Malawi: Govt Warns Against Overcharging on Cement Prices

[Nyasa Times] The Malawi Government, through the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Competition and Fair Trading Commission, have warned traders against taking advantage of the scarcity of cement to overcharge the product.
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Rwanda: Ten Hectares of Land Allocated for Construction of Muhanga Stadium

[New Times] The government has completed expropriation of families on a 10-hectare piece of land in Muhanga District to pave way for the construction of a stadium.
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Ghana: Government to Constructs 8,000 Affordable Housing Units At Pokuase

[GhanaToday] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday launched the National Affordable Housing Program, and broke ground for work to begin on some 8,000 affordable housing units at Pokuase, a suburb of Aacra in the Greater Accra region.
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Kenya: Kuria Confident About 47 County Industrial Parks in a Year

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has exuded confidence that all the country's 47 counties will have industrial parks by August 2024.
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Liberia: Govt, Development Partners Break Grounds to Construct Fisheries Science Facilities

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The government of Liberia, in partnership with the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA), the University of Liberia, and development partners, held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 28, 2023, for the construction of two separate facilities at the T.J R. Faulkner College of Science, Technology, Environment, and Climate Change at the University of Liberia.
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Liberia: Liberia’s Traffic Deaths Among the Highest in the World, So Why Did the Government Halt a U.S.$50 MillionFacility Meant to Make Roads Safer?

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- It's a tragedy that has touched almost every Liberian family. With one of the highest death rates from traffic accidents in the world, most Liberians feel a sense of fear when they enter a vehicle. That tragedy arrived for Erica T. Smart in March when her junior brother Lucky was riding from school on a tricycle when he was run over by a defective truck on the Monrovia-Robertsfield highway.
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