Liberia: Arcelormittal’s Phase Two Expansion Creating 3000 More Jobs in Construction Phase Alone

[New Republic] Many of the new jobs are created through the hiring of senior, middle, and low-level Liberian technicians for the construction phase of the project, which is heavily concentrated in Yekepa, and Buchanan.
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Nigeria: Worker Dies in Lagos Building Collapse

[Premium Times] Lagos emergency management agency says the building was being worked on by "unskilled labourers" when it collapsed.
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Africa: Extreme Storms and Flood Events Cause Damage Worth Billions to Ports – and They Are Most Disruptive to Small Island Developing States #AfricaClimateCrisis

[The Conversation Africa] Shipping ports are crucial for the global economy. They handle the majority of trade, are industrial and transportation hubs and provide employment. But ports, by their nature, are located in coastal areas or on large rivers and are exposed to natural hazards such as storms and floods as a result.
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Ghana: TDC to Create Sustainable Urban Settlements – Managing Director

[GhanaToday] The Managing Director of Tema Development Company Limited (TDC), Madam Alice Abena Ofori-Atta, has reaffirmed the company's commitment to achieving its mission of creating and managing unique and sustainable urban settlements to meet the evolving needs of the populace.
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Ghana: Major Roads in Accra to Be Completed This Year

[GhanaToday] The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Attah has announced that major roads in Accra would be completed and commissioned in 2023.
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Gambia: Stakeholders Engage New Jeshwang OIC Road Construction Victims’ Ahead of Demolition

[The Point] As the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretariat-The Gambia road project progresses, the office of The Gambia-OIC in partnership with the Ministry of Transport, Works and Infrastructure and the Ministry of Lands on Thursday engaged victims of the road construction at New Jeshwang.
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Zimbabwe: Housing Construction At Pomona City Begins

[The Herald] The excitement at Pomona City has begun with about 140 stand owners now ready to build their properties following the granting of the certificate of compliance by Harare City Council late last year.
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Tanzania: Rehabilitation of Songea Airport Reaches 97pc

[Daily News] REHABILITATION and upgrading of Songea Airport in Ruvuma Region has reached 97 per cent.
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Namibia: High School Construction Delay Forces Platoon Classes

[Namibian] PUPILS who completed grades 8 and 9 at some Swakopmund primary schools last year and were allocated space at the new high school being constructed in Tamariskia's new extension, will have to attend platoon classes from next month until the school is completed.
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Angola: MPLA Reiterates Commitment to Construction of Social Infrastructure

[ANGOP] Saurimo -- The MPLA's first secretary in the eastern Lunda Sul province Daniel Neto reaffirmed Tuesday his party's commitment to keep building social infrastructure, under the 2022/2027 Government programme.
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