Nigeria: 2 Dead, Scores Trapped As Commercial Complex Collapses in Abuja

[This Day] Abuja -- Two persons were feared dead while over 50 people were trapped when a two-storey commercial complex under construction, collapsed Thursday in Gwarinpa District of the FCT.
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Africa: Taking a Toll – Lessons from Nairobi’s Expressway

[allAfrica] A trip to Kenya's capital Nairobi is often associated with unproductive time spent in the city's tortuous traffic. It is to be expected in a city with over 5 million inhabitants, with a rapidly growing population expected to reach 7 million by 2030.
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Nigeria: The Lekki Deep Sea Port

[This Day] The port has immense potential for the economy
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South Africa: Major Development Planned for Cape Town’s Derelict Strandfontein Pavilion

[GroundUp] About 1,200 residential units, including subsidised housing, as well as retail and recreational facilities are proposed
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Rwanda: Construction of Kigali’s Central Sewerage System to Start March

[New Times] The plan to construct Kigali's centralised sewage system is slated for March this year, The New Times has learnt.
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Nigeria: Nigerian Journalist Saviour Imukudo Receives Death Threats Over Construction Project Reporting

[CPJ] On January 5, 2023, Saviour Imukudo, a regional reporter with the privately owned news website Premium Times, received death threats over the phone from the supervisor of an allegedly poorly executed government-commissioned construction project in Nigeria's southern Akwa Ibom State, according to Imukudo, who spoke with CPJ by phone, and a report he wrote for the Premium Times.
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Angola: Angola Reiterates Construction of Railroad Branch to Link With Zambia

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan head of State João Lourenço reiterated Wednesday the need to build a railway branch to link between Angola and Zambia, with the project to be launched from Luacano, in Angola's eastern Moxico province.
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South Africa: Businesses Roped in to Help Build Rural Infrastructure

[SAnews.gov.za] Kwazulu-Natal Premier, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has encouraged businesses to collaborate with government in the rollout of infrastructure to rural and township communities.
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Kenya: Ruto in Shauri Moyo to Launch Construction of Affordable Housing Units

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto was in Nairobi's Shauri Moyo on Friday to launch the construction of 3,0000 affordable housing units.
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Sierra Leone: Government to Build 1,000 Additional Classrooms Before 2023 Ends

[Concord] As Sierra Leone joined other countries around the world to celebrate International Day of Education, the Vice President, Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh has yesterday 25th January 2023 assured Sierra Leoneans that by the end of 2023, his government would have constructed over 1,000 additional classrooms across the country in order to boost the Free Quality Education Scheme.
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