Tanzania: Third Phase of Tanga-Pangani-Saadani Highway Construction Launched

[Daily News] MINISTER for Works and Transport, Professor Makame Mbarawa on Tuesday launched construction of a third part of the 256 kilometre Tanga -Pangani -Saadani- Makurunge - Bagamoyo Highway.
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Zimbabwe: Sakunda to Give Rufaro a Facelift

[The Herald] IN a move that could change the face of football in this country, Sakunda Holdings are set to give Rufaro Stadium a massive face-lift after securing the iconic venue on a long-term lease from Harare City Council.
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Nigeria: 2nd Niger Bridge for Commissioning Oct 2022 – Gambari

[Vanguard] In what appears as a pre-commissioning event, the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, yesterday led a team of senior government officials to inspect the progress of work on the second Niger Bridge that is primed to link major cities in the Southeast and Southsouth with the rest of the country.
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Ghana: GES to Begin Facelift of Philip Quaque, First Basic School in W/A … Following President’s Intervention

[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Education Service has taken the necessary steps to rehabilitate the first basic school in West Africa, the Philip Quaque Basic School, to transform it into a modern school.
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Nigeria: Fashola – Foreign Contractors Must Deliver Same Quality of Work As Their Home Countries

[This Day] Abuja -- The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) yesterday warned foreign contractors handling major contracts in Nigeria to avoid delivering substandard jobs.
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Nigeria: Reconstructed 197-Year-Old Consulate Building Commissioned in Bonny

[This Day] Port Harcourt -- The reconstructed consulate building, a monument of about 197 years old, has finally been completed and commissioned in Bonny, Rivers State.
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Ghana: Rehabilitation of Philip Quarcoe Basic School Long Overdue

[Ghanaian Times] As part of his speech at the event organised in Cape Coast for the national celebration of the country's 65th independence on Sunday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced his government's intention to rehabilitate the Philip Quaque Basic School in Cape Coast, the first elementary school established in Ghana (then Gold Coast) in 1765.
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Ghana: Govt Hands Over Vea Dam in Bongo for Rehabilitation

[Ghanaian Times] Vea -- The government last Friday handed over the Vea Irrigation Dam project in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region to a contractor for rehabilitation works to begin.
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Tunisia: AfDB Grants Tunisia €103.95 Million Loan to Upgrade Road Infrastructure

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia and the African Development Bank (AfDB), on Monday afternoon, inked a loan agreement for ?103.95 million (equivalent to 335 million Dinars) to finance the Road Infrastructure Modernisation Project, Phase 2 (PMIR II).
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