Nigeria: Cement Scarcity – Dangote to Revive Gboko Plant

[Daily Trust] The management of Dangote Cement is set to improve cement availability in the market as it plans to revive its Gboko plant which shut down over four years ago.
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Nigeria: Lagos-Ibadan Rail – CCECC Pressured to Finish 7 Stations Over June Timeline

[Daily Trust] The China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation (CCECC), the contractor handling the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, is in a race to meet the June commissioning deadline by finishing at least seven stations, Daily Trust reports.
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Nigeria: We Still Retain Concession Rights Over Ibadan Road – Contractor

[This Day] The ENL Consortium Limited has alleged that a concession agreement it entered with Oyo State Government in respect of the Ibadan Circular Road project was still legal and subsisting.
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Gambia: Estate CEO Funds 6km Road in Kombo South

[The Point] The CEO of Ginko Foundation, Real Housing Estate and Sand Mining has invested at least D2 million for the construction of a crucial six kilometre access road in Berending, Kombo South, that links the village to Gunjur.
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Zimbabwe: ‘Low-Cost Housing Way to Go’

[The Herald] Nearly 570 low-cost housing units have been constructed in the first quarter of this year, in a clear demonstration of Government's determination to provide housing to citizens, despite the challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said on Wednesday.
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Uganda: Uganda, DRC to Sign Major Roads Construction Deal Today

[Independent (Kampala)] Entebbe, Uganda -- DRC Deputy Prime Minister Christophe Lutundula Apala is expected in Uganda today to sign a key inter-governmental agreement on infrastructure.
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Zimbabwe: Firm Sued Over Construction Deal

[The Herald] A local engineering company and its director are being sued by a construction company for failing to settle a US$33 500 outstanding debt for building and renovation services done at its premises in Willowvale sometime early last year.
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Kenya: Construction of Sh400m Tharaka Nithi County Headquarters Stalls Yet Again

[Nation] Construction of the Sh400 million county headquarters in Kathwana has once again stalled due to lack of funds. Work on the five-storey building that started on June 3, 2015 was to be completed in three years.
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Ghana: President Akufo-Addo Cuts Sod for Construction of Phase 1 of Law School Village

[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 26th May 2021, cut the sod for the construction of phase one of the Law School Village of the Ghana Law School, at a ceremony at the Academic Enclave near the University of Ghana Business School.
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Uganda: Uganda Railways Moves to Evict 3,000 Mechanics

[Monitor] The Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has given about 3,000 mechanics in Jinja City a six-month ultimatum to vacate land on which they are operating to pave way for revamping of the railway.
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