Complexes - Chinese Expert

May 9, 2008 - 01:39

Cameroon: Nation Could Host World Cup After Construction of Sports Complexes - Chinese Expert - Li Chanqxin, representative of the Chinese Machinery Equipment Export and Import Company, CMEC, Wednesday, May 7, after signing the Sports infrastructural Development Convention with the Cameroon Government, told the press that Cameroon could host the World Cup after the execution of the FCFA 272 billion contract. [AA Construction]

South Africa: Residents Urged to Report Corruption On RDP Houses

May 8, 2008 - 22:07
South Africa: Residents Urged to Report Corruption On RDP Houses - The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Local Government, Housing and Traditional Affairs Mike Mabuyakhulu has urged residents to report those who are making a business out of Government RDP houses. [AA Urbanisation]

Cameroon: Jean Baptiste Koue - 'Local Materials Are Not Well Publicised'

May 8, 2008 - 22:06
Cameroon: Jean Baptiste Koue - 'Local Materials Are Not Well Publicised' - Jean Baptiste Koue, Electro-mechanical Engineer and actor in the local material sector. [AA Construction]

Cameroon: Local Materials - The best Choice !

May 8, 2008 - 22:06
Cameroon: Local Materials - The best Choice ! - It is not a secret that Cameroonians like drinking. After work and weekends, the different bars in towns and beer parlours are full to capacity. During one of the drinking evenings, a friend of a notorious drinking team who is an inspector general in one of the ministries kept boosting to his friends that all the materials from his new house will be imported. [AA Construction]

Cameroon: 'Use of Local Material Will Reduce Pressure on Cement'

May 8, 2008 - 22:05
Cameroon: 'Use of Local Material Will Reduce Pressure on Cement' - Uphie Chinje Melo, Director of Local Material Promotion Authority (MIPROMALO), explains. [AA Construction]
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