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Nigeria: Jigawa Awards N1.4 Billion Road Contracts

April 27, 2008 - 18:41
Nigeria: Jigawa Awards N1.4 Billion Road Contracts - Barely a week after the revocation of 65 contracts in the state, the Jigawa government has re - awarded contracts worth N1.4 billion for the construction of dilapidated township roads across the state. [AA Construction]

Namibia : Waterfront Project in Phase Two

April 26, 2008 - 01:53
Waterfront Project in Phase Two - Waterfront Project in Phase Two - Phase two of the Lüderitz waterfront has commenced and is expected to be open in time for World Cup 2010 soccer showcase in South Africa.

Nigeria: Yobe to Commence Construction of 221 Houses

April 25, 2008 - 22:42
Nigeria: Yobe to Commence Construction of 221 Houses - The Yobe State Government is to commence the construction of 221 houses out of the 500 housing units project earmarked to be constructed this year as successful bidders have been directed to collect their contract award letters and twenty five percent mobilisation fees. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: 'Nigeria Needs N5.4tr for Infrastructure'

April 25, 2008 - 14:48

Nigeria: 'Nigeria Needs N5.4tr for Infrastructure' - Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mrs Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru, yesterday said the country would require N5.46 trillion to put its infrastructure in place. [AA Urbanisation]

Power shortage will not affect new property developments

April 25, 2008 - 00:34
Power shortage will not affect new property developments -

By Luyanda Makapela

Pretoria - Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has reassured South Africans that electricity supply shortages will not affect new residential property developments requiring less than 100KW and low-income housing projects.

SA plans to produce 2 500 engineers a year

April 24, 2008 - 13:55
SA plans to produce 2 500 engineers a year -

By Michael Appel; tel: (012) 314-2419

Pretoria - As part of government's Joint Initiative for Priority Skills Acquisition (JIPSA), a target of producing 2 500 engineers per annum has been set to help the country deal with skills shortages.

"JIPSA has targeted a limited number of priority skills thought to be some of the key constraints to [economic] growth.

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Nigeria: Demolition of Illegal Structures Begins in Lugbe

April 24, 2008 - 12:57
Nigeria: Demolition of Illegal Structures Begins in Lugbe - The Department of Development Control has begun demolition of illegal structures at Lugbe Federal Housing Authority (FHA), a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory. [AA Construction]

Cameroon: Chinese to Start Construction of 1500 Houses

April 23, 2008 - 23:53
Cameroon: Chinese to Start Construction of 1500 Houses - Could the government have finally found a way out of the long-running quagmire into which it has been plunged over the years with teething housing problems? [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Housing Project - Anyaoku, Modibbo to Grace Launch

April 23, 2008 - 15:54
Nigeria: Housing Project - Anyaoku, Modibbo to Grace Launch - Global Formwork, the project initiator of the $600 million Malaysian Gardens Housing project situated in the Saraji District of Abuja will, next week, conduct a site- tour of the progress being made in the on-going construction works at the site. [AA Urbanisation]

Nasrec gets R120 million upgrade for 2010

April 23, 2008 - 15:53
Nasrec gets R120 million upgrade for 2010 -

By Bathandwa Mbola

Johannesburg - More than R120 million has been set aside to upgrade the Nasrec precinct south of Johannesburg's city centre to support the hosting of the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Officially announced on Monday the upgrading of the precinct is scheduled to start in May, which will see the area be transformed into a world class centre over the next two years.

South Africa: Joburg's R120m 2010 International Broadcasting Centre

April 23, 2008 - 15:53
South Africa: Joburg's R120m 2010 International Broadcasting Centre - It is official. Nasrec Expo Centre - south of Johannesburg and close to FNB Stadium - will be upgraded at a cost of R120 million to house the 2010 International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) - the nerve centre where more than 10 000 media will lay siege during the 2010 World Cup to deliver the event to more than 30 billion people across the globe. [AA Urbanisation]

Tanzania: 11,000 Houses for Teachers Built in Six Years

April 23, 2008 - 15:52
Tanzania: 11,000 Houses for Teachers Built in Six Years - The Government is not aware of primary school teachers living in grass thatched houses although it has knowledge of acute shortage of teachers' houses in the country. [AA Construction]
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