Blogs

Nigeria: Lafarge, Dangote Move to Crash Cement Price - Amid reports that cement price is beginning to crash after President Goodluck Jonathan issued a directive to manufacturers to address the skyrocketing price, two industry players - Lafarge Cement/WAPCO Nigeria Plc and Dangote Cement - are putting in place measures that may further bring down the cost of the product. [AA Construction]

South Africa: Slumming It in Jo'burg - Johannesburg's abandoned and neglected inner-city buildings have become slum dwellings for thousands of people, many of them jobless migrants, who endure over-crowding, poor or non-existent sanitation and limited access to running water and electricity because of a lack of affordable alternatives. [AA Urbanisation]

Nigeria: FCDA Officials Demolish Part of Dabras Hotel - The management of Dabras Hotel, Wuse II, Abuja, yesterday condemned the demolition of a portion of the hotel by officials of the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA. [AA Urbanisation]

Nigeria: 'FG Needs N7.7trillion for Ongoing Projects' - The Presidential Projects Assessment Committee yesterday told President Goodluck Jonathan that about N7.7 trillion was needed to complete about 11,886 ongoing projects. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: FG to Build Six Fertiliser Blending Plants - Sambo - Vice President Namadi Sambo hinted yesterday that the Federal Government had concluded plans to build six fertilizer blending plants across the country. [AA Construction]

Kenya: S and L Developers Club Members to Learn From SA Housing Market - Fifty members of KCBs S&L developers club will travel to South Africa next week on a six-day tour of the property markets in Johannesburg and Cape Town. [AA Urbanisation]

Kenya: Nation Slow in Issuing Construction Permits - The process of obtaining construction permits in Kenya is among world's most cumbersome with property developers having to go through a raft of procedures before they get necessary approvals and connectivity to trunk services such as water and sewerage and electricity. This process takes a total of more than four months to complete and accrues associated costs amounting to a minimum of Sh64,303. [AA Construction]

Eritrea: Effective Work Accomplished in Alleviating Shortage of Housing - Effective work has been accomplished over the past 20 years in alleviating shortage of residential housing complexes in the Northern Red Sea region, according to the branch head of the Ministry of Land, Water and Environment in the region, Mr. Tsehaye Siele. [AA Urbanisation]