Nigeria: Collapsed Building – Lagos Govt Orders Arrest of Developer, Construction Experts

[Premium Times] The commissioner expressed worry over the increasing disregard for law and order by builders
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Nigeria: Many Trapped As Seven-Storey Building Collapses in Lagos

[Premium Times] Six persons were trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building, an official said.
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Ghana: GFA, Betpawa Cut Sod for Construction of Betpawa Park

[Ghanaian Times] The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has cut the sod for the construction of the betPawa Park at the Ghamaman Centre of Excellence at Prampram.
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Ghana: ‘Digitalisation of Public Procurement in Construction, Infrastructure, Engineering Sectors Needed’

[Ghanaian Times] There isthe need for the digitalisation of public procurement processes in the construction, infrastructure, and engineering sectors to increase transparency and get rid of corruption,the President of Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), Ing. Rev. Prof. Charles Anum Adams, has said.
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Ghana: Cyanide Astro Turf Inaugurated

[Ghanaian Times] Tarkwa -- The new Cyanide Astro turf park was on Saturday inaugurated at Tarkwa, in the Western Region, as part of the vision to expand sports infrastructure in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem municipality.
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Liberia: AML Breaks Ground for U.S.$100k Townhall and Football Pitch Projects in Yekepa

[FrontPageAfrica] ArcelorMittal Liberia (AML) has broken grounds for the construction of a community townhall and football pitch in Camp-four Township, Yekepa.
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Ghana: Award Public Projects to Professional Engineers – GhIE

[Ghanaian Times] The President of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), Ing. Rev. Prof. Charles Anum Adams, has 122 professional engineers with a call on the government to ensure that all public projects awarded in the country are given to Professional engineers and engineering registered firms under the GhIE.
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South Africa: No Light At the End of the Tender for Eastern Cape Villages

[GroundUp] Millions have been spent on the Sivumela project and eight years later, hundreds of households are still without electricity
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Rwanda: Construction Activities May Erode Rwanda’s Gains in Forestry – Watchdog

[New Times] While the country is celebrating having achieved the milestone of having 30.4 per cent of its surface covered by forests, environmentalists have warned that construction projects are threatening immature forests which may erode the gains registered.
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Liberia: Heavy Rain Stalls RIA Road Project, Works Minister Ruth Collins Reveals

[New Dawn] Heavy rain has reportedly stalled the Roberts International Airport (RIA) road project, Public Works Minister, Ruth Coker-Collins, has disclosed.
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