[New Zimbabwe] Residents of Harare's upmarket Glen Lorne suburb have secured a court order stopping a Chinese-owned company from carrying out works on a legally protected wetland while they challenge the development in the High Court.
[This Day] When men of vision move, the marketplace takes notice. When they reinvent themselves, an entire industry may be forced to sit up and pay attention. Such is the story of Otunba Hakeem Alobo-Bakare, the dashing Lagos-born construction czar whose latest ambition is set to take him from building skylines to reshaping the way Lagos moves.
[Ghanaian Times] The establishment of a new College of Education at Kenyasi in the Ahafo Region is progressing steadily, with construction of key facilities now underway.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Amsons Group, the parent company of Bamburi Cement and East African Portland Cement (EAPC), will invest Sh4.5 billion to construct 10 Mother and Child Level 4 hospitals across Kenya.
[Namibian] Security guards working in the construction sector must be paid at least the national minimum wage, despite a lower rate contained in the construction sector's new collective agreement.
[Premium Times] The governor stressed that the contractors had assured the government that the work would be completed within two weeks.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan President João Lourenço on Thursday once again inspected the progress of construction work on the future Memorial to Victims of Political Conflicts in Luanda, with physical completion reaching 93.5%, as part of the ongoing national reconciliation process in the country.
[ANGOP] Lobito -- Botswana President Duma Gideon Boko on Wednesday received a briefing in Benguela on the construction phases of the Lobito Oil Refinery in Angola and the opportunities it could offer to regional and international markets.
[263Chat] Zimbabwe is looking to deepen cooperation with China in infrastructure development including a proposed US$600m rail rehabilitation project, Deputy Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Advocate Mercy Dinha has said.
[ANGOP] Cabinda -- Construction works on the northern Angola's Caio Deep-Water Terminal have reached 79.08% physical completion and 77.40% financial execution, according to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Port of Cabinda, José Kuvíngua.