Liberia: Edwin Tisdell Foundation Commences Rehabilitation of U.S.$26k Maude Town Community Road in Jacob Town

[FrontPageAfrica] Paynesville -- Residents of Maude Town Community in Jacob Town, Paynesville are breathing a sigh of relief after a son of the community, P. Edwin Tisdell embarked on the rehabilitation of the main secondary road linking Maude Town with several communities in the area.
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Tanzania: Fire and Rescue Force Counsels Public On House Plans

[Daily News] The Fire and Rescue Force has reminded the public to adhere to safety requirements when constructing buildings, especially taking all precautions against fire accidents.
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Ethiopia: GERD Boosts Determination, Technology Transfer

[Ethiopian Herald] The Nile River (Ethiopians call it Abay) is the longest in the world. Though Ethiopia contributes more than 80 per cent of Nile water, it has not benefitted from it so far. Rather the downstream nations have been taking advantage of utilizing it for hydroelectric, irrigation and fishery purposes. They did not realize Ethiopia's right to harness its natural resources.
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Nigeria: A National Initiative Targeted At Children, Teachers

[This Day] Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that the annual Lafarge Africa National Literacy Competition was launched as a flagship Corporate Social Responsibility intervention by Lafarge Africa in 2014 and has since grown to become a national initiative positively impacting 700,000 beneficiaries including children and teachers across the country with over N500million invested already.
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Zimbabwe: Massive Housing Projects for Harare

[The Herald] Leading real estate company, West Properties Zimbabwe has been cleared by authorities and the Environmental Management Agency to start housing developments in the Borrowdale and Pomona areas where thousands of units will be built for the upper and middle income groups.
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Ethiopia: GERD Progress Over 3 Years of Reform

[Ethiopian Herald] GERD current status
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Ethiopia: A Decade of Tenacity and Unflinching Unity Towards Completing GERD

[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopians are marking the 10th Anniversary of the construction of GERD this week tearing down every conspiracy and mendacious propaganda and threats the people had to face simply because they have resolved to construct a dam that would generate electricity by their own resources.
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Ethiopia: GERD’s Dramatic Turnaround – How Abiy Rekindles National Optimism

[Ethiopian Herald] Just ten years ago, Ethiopia has laid the cornerstone of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a project what many described as a gear changer and hallmark of Ethiopian reawakening. The project though widely used as propaganda and political machine by the then administration has indeed been a unifying figure for a country that has been going through unimaginable pain. However as much as the progress, the country has been suffering at the hands of few kleptocrats that put their interests before the na
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Nigeria: Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Road to Be Completed Before 2023 Deadline – Govt

[Daily Trust] Authorities of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMWH) have given assurance of timely completion of work to beat the 2023 deadline for the rehabilitation of Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road projects.
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Namibia: Windhoek Building Plan Approvals Increase By 81.1 Percent

[Namibia Economist] The 12 -- month cumulative number of building plans approved by the City of Windhoek increased by 13.6% in February, a report by IJG indicates.
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