Nigeria: Umahi Identifies Greatest Challenge of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Announces Completion Date

[Premium Times] "Let me state that this project is over 70 per cent done, and the contractor has not got funds up to 70 per cent."
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Nigeria: Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway 70 Percent Completed, January 2026 Delivery Expected – Umahi

[Vanguard] The Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway construction will be completed in January 2026, the Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, has said.
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Rwanda: Rwanda Launches Upgraded Building Permit Platform, Revised National Urbanisation Policy

[New Times] Through the Ministry of Infrastructure (MININFRA), Rwanda has officially launched the dissemination of its revised 2025 National Urbanisation Policy (NUP), alongside the KUBAKA (BPMIS 2.0) portal, the new and enhanced platform for online building permitting services. The upgraded platform is designed to streamline access to the building permitting services through a zero-trip approach, promote transparent, secure, and efficient permitting services, and enhance the user experience.
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Nigeria: Govt Declares Independence Bridge Repairs Permanent

[Vanguard] The Federal Government on Wednesday declared permanent repairs carried out on Independence Bridge in Lagos, assuring the state residents that the structure had become safe and stable.
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Kenya: Government Unblocks Funds, Paving Way for Resumption of Mamboleo-Kipsitet Road Project

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy Chief of Staff in the Executive Office of the President in charge of performance and delivery management Eliud Owalo, says the reconstruction of Mamboleo Junction-Kipsitet Road is set to resume after the government resolved longstanding funding bottlenecks that had stalled the project.
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Rwanda: What You Need to Know About New Building Permit System

[New Times] The government recently rolled out a revamped online building permit system known as KUBAKA Portal or BPMIS 2.0, aimed at improving how building permit services are accessed and processed across the country.
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Uganda: Has President Museveni Failed the ‘King Solomon Test’ On Tororo?

[Independent (Kampala)] President Yoweri Museveni's proposal this week to resolve the decades-long dispute between the Jopadhola and Iteso communities in current Tororo district, might seem like a long-awaited compromise. The plan is to elevate Tororo Municipality to city status and declare it a neutral administrative unit, while creating three new districts--two for the Japadhola and one for the Iteso.
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Uganda: Tororo – President Museveni Agrees to 3 New Districts, City

[Independent (Kampala)] President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today proposed a breakthrough compromise to end the decades-old conflict between the Japadhola and Iteso communities in Tororo.
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South Africa: Major Legal Battle Looms Over Stellenbosch Luxury Estate

[GroundUp] Botmaskop developer says it has complied with statutory requirements
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