Seychelles: Moratorium Extended On Building New Tourism Accommodation On La Digue

[Seychelles News Agency] A moratorium on the construction of new tourism accommodations and change of use, which is currently in effect on Seychelles' third-most populated island - La Digue - has been extended to December 2023.
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Nigeria: Lekki Port to Commence Full Commercial Operation to Q1 2023

[This Day] The Managing Director, Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise Limited (LPLEL), Mr. Du Ruogang, has announced that the $1.5 billion newly completed Lekki Deep Sea Port is ready for official commissioning and commencement of commercial operations in the first quarter of 2023.
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Tunisia: AfDB Group Board Approves $27 Million and €10 Million Loans for Kairouan Solar Plant

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved a $27 million (about TND 85.3 million) and ?10 million (nearly TND 33.5 million) loan package to co-finance the construction of a 100-megawatt Solar power plant in Kairouan, Tunisia, the AfDB said on Thursday.
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Tanzania: Minister Orders Probe in Nansio Hospital Construction Project

[Daily News] Mwanza -- Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu has formulated a probe team to investigate alleged frauds at the Nansio Referral Hospital construction project worth 2.7bn/- in Ukerewe district.
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Tunisia: Gitas, Giz Ink MOU to Strengthen Tunisian Aeronautic Ecosystem

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian aeronautics and space industries group (GITAS) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) recently inked a memorundum of understanding (MoU) to provide a framework for cooperation, facilitate and increase collaboration in fields of joint interest including strategic projects, reads a GITAS press release issued Thursday.
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Tanzania: Egypt FM Delivers Speech At Tanzania’s Julius Nyerere Dam Inauguration Ceremony

[Egypt Online] Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry attended on Thursday 22/12/2022 a ceremony marking the first filling of Julius Nyerere Dam situated on the Rufigi River and is implemented by Arab Contractors and Elsewedi Electric.
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Rwanda: EU to Fund Construction of New Rwf30 Billion Kigali Veggie Market

[New Times] The long-awaited construction of the Kigali Wholesale Market for fresh produce could start next year, after the European Union reached a deal with the government to fund it.
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Ethiopia: Incessant Cement Supply Crisis BoGs Ethiopia Leaving Countless Workers Reel in Despair – Govt Hopes to Fine-Tune Chaos

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The normalcy of cement production and distribution has fallen under impediments since the past three years in general, and past six months in particular, leaving significant number of people whose livelihoods rely on cement businesses in a calamitous state of affairs to the level where they are unable to get daily bread for their children and themselves.
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Nigeria: Dangote Cement – Investing in Host Communities Through Multi-Million Naira CSR Projects

[Leadership] Dangote Cement Plc is well known for its commitment in the Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives for its host communities.
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South Africa: It’s Boom Time in the Western Cape As Prospective Homeowners Stream in From Other Provinces

[Daily Maverick] Middle-class homeowners are selling up in Gauteng and thronging to the coast, triggering a building boom in the Western Cape.
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