Nigeria: Govt Flags Off 300,000 Low-Cost Houses, Targets 90% Local Materials

[This Day] The federal government has flagged off its nationwide low-cost housing scheme in Abuja, announcing that its prices will range between N1.4 million and N1.8 million for a one-bedroom and two-bedroom units respectively, excluding financing and infrastructure costs.
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East Africa: EAC Impressed With SGR, Jnhpp Projects

[Daily News] THE East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has heaped praise on Tanzania's progress and pace in the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway and Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project (JNHPP).
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Tanzania: Construction of Public Servants’ College to Start Soon

[Daily News] OVER 400m/- has been set aside for initial construction activities of a public servants' college - Lake Zone Campus in Chato District.
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Ethiopia: Support to GERD Construction From Overseas

[Ethiopian Herald] It is a clear fact that Ethiopians at home have been making significant moral and financial contributions to the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) since the start. This is also the case of Ethiopians overseas.
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Tanzania: Six District Councils Tasked to Speed Up Construction of New Classrooms

[Daily News] REGIONAL Administrative Secretary (RAS) Musa Missale has tasked six district councils to speed up the construction of new classrooms to accommodate 557 Form One students who risk missing out on the 2021 academic year.
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Tanzania: Kudos Contractors for Good Progress of Mwanza Bridge, New Ship Projects

[Daily News] THERE are a few major projects, whose implementation is still going on in various parts of the country. All these are meant to uplift the country and Tanzanians in general to the next level of development.
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Nigeria: Cement Price Hike Unsettles Contractors, Masses

[Daily Trust] Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Abeokuta and Yenagoa -- The hike in the price of cement across the country has rattled builders, dealers, block manufacturers and workers in the building construction industry.
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Angola: Lourenço Reaffirms ‘Deep Changes’ in Angola

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan head of state, João Lourenço, said Friday that "a process of deep changes" was underway in the country, with priorities for development in the agriculture, technology, education, transport, infrastructure, health, pharmaceutical, banking and insurance sectors.
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Cameroon: ‘It’s a Wonderful, Beautiful Project’

[Cameroon Tribune] Joseph Dion Ngute, Prime Minister, Head of Government.
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Gambia: Basse Bridge, Roads to Be Completed in August 2021

[The Point] Officials of the company that is constructing the Basse bridge and roads have affirmed that the bridge and roads that are currently under construction in the farthest region of the country would be completed in August, 2021.
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