Ghana: ‘Construction in Buem of Four Roads in One Year Unprecedented’- Jasikan Chief

[Ghana Presidency] "When our President declared 2020 'The Year of Roads', we had the assurance that he would deliver, and that Buem will not be left out. We are witnessing the ongoing road projects: Hohoe-Jasikan road; Jasikan-Worawora road; Jasikan-Bodada road; Jasikan-Kadjebi-Pepesu road; and Jasikan town roads. It is unprecedented that Buem has all these going on in one single year. This, is indeed, credit to our hardworking President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Thank you so much Nana, we appreciate you."
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Nigeria: Govt Owes Road Contractors U.S.$1 Billion – Minister

[This Day] The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday put the debt the federal government owes contractors for 711 ongoing road projects nationwide at N392 billion.
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Ghana: 11 Kpone Affordable Apartment Blocks Completed, 150 to Follow By 2023

[Ghanaian Times] A total of 11 apartment blocks have been completed at the TDC Company Limited's Community 26 Kpone Affordable Housing Project located in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality.
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Uganda: Uganda, DR Congo Decide to Make Roads, Not War

[East African] If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, that to lasting peace with neighbours is layered with bitumen and straddled by high-voltage electricity lines.
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Nigeria: Mixed Performance Trails National Housing Delivery

[Vanguard] There are indications that Nigeria's housing delivery programme has begun to yield results as the National Housing Fund (NHF) recorded 18.2 per cent growth to N399.6 billion in the first half of 2020 (H1'20) against N338.1 billion in the corresponding period of 2019, H1'19.
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Nigeria: Cross River Governor Promises World-Class Luxury Resort As Dubai Firm Invests in Calas Vegas

[Leadership] Calabar -- Calas Vegas, a twin Island located in Calabar, off the coast of the Atlantic ocean, is set to become a tourists' destination as a team of investors from Dubai announced its involvement in turning Governor Ben Ayade's vision into Nigeria's answer to the Gulf country.
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South Africa: 22 Years Later, Families Displaced By Dam to Be Compensated, Promises Minister

[GroundUp] On Tuesday Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation David Mahlobo met families affected by the construction of the Nandoni Dam in Limpopo which started in 1998.
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Liberia: Market Women in Kakata Protest Over Delay of Completion of Market Renovation

[FrontPageAfrica] Kakata -- Marketeers in Kakata, Margibi County on Monday furiously protested over the long-delayed in the completion of the renovation of the Kakata Market by the Ministry of Agriculture under its Smallholder Agriculture Productivities and Commercialization Project (SAPEC).
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Nigeria: Real Estate Firm Unveils New Housing Project

[This Day] Henry Montego Homes, a real estate development company in Lagos has added another ground-breaking development to its pool of affordable luxury housing in the residential space.
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Ethiopia: State Firm Seals Deal to Design Groundwater Dams

[Addis Fortune] The Ethiopian Construction Design & Supervision Works Corporation has secured a deal to supervise the construction of two groundwater dam projects in two regional states at a total cost of 18 million Br. The two projects are located in the Borena and Shinelle zones of Oromia and Somali regional states, respectively.
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