Kenya: Govt to Complete Upgrade of Roads in Slums By December 2021

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has assured that the government will complete the construction of 408 kilometers of tarmac roads in Nairobi's informal and densely population settlements by December this year.
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Ethiopia: The Untold Story of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

[Ethiopian Herald] (Ethiopian Ambassador to the U.S., Special to the NNPA Newswire)
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Liberia: When Development Planning, Engineering and Political Will Intersect – the Case Study of the Relocation of the Red-Light Market to Omega

[FrontPageAfrica] Engineers are normally schooled in the sciences of the forces of nature, the mechanics and properties of materials, the principles of design and the technological capacity to construct for the sole purpose of improving the quality of life. This suggests that engineering on its own as an applied science can not solve the complex problems of development and at the same time quench the need to stimulate the political will to influence developmental initiatives. When it comes to the implementation of complex d
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Liberia: Market Women Decry Demolition @ Better Day Market Site

[New Republic] Several Market Women Wednesday morning woke up to the news of the demolition of their market named "Better Day Market" located behind Access Bank in the Red-Light Community.
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Egypt: Sisi Hails “Egyptian Countryside” As Largest Development Project

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi hailed the "Egyptian Countryside" as the largest integrated development project in Egypt's modern history.
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Nigeria: Amaechi Expresses Satisfaction With Pace of Construction At Lekki Port

[This Day] The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has expressed satisfaction with the level of progress recorded on the construction of the Lekki Deep Sea Port project.
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Africa: Can 3D-Printed Schools Tackle Africa’s Classroom Shortage?

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Faster, cheaper and greener than regular construction, 3D printing could help African countries close their education gaps - once companies figure out how to make the printers more moveable
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Kenya: High Global Steel Prices to Pinch Kenyan Developers

[Nation] Real estate project owners are staring at higher costs following a demand-driven 50 per cent increase in global steel prices, amid supply chain disruptions in India and China caused by Covid-19.
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Nigeria: Cabinet Approves N309 Billion for Road Contracts in Lagos, Kaduna, Others

[Premium Times] The FEC also approved N8.6 billion for the construction of vaccine laboratory, text kits for HIV/AIDS and procurement of medical equipment.
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Nigeria: Lagos Demolishes 4 Severely Distressed Buildings At Ebute Metta

[Vanguard] The Lagos State Government, through the state Building Control Agency, LASBCA, on Monday, embarked on the removal of the carcass of the partially collapsed building at No 19, Herbert Macaulay Street, Ebute Metta.
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