Southern Africa: Zambia Launches a Construction of a €9.8m Kazungula Water and Basic Sanitation Project in Partnership With the SADC Water Fund

[SADC] Kazungula - Zambia -- 2 February 2023 - The Government of the Republic of Zambia, in partnership with the Southern African Development Community Fund for Water Infrastructure and Basic Sanitation (SADC Water Fund), launched the Kazungula Water and Basic Sanitation Project construction on 2nd February 2023.
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Rwanda: Govt Targets to Have Five International Stadiums By 2028

[New Times] The government is targeting to have five international football stadiums in the next five years, according to the Ministry of Sports.
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Rwanda: Farmers in Dilemma As Construction of Milk Powder Factory Halted

[New Times] Dairy farmers in Gicumbi are in a dilemma after the construction of the much-anticipated milk powder factory was halted, as investors from South Africa and Rwanda pulled out of the business, The New Times has learnt.
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Tanzania: Police Intercept SGR’s 850 Litres of Diesel

[Daily News] Mwanza -- MWANZA Regional police have rescued 850 litres of stolen diesel linked to the ongoing construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)'s Lot Five from Mwanza to Isaka.
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Namibia: Plans Underway to Upgrade Two Gravel Roads in Zambezi

[Namibian] THE Roads Authority (RA) Namibia has started the planning process for the upgrading of the Bukalo-Muyako-Ngoma (DR3507) and Silumbi-Sizimbukwa (DR3559) gravel roads in the Zambezi region to low volume seal standards.
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Africa: City Planners Are Questioning the Point of Parking Garages

[The Conversation Africa] For the past century, the public and private sector appear to have agreed on one thing: the more parking, the better.
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South Africa: Blompark Project On Track

[SAnews.gov.za] With 150 houses already delivered since the first sod-turning ceremony in September 2021, residents of Blompark in Gansbaai, Western Cape can look forward to an additional 100 brand new homes being completed before the end of March 2023.
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Nigeria: Abuja Building Collapse – Death Toll Rises As More People Are Rescued

[Premium Times] Residents and passersby gathered as night fell on Thursday as they joined a team of emergency and aid workers who searched through the rubble looking for survivors.
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South Africa: Minister Patricia De Lille On Process to Build Additional Power Lines

[Govt of SA] Minister of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure engaged in expropriation process for servitudes to allow Eskom to build additional power lines
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Nigeria: One Dead, Many Rescued As Building Collapses in Abuja

[Premium Times] Many people are still trapped in the structure that collapsed at Gwarinpa's 7th Avenue in Abuja.
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