Nigeria: Cement Price – Nigerian Lawmakers Summon Dangote, Bua, Others

[Premium Times] The manufacturers are to appear before the entire House to brief the lawmakers on the 'arbitrary increase in cement price."
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South Africa: Ministry Assured the Construction of Police Stations At High Crime Areas of Cape Town Remain On Track

[SAPS] It is all systems go in the construction of more police stations in areas experiencing high crime volumes in the Western Cape Province.
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Zimbabwe: Construction of Access Roads to New Parly Building At Advanced Stage

[The Herald] Construction of access roads in the Mount Hampden area, including the new 6km boulevard that stretches from Bindura Road to the New Parliament Building, is now at an advanced stage with the contractor having opened detours.
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Zimbabwe: Local Cement Supply Improves

[The Herald] Zimbabwe's cement production has returned to levels where major manufacturers are producing more than needed to satisfy national demand, so import licences are no longer being issued.
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Uganda: Hoima Officials Raise Concern As Construction of Shs33bn Maternity Facility Fails to Take-Off

[Nile Post] Leaders in Hoima are concerned over the delayed start of the construction of the four-storey maternity and paediatric complex.
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Kenya: Billionaire Guru to Inaugurate West Pokot Cement Plant in a Fortnight

[Business Day Africa] Simba Cement, part of businessman Narendra Raval's business domain, is poised to inaugurate its West Pokot facility later this month, injecting an additional 2.5 million tonnes of clinker, a crucial raw material in cement production, into the nation.
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Africa: Path to Low-Carbon Construction Is Clear As Mud

[UN News] The use of building materials such as cement and steel create a massive carbon footprint, and the industry overall is responsible for almost 40 per cent of global CO2 emissions, mainly in terms of production and transport. Now, two women architects in India think they might have a new, perhaps counter-intuitive solution to sustainable construction: building with mud.
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Zimbabwe: Cement Manufacturers Exceeding Local Demand – Cabinet Notes

[New Zimbabwe] AFTER years of subdued production, local cement manufacturers are now exceeding local demand, Cabinet has revealed.
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Zimbabwe: All Set for Start of Dande Dam Construction

[The Herald] Wallace Ruzvidzo -- Work on constructing Dande Dam is imminent with everything now in place to start building the wall, as the Second Republic continues to walk its talk on the continuous development of key infrastructure.
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South Africa: Cape Town Cracks Down On Construction Mafias, but Violence and Extortion Persist

[Daily Maverick] In 2024, gangs of extortionists have persisted in destabilising construction projects, but the metro says efforts to clamp down are seeing results.
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