Kenya: Construction of Sh4.5 Billion New Makupa Bridge Begins

[Nation] The Kenya National Highways Authority (Kenha) has begun construction of the new 457 metre long Makupa bridge, which will replace the historic Makupa causeway that links Mombasa Island to the mainland.
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Nigeria: How Women Are Locked Out of Nigeria’s Construction Industry

[The Conversation Africa] The construction industry is widely considered to be one of the world's largest industrial employers of labour, and is linked to all other sectors of countries' economies. It presents a path to empower women economically but it tends to be dominated by men.
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Uganda: President Samia Arrives in Uganda for Crude Oil Pipeline Project Deal

[Daily News] Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has arrived in Uganda Sunday morning for a one day working visit which will see her signing an agreement for the Crude Oil Pipeline construction between the two Eastern African countries.
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Ghana: Caritas Ghana Builds Recycling Plant in Tamale

[Ghanaian Times] Caritas Ghana, a faith-based non-governmental organization (NGO), has established a recycling plant in the Tamale metropolis.
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Morocco: Tiznit-Dakhla Expressway Project to Take Shape Next Year (Minister)

[MAP] Oued El Ouaer -- The project of the Tizinit-Dakhla expressway will take shape during the next year, announced Thursday minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Abdelkader Amara.
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Ghana: Work On Daboya Bridge to Commence This Year – VP Bawumia

[Ghana Presidency] The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured the chiefs and people of northern Ghana, especially residents of the Savannah Region, that work on the Daboya Bridge would begin this year.
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Congo-Kinshasa: PM Reviews Outcome of Kinshasa Negotiations Over Ethiopia Dam

[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli reviewed on Thursday 8/4/2021 with Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Ati the latest developments of many files, including the outcome of negotiations that were held in Congo's Kinshasa over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on April 4-5.
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Ghana: Umat Cuts Sod for U.S.$1.2 Million Lecture Hall

[Ghanaian Times] Tarkwa -- The sod was cut on Tuesday for the construction of a $1.2 million multi-purpose three-storey lecture hall for the Faculty of Mining and Minerals Technology at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, in the Western Region.
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Tanzania: Cag Report – 1,538 SGR Foreign Construction Workers Did Not Have Work Permits

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- The Controller and Auditor General (CAG) report on development projects shows that 1,538 out of 2,408 foreign workers constructing first and second phases of the Standard Gauge Railway from Dar es Salaam to Dodoma did not have work permits.
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Kenya: Tassia Residents Decry Slow, Poor Road Construction Works

[Nairobi News] Residents in Tassia residents in Embakasi East have accused a contractor currently re-carpeting a road in the estate of doing a shoddy job and delaying construction works, thus causing them inconveniences.
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