Nigeria: It’s Unlawful to Build Without a Registered Builder – NIOB

[This Day] Lagos State members of the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) have said that it is against the law of Lagos State Building Regulation of 2019 to build without a registered Builder.
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Nigeria: Building Collapse – Senate Considers Bill for Compulsory Compensation to Victims

[This Day] A bill seeking the compulsory insurance of public buildings and buildings under construction scaled second reading on the floor of the Senate recently.
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Nigeria: Aliyu – How States Are Stalling Our Housing Projects

[This Day] Minister of State for Works and Housing, Abubakar Aliyu explains why road and housing constructions are at a slow pace. He spoke with journalists in Abuja. Excerpts:
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East Africa: Corporation Striving to Be Competitive At East African Market – ECWC

[Ethiopian Herald] The Ethiopian Construction Works Corporation (ECWC) said that it has been working persistently to be competitive among construction companies at East Africa level.
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Botswana: P100million Work Starts

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- The over P100Million state of the art data centre currently under construction is envisaged to place Botswana as a strategic high ranking business partner across SADC and globally.
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Morocco: Providing Access to Healthcare for Moroccan Citizens – Hospital of Salé

[PR Newswire] Luxembourg -- The EU and its bank the EIB, supported the construction, renovation and modernization of 16 hospitals in Morocco, with a loan worth of 70 million EUR and a grant of more than 13 million EUR, providing the Kingdom with state-of-the-art equipment and infrastructure enabling staff to work in better conditions. Hospital of Salé is one of them.
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Ethiopia: GERD Goes Beyond Hydro Project to Ethiopians – Scholars

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA- Scholars underscored that the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is an emblem of all Ethiopians patriotism, unity, sovereignty and pride as well as a way out of poverty that should be passed down to the next generations.
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Ghana: Govt Mobilises U.S.$2 Billion Towards Devt of Railway Infrastructure – President

[Ghanaian Times] Government is mobilising US$2 billion towards the development of railway infrastructure and services, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.
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Nigeria: Govt’s Airport Infrastructure Renewal

[This Day] Chinedu Eze writes that the decision by the federal government to embark on building additional terminals to its international airports some years ago was insightful as those facilities can now meet the needs of increasing passenger traffic
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Kenya: Construction of Oloitokitok-Njukini-Taveta Road in Limbo, Five Years On

[Nation] Nearly five years since the government announced plans to upgrade the Oloitokitok-Njukini-Taveta Road, the project is yet to kick off.
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