Namibia: Omaheke Fails to Build Houses for Poor – Governor

[Namibian] OMAHEKE governor Pijoo Nganate says the Gobabis Local Authority Council and the Omaheke Regional Council failed to build 32 Build Together houses last year.
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Egypt: Sisi Follows up Progress in ‘Julius Nyerere Hydropower’ Dam in Tanzania

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Monday2/8/2021 followed up on the implementation status of Julius Nyerere Hydropower plant and dam in Tanzania during a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and the ministers of housing and finance.
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Kenya: Residents Fight to Stop Sh200m Apartments Project in Nairobi

[Nation] Residents of the upmarket Westlands Estate in Nairobi want the country's top environmental watchdog and the Nairobi county government to stop a private developer from erecting luxury high-rise apartments in the area.
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Liberia: Deputy Speaker Begins Construction of Broadcasting Duplex Fòr Ahteenah Radio/Television

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Realizing the importance and value of communicating within the communities through radio and television as tools for humanitarian communication, the construction of Ahteenah House, the headquarters of Ahteenah Radio and Television, has formally begun in Barclayville Grand Kru County.
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Egypt: Czech Shares With Egypt Same Concerns About GERD Issue, Encourages Negotiations – FM

[Egypt Online] Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek said on Sunday that his country shares with Egypt the same concerns about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute.
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Kenya: AAK Projects Kenya’s Construction Industry to Grow By 3.9% in 2021

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Architectural Association of Kenya projects the construction industry to grow by up to 3.9 percent this year, assuming there is no repeat of the strict lock down similar to last year.
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South Africa: N2 Toll Road On Wild Coast Divides Community

[GroundUp] Some argue it will bring economic opportunities while others worry it will destroy their way of life
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Kenya: Sh39m AfDB Programme to Train Engineering Lecturers At Egerton University

[Nation] There are few engineering lecturers in many public universities, with this in mind, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has partnered with Egerton University in a Sh39 million programme to train lecturers in this critical department.
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