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ZIMBABWE’s MT HAMPDEN INFRASTRUCTURE MAKING PROGRESS AHEAD OF SADC SUMMIT

Posted on April 4, 2024 by Gambeta News

Zimbabwe hosting the SADC Summit for Heads of State and Government in August has seen so many major infrastructural development in the city with the aim set to accelerate development is a very great to see. This recent development has seen Mt. Hampden get a huge area facelift due to the construction of a new Parliament building as well as the road at Nemakonde Way that will connect the highway to central Harare. According to…

OVER 50 BUILT HOUSES HANDED OVER TO VICTIM AFFECTED BY MOZAMBIQUE DUMP COLLAPSED INCIDENT

Posted on April 4, 2024April 4, 2024 by Gambeta News

Mayor of Maputo Rasaque Manhique has handed over 50 houses to families that were affected during the collapse of the rubbish dump at Hulene on the outskirts of Maputo city. The incident which occured on the 19 february 2018 resulted in the death of 17 people which made headline news. According to reports, the dump was allowed to grow into a monster which towered over the houses built in its shadows. Meanwhile, Torrential rains in…

GHANA ELECTRICITY CHALLENGES: WHY GRIDCo REDUCED ECG POWER SUPPLY

Posted on April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 by Gambeta News

Ghana Grid company (GRIDCo) has reduced its power supply to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) which has impacted the electricity supply to consumers in parts of Tema, Kpone, Kpong and some areas in the Eastern Region. Recently, in the past months, there has been erratic power supply across the country. This has resulted with many Ghanaians demanding that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Energy Ministry release a load-shedding timetable so they…

TOGO PRESIDENT INAUGURATE POULTRY FARM PROJECT

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Gambeta News

Togo President, Faure Gnassingbé, inaugurated an integrated poultry farming at Avétonou (Agou prefecture), about 100 km from Lomé. The facility spans 660 hectares. The project is led by Porteo-Graine, a subsidiary of the Porteo Group. The facility will include a poultry area covering 162 ha. The remaining space will accommodate the Agricultural Research Technical Institute (ITRA), the Institute of Alternative Training and Development (IFAD-Avetonou), and the Eco-Village. The core of the poultry project revolves around…

NAPSA SIGNED US$650M DEAL WITH MOIC TO TRANSFORM ZAMBIA’s LUSAKA-NDOLA DUAL CARRIAGEWAY

Posted on March 29, 2024March 29, 2024 by Gambeta News

The National Pensions Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has inked a momentous deal worth $650 million with Macro Oceans Investment Consortium (MOIC) to kickstart the transformation of the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway. In a ceremony marking the signing of the agreement, NAPSA Director General, Muyangwa Muyangwa, disclosed that the ambitious project encompasses the upgrading of the 327-kilometer road, along with the rehabilitation of the 45-kilometer Luanshya-Fisenge-Masangano route. Muyangwa elaborated that under this agreement, Macro Oceans Investment Consortium will…

EGYPT SECURE DEAL TO SETUP SILO FACTORY

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Gambeta News

Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli witnessed on yesterday the inking of a contract for allocating a plot of land for establishing a factory for designing, manufacturing, and setting up silos in the East Port Said zone. The contract was inked between East Port Said Development company and Feerum Egypt company. The Premier noted that the contract falls within the framework of a comprehensive plan forged under directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to expand localizing…

BOTSWANA LEATHER PARK: WHY THE CONSTANT DELAY IN COMPLETING THE PROJECT

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Gambeta News

The Leather Park has been in the pipeline since 2014 with little progress, a fact that has frustrated authorities and residents in the border town. The implementation of the Leather Park was said to be delayed by the need for project reconfiguration to address emerging risks from a change in the project scope and location. The declining national herd warranted a review of the project’s business case to determine the minimal amount of raw material…

WHY NIGERIAN ELECTRICITY SUBSIDY WILL CONTINUE TO GROW

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Gambeta News

Electricity Subsidy in Nigeria grew by 22.16 per cent from N528 billion in 2019 to N645 billion in 2023, latest figures from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has shown With the Commission projecting N1.6 trillion as electricity subsidy for 2024, total subsidy in the past 10 years is expected to hit N4.993 trillion by the end of the year. A breakdown of the total amount showed that the Federal Government was expected to have remitted…

HOW EGYPT TANZA PROJECT WILL BECOME A PREMIUM DESTINATION AFTER COMPLETION

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Gambeta News

Mahmoud Gaber, CEO of Magic Land Al-Hokair, announced that the Tanza project is poised to become the premier tourism entertainment venture in the Middle East, propelled by a robust expansion strategy in the Egyptian market. The project, which covers an area of 250,000 sqm, is the first and largest integrated entertainment destination in Egypt, with investments worth EGP 1.1bn. Tanza aims to reshape and redefine the entertainment concept in Egypt through its unique business model…

HOW TOGO GOVT. REHABILITATED 2200KM RURAL ROADS BETWEEN 2021 & 2023

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Gambeta News

Between 2021 and 2023, 2,200 kilometers of rural roads have been rehabilitated in Togo, according to official sources cited by local media According to the same sources, an additional 2,552 kilometers are currently under construction as part of the national rural connectivity program. Moreover, 1,720 kilometers of rural roads underwent routine mechanized maintenance during the three years reviewed. This is out of 2,478 kilometers targeted in this area. This year, the government plans to invest…

OVER 60 BOREOLES HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO MASVINGO CENTRAL IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Gambeta News

More than 60 boreholes have been rehabilitated in Masvingo Central constituency with several schools and homes connected to electricity as the Second Republic walks the talk in driving sustainable development in all parts of the country. The borehole rehabilitation has enhanced access to clean water in wards 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, and 34 while the electrification programme has become a game-changer as it positively impacts education, businesses, and economic development…

HOW TWO WATER TREATMENT PLANT FACED SHUTDOWN IN GHANA

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Gambeta News

A shutdown is imminent for two water treatment plants that depend on River Pra in the Western and Central regions. Experts and technicians, as well as academicians at a workshop on water bodies restoration held last Wednesday, gave that indication when they painted grim pictures of water bodies in the country. Stakeholders in the workshop at the University of Cape Coast deliberated for hours on how to restore the country’s dying and polluted water bodies….

ADB TO REINFORCED INFRASTRUCTURAL PARTNERSHIP WITH MOZAMBIQUE

Posted on March 22, 2024March 22, 2024 by Gambeta News

The African Development Bank and Mozambique reinforced their partnership during a visit by Mr. Solomon Quaynor, the Bank’s Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization. This visit, held from March 12th to 15th, 2024, underscores the Bank’s commitment to supporting Mozambique’s economic growth trajectory, particularly following the third review of the country’s Extended Credit Facility with the International Monetary Fund and the Bank’s recent Economic Acceleration Package and Budget Support Mission. Accompanied by the Bank’s…

HOW SENEGAL DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS HELPING IMPROVING WATER SUPPLY

Posted on March 22, 2024 by Gambeta News

The Project relating to the construction of a third drinking water treatment plant in Keur Momar Sarr (KMS3), launched in 2017 in the Louga department, is a major drinking water facility supplied by Senegal’s Lac de Guiers. The plant produces an additional 200,000 m3 of drinking water per day. Water is distributed it over the newly-built 920 kilometre-long network and through a 216-km-long pipeline to 85 household connections. The plant, which was opened in 2021 by Senegalese President Macky…

BARRICK GOLD SHUT DOWN WATER SUPPLY AFTER DISCOVERING URANIUM IN ZAMBIA

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Gambeta News

Barrick Gold says it has found uranium in the drinking water of an open section of its Lumwana copper mine in Zambia, forcing it to halt the water supply and switch to other water sources for its workers in the section. The Zambian mine has become increasingly important to Barrick’s future. The Toronto-based company has announced plans for a US$2-billion expansion at Lumwana to create one of the world’s biggest copper mines, with construction to begin late…

RWANDA & KENYA AGREED TO PARTNER FOR NORTHERN CORRIDOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Gambeta News

Government officials from Rwanda and Kenya convened to bolster cooperation between the two nations and enhance transport services along the northern corridor, aiming to strengthen trade and streamline the movement of goods and people through improved connectivity. Northern Corridor is the transport corridor linking Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the Kenyan sea port of Mombasa. The corridor also serves Northern Tanzania, Southern Sudan and Ethiopia. The bilateral meeting held…

HOW BELULUANE INDUSTRIAL PARK CONTRIBUTE US$900M TO MOZAMBIQUE GDP

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Gambeta News

The 52 companies located in the Beluluane Industrial Park, under the management of MozParks, in Boane district, Maputo province, contribute around US$900 million to Mozambique’s gross domestic product (GDP). They include companies from 17 countries, including the United States of America (USA), Pakistan, India, South Africa, Portugal and Tanzania, most of which operate in the Mozal aluminium value chain. Domingo has learned that Mozal produces around 500,000 tons of aluminium per year, a significant part…

NIGERIA SOVEREIGN SET TO BUILD 20 MEGA POWER PLANT

Posted on March 20, 2024March 20, 2024 by Gambeta News

Nigeria’s sovereign fund plans to build a 20 megawatts solar power plant in partnership with a local firm, first phase of a 300 megawatts project, the country’s Vice President Kashim Shettima said on Tuesday. Shettima did not disclose the cost of the project or when construction will start. Nigeria, with a population of more than 200 million people, has installed power generation capacity of 12,500 megawatts (MW) but produces a fraction of that, leaving millions…

TOGO GOVT. TO KICK-OFF CONSTRUCTION OF 21 BRIDGES

Posted on March 19, 2024 by Gambeta News

The government will kick-off today, the construction of 21 bridges in the countryside. Togo First learned from a reliable source that President Faure Gnassinbé would launch the project. Matière, a French company, is in charge of the works. The project is set to begin in Kolidè, in the Ogou 2 municipality (Plateaux region). With the bridges, rural people in the concerned areas will be able to access basic socio-economic facilities and services with more ease….

HOW LAGOS THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE STILL NEEDS MORE WORK DESPITE SPENDING N7BILLION

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Gambeta News

The Lagos Third Mainland Bridge, one of the most important infrastructure facilities in Nigeria’s commercial capital, has gulped billions of naira in an attempt to maintain its structural integrity and make it safe for the millions of road users in the state. The bridge, which spans 11.8 km, is the third of the three bridges that connect the Mainland to the Island, with the first and second being Carter Bridge and Eko Bridge respectively. Despite…

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