Nigeria: Three Trapped As Five-Storey Building Collapses in Anambra

[Premium Times] The building, which was still under construction, collapsed at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe: Contractor Finishes Work On Harare Drive

[The Herald] LOCAL contractor, Asphalt Products, has finished reworking a 5km stretch of Harare Drive after the Government confirmed that the company had been told its original effort was below the acceptable quality demanded in the contract.
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Nigeria: 5-Storey Building Collapses At Anambra Anglican School

[Daily Trust] A five-storey building under construction at the Dennis Memorial Grammar School in Onitsha, Anambra State, has collapsed.
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Tanzania: East Africa Pipeline Project Paid Compensation to 99% of ‘Project Victims’

[Daily News] The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) has completed 99 percent of compensation payments for project victims in the lake zone.
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Zimbabwe: 60 Mbudzi Interchange Beams Moved to Site

[The Herald] Sixty pre-stressed beams to be installed at Mbudzi Interchange cast by a local contractor, Fossils Contracting, in Mount Hampden are now complete and being moved to the site.
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Zimbabwe: Demand for Quarry Stones Up

[The Herald] Trust Freddy -- Ongoing construction is pushing demand for concrete stones.
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Namibia: Construction Industry Moves Ahead On Minimum Wage

[Namibia Economist] The construction industry is ahead of the minimum wage curve with the gazetting of the Collective Agreement between the Construction Industries Federation and the Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union.
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Uganda: Chinese Firm to Upgrade Key Road in Uganda’s Mountainous Eastern Region

[Independent (Kampala)] Sironko, Uganda -- Ugandan Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has launched the upgrade of a 39-km road in Sironko District of the mountainous Eastern Region, together with the Chinese construction firm Shandong Luqiao Group Co., Ltd.
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Nigeria: Two Die Inside Well At Osun Construction Site

[Vanguard] Two construction workers were on Thursday reported dead after attempting to pick a fetcher that fell into a well at a site in Ile-Ife.
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Uganda: Good Practices for Managing Safety and Traffic Flow During Road Construction

[Observer] Ensuring human safety is top priority in the implementation of construction projects.
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