Namibia: Biohab Aims to Build Houses From Mushrooms

[New Era] Standard Bank and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)'s Centre for Bits and Atoms, and US-based architecture firm Redhouse studio, have partnered on a local innovative social upliftment project that uses fungal material from mushrooms to develop both housing and food products. Outgoing Standard Bank CEO Vetumbuavi Mungunda said at the BioHab site visit last week that the aim is to grow nutritious food and affordable housing materials from mushroom mycelium.
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Liberia: Three Years Into the Lofa Road Project – No Significant Progress

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- On December 21, 2017, George Weah, a presidential hopeful of the opposition going for runoff election at the time, was seen with the incumbent President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, breaking ground for the 81-kilometer from Gbarnga to Salayea. The ceremony, which occurred few days to the run-off election, to many was a confirmation that Madam Sirleaf had picked Mr. Weah as the man to continue her legacy.
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Zimbabwe: Boost for Chirundu Road Upgrade

[The Herald] THE Government has underscored its commitment to consolidate the country's role as a regional and continental trade facilitation hub by committing to immediately start work on a 40-kilometre road stretch leading up to Chirundu Border Post.
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Liberia: Account for Road Funds

[New Dawn] -Senate requests
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Ghana: Cape Coast Stadium Closed for Minor Works

[Ghanaian Times] Ebusua Dwarfs FC will play its upcoming Ghana Premier League and MTN FA Cup home matches at the Nduom Sports Complex in Elmina.
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East Africa: Shoukry, Abdel Ati Probe With U.S. Envoy to Horn of African GERD Developments

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Ati met on Wednesday 5/5/2021 US diplomat Jeffrey Feltman, the special American envoy for the Horn of Africa.
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Tanzania: State Focuses on Construction of 1000 Secondary Schools Countrywide

[Daily News] THE government is looking forward to build a total of 1000 secondary schools across the country in an effort to ensure that every ward has access to such level of education.
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Liberia: Sinkor Residents Suffer Flood Due to Building Constructed Over Major Drainage

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Residents on Chessman Avenue, between 17 to 18 Streets in Sinkor, Monrovia will continuously have sleepless nights whenever there is a divulge - the main drainage has been built upon blocking the waterway.
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Liberia: Kolu Sokodolo Children Foundation Hands Over Newly Constructed and Furnished Two-Bed Rooms House to 80-Year-Old Liberian Mother

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A local humanitarian and non-for-profit organization named and styled the Kolu Sokodolo Children Foundation (KSCF) has constructed and officially hand over a two-bedroom furnished concrete house to an 80-year old woman in the Township of Johnsonville, outside Monrovia, with a call on government and others to intensify efforts to help dignify the living conditions and address challenges confronting aging Liberian citizens across the country.
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