Nigeria: Nistructe – Coren’s Delay of Enabling Guidelines Fosters Building Collapse

[This Day] The Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers, NIStructE has stated that the delay by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) in responding to its draft guidelines to regulate the practice of Structural Engineering in the country fosters building collapse.
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Ethiopia: Cemented Fate

[Addis Fortune] Bags of cement are stacked up high in Megenagna, one of the more famous retailing areas in Addis Abeba. But the closed warehouses in the photo betray the turbulence of a market where production is low, prices escalating, and the authorities are at a loss on how to address the challenge.
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Zimbabwe: No Plans to Urbanise Seke Rural As Illegal Structures Mushroom – Council

[New Zimbabwe] The Manyame Rural District Council has warned desperate home seekers not to buy land in Seke Rural amid reports that the local authority would soon be granted government permission to urbanise the area.
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Rwanda: Construction of U.S.$10 Million Gorilla Conservation Centre Nears Completion

[New Times] The construction of the Ellen DeGeneres campus which is close to Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park in Kinigi sector of Musanze district is at 50 percent.
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Kenya: State Releases Funds to Rebuild Schools Destroyed By Floods

[Nation] The government has disbursed funds for the re-construction of schools destroyed by floods in Baringo, Kisumu, Elgeyo Marakwet and West Pokot counties.
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Angola: Minister Foresees Completion of Sanatorium Hospital Works By July

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Construction works of Sanatorium Hospital in Luanda may end in July this year, said Thursday the Angolan Health minister, Sílvia Lutucuta, who foresees the re-opening of infrastructure by the year-end.
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Nigeria: Kwara Begins Construction of U.S.$60 Million Roads

[This Day] TThe Kwara State Governor, Mr. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has commenced the construction of 700 kilometres of roads at the cost of $60 million.
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Botswana: Francistown Foot Bridge On Cards

[Botswana Daily News] Francistown -- Acting Francistown town clerk, Mr Lawrence Mazinyane, says funds permitting, a 200-metre foot-bridge will be constructed between Somerset Extension and Block 2 locations in the city.
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Rwanda: Setback for Farmers As Rains Disrupt Construction of Pineapple Processing Plant

[New Times] Ndereyemungu: Our cooperative supplies between 30 tonnes and 50 tonnes per week during harvesting season to different parts of the country.
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Nigeria: Govt to Complete Reconstruction of Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Road Before 2023

[This Day] The federal government has said that a lot of progress is being made on the ongoing reconstruction work on the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road project, assuring that it would be completed before 2023, during the life of the current administration.
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