Kenya: Govt to Invest in Dams Construction to Boost Food Production

[Capital FM] Kwale -- President William Ruto has said the Government has prioritised the construction and expansion of dams to rebuild agriculture.
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Mozambique: Lack of Decent Roads Hinders Development

[AIM] Maputo -- Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi warned on Monday that the lack of decent roads is a factor delaying the development of Africa.
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Nigeria: NCDMB Performs Groundbreaking for Construction of $7.04bn Pipe Manufacturing Plant in Bayelsa

[This Day] The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr. Simbi Wabote has performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a $7.04 billion pipe manufacturing plant at Polaku community, Bayelsa State.
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Tanzania: ‘Speed Up Process for Railway Construction At Tanga Port’

[Daily News] WORKS and Transport Deputy Minister Atupele Mwakibete has directed the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) and the Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) to complete processes to start construction of railway infrastructure at the Tanga Port for transporting cargo from and to the port.
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Egypt: First Phase of Sewage Treatment Plant in New Minya Inaugurated

[Egypt Online] President Abdul Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated on March 2, 2023, the first phase of the wastewater treatment plant in New Minya.
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Angola: Luena Solar Park 60% Completed #AfricaClimateHope

[ANGOP] Luena -- The construction of the Luena Solar Energy Park in the eastern Moxico Province to have an expected installed capacity of 26,906 megawatts (MW) is currently 60 percent completed, the deputy governor for the Technical and Infrastructure sector, Wilson Agnelo, said Saturday.
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Mozambique: Two Serious, Very different, and Politically Powerful Bidders to Build Mphanda Nkuwa Dam

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Two consortia submitted bids to finance and build the $4.5bm Mphanda Nkuwa dam just downstream from Cahora Bassa on the Zambezi River. Both groups are state companies with political interests in Mozambique which have joined with global construction companies.
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South Africa: Tensions Brew Between Coloured and Black Communities in Nigel Over Housing Occupation

[GroundUp] "Our government has succeeded in dividing us as a people because we are now fighting against each other because of the mess it created"
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Kenya: President Ruto Announces Govt Deal With Moderna to Build U.S.$500 Million mRNA Vaccine Facility

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto on Thursday announced the establishment of a Sh 67 billion ($500 million) mRNA vaccine facility in Nairobi.
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Ghana: GhIE 53rd AGM Opens in Takoradi

[Ghanaian Times] Takoradi -- The 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) opened in Takoradi yesterday in the Western Region on the theme, 'Resilient engineering for national development.'
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