Kenya: Builders Start Assembling the Likoni Floating Bridge

[Nation] Offshore assembling of the Likoni floating bridge has begun after a ship with 70 steel tubular piles arrived in Mombasa over the weekend.
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South Africa: MEC Anroux Marais Mourns Loss of Gawie Fagan

[Govt of SA] MEC Anroux Marais mourns loss of Gawie Fagan - A brilliant mind, with a passion for architecture.
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Nigeria: CBN Releases Framework for N200 Billion Housing Fund

[This Day] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released the framework for the implementation of Family Homes Financing Initiative (FHFI), which is targeted at providing 300,000 homes across the 36 states of the country.
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Tanzania: Uhuru Hospital Project Progress Reaches Over 80pc

[Daily News] CONSTRUCTION of Uhuru Hospital in Chamwino District, Dodoma Region, has been completed by 87 per cent after the government fulfilled its commitment of injecting 2.3bn/- into the project.
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Ghana: Konkon Wonderland to Get Tennis, Volleyball Courts

[Ghanaian Times] Ghana's premier farm resort, Konkon Wonderland, is set to add new sports arena to the list of entertainment facilities for the comfort of its guests.
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Ethiopia: Qatar to Construct Mixed-Use Buildings in Addis Ababa

[Ethiopian Herald] The Government of Qatar would invest in the construction of extensive mixed-use buildings in Addis Ababa that are primarily used to hotel and residence purposes, according to Ethiopia's Ambassador to that country.
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Rwanda: What Would It Take to Have More Green Buildings in Kigali?

[New Times] The words 'green buildings'are hard to miss duringtalks and projections of the ideal City of Kigali in coming years. What would it take to actualize the projections and plans?
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Liberia: Three Years to Build, Nearly 15 Years Under Renovation – Liberia’s Executive Mansion Now a Milking Cow?

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Good Governance and Government Reform, Larry P. Younquoi, has termed as a "milking cow" the consistent allocation of monies in the National Budget for the renovation of the Executive Mansion to benefit "people in high places" at the detriment of poor Liberian tax payers.
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Nigeria: James Cubitt – Effective Facility Management Enhances Asset Value

[This Day] Buildings are like humans, they age and become decrepit if unattended to adequately. They can also become desolate even at infancy for lack of care, giving their owners pain and distress from accumulated maintenance cost. This ugly situation can be mitigated, the Managing Director, James Cubitt Facility Managers, Mrs. Gbadunade Ogunleye, tells Bennett Oghifo. She also talks about remedy in proper education for growth in the industry
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