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MALAWI GOVT. MAKING PLANS TO CONSTRUCT OIL PIPELINE

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Gambeta News

The government says plans are still on the cards to construct an oil pipeline from either Beira or Nacala in Mozambique to Blantyre. Ministry of Energy officials say the government is scouting an investor to construct the oil pipeline with a storage facility based on Build Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT) arrangement. Initially, the long overdue project was projected to run from Beira in Mozambique to the border district of Nsanje. The Ministry’s Spokesperson Upile…

NIGERIA PORT AUTHORITY TO BEGIN RECONSTRUCTION OF COLLAPSED BERTHS

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Gambeta News

Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has said it is working with terminal operators to begin the reconstruction of the collapsed berths at the Rivers Port in Port Harcourt to enhance activities in the Eastern ports. Speaking during his maiden tour of the Rivers’ ports, NPA’s Managing Director, Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, said the Authority has given BUA Terminal, one of the terminal operators, the final approval for the submitted design, which means the NPA expects construction to…

KIGALI CITY WETLAND MASTER PLAN TO GENERATE OVER US$155M ANNUALLY

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Gambeta News

The implementation of the Kigali City wetland master plan would generate over US$155 million annually, a new study has found. The study dubbed “Economics of Kigali City Wetland Ecosystem Services” was carried out by environmentalists from the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS). Arcos is a regional conservation organization with a mission to enhance biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in the Albertine Rift region, Africa Great Lakes region, and African Mountains through the…

ZIMBABWE FACING ACUTE POWER SHORTAGE

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Gambeta News

Zimbabwe is currently facing acute power shortages which have led to supply being limited to less than 12 hours per day in some areas. In its Q1 trading period to May, the group said the quality of the network had been heavily compromised as a result. “Persistent national grid power outages have affected network quality and reliability, thereby necessitating us to increase our efforts to augment our power supply with solar power,” said Econet in…

GERD DAM TALKS SET TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN SUDAN, ETHIOPIA & EGYPT

Posted on August 8, 2022 by Gambeta News

In its statement, the UAE described the GERD dam as a great opportunity to enhance regional integration and cooperation, welcoming all three countries to the African Union (AU) led negotiations. Since the start of its construction in 2011, the dam has been continually criticized by both Sudanese and Egyptian authorities. Sudanese authorities have long complained that recent filings of the Blue Nile dam constitute a unilateral action in breach of legal obligations agreed upon by…

GAFI SIGN MoU WITH CHINESE COMPANY FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN EGYPT

Posted on August 5, 2022 by Gambeta News

The General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese company, Haier Group Corporation, to establish an industrial complex under the investment zones system for the manufacture of household appliances and their feeding industries. The complex will be located on an area of 200,000 square meters on the 10th of Ramadan City, with a total investment estimated at $130 million, according to a statement from the…

PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO COMMSSIONED REHABILITATED SUNYANI AIRPORT

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Gambeta News

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday commissioned Phase I of the Sunyani Airport. The President said the rehabilitation of the Sunyani airport was critical to the government’s vision of expanding the frontiers of the aviation industry in the country. The President, who described the commissioning as a seminal moment in the growth and development of Sunyani, said the rehabilitation of the airport was to realize the dream of making Ghana an aviation hub in…

GAMBIA PRESIDENT LAY FOUNDATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF UNIVERSITY BUILDING

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Gambeta News

President Adama Barrow laid the foundation stone for the construction of three faculty blocks of the Gambia University of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology in Brikama, West Coast region Delivering his statement, President Barrow stated that the event is a high profile on the Government’s educational transformation agenda of providing quality and relevant tertiary and higher education to Gambians. “In the past, only a selected few had access to higher education; however, through the National…

TRANSNET PLANS TO INVEST N$44BILLION IN TWO PORT OVER FIVE YEARS IN NAMIBIA

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Gambeta News

South Africa’s state-owned logistics company Transnet plans to invest N$44 billion into its two port divisions over the next five years and aims to turn Durban into a “world-class” hub for container shipping. The rail, port, and pipeline company, damaged by years of corruption, mismanagement, and infrastructure in a state of disrepair, has turned a corner. Transnet recently posted a profit of N$5 billion for the year ended March 20222, swinging sharply upwards from a…

GERMAN INVESTOR TO BUILD ECO BEACH RESORT WORTH U.S.$5M IN LIBERIA

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Gambeta News

A group of German Investors is poised, to shift the tourism industry in Liberia, for the first time in 175 years, by constructing ecovillages, in Little Bassa, Grand Bassa County, to lure thousands of tourists, and visitors, residents, and citizens of Liberia. Liberia, Africa’s first constitutional Republic that declared independence (as a free state) in 1847, is abundantly endowed with natural resources, wonderful beaches, wild-packed national parks, mountains, waterfalls, lakes, and islands. The West African…

NIGERIA GOVT. TO INCREASE HOUSING WITH N712BN FUNDS

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Federal Government on Monday said it was working to increase mortgages provided to contributors under the National Housing Fund to the tune of N712bn for the financing of about 100,000 housing units across the country. It disclosed this at the inaugural Board and Management Retreat of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria in Abuja, adding that efforts were on to deliver one million affordable homes to Nigerians under the National Housing Programme. The Chairman,…

RENOVATION OF ROSETTA CITY HOUSING COSTING LE390M IN EGYPT

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Gambeta News

In a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli, Beheira Governor Hesham Amna stated that LE 390 million were spent on the renovation of Rosetta City housing one of the Nile River’s estuary and lying on the Mediterranean coast. The governor pointed out that a new fishing port is being introduced in the city at a budget of LE 600 million. He clarified that the port, whose capacity is 50 boats, is completed by 97 percent….

GHANA’s DOME-KITASE ROAD CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETED IN 24 MONTHS

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Gambeta News

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod for the construction of the Dome-Kitase road, which links Greater Accra and the Eastern Region. Speaking at the sod cutting ceremony President Akufo-Addo urged the contractor to ensure that construction work is completed on schedule and within budget. He said that road had been promised by various political parties and successive governments over the years. “I am happy that it is under the Presidency of Nana Addo…

CITY OF KIGALI NEEDS 500 BUSES TO END PUBLIC TRANSPORT CHALLENEGES

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Gambeta News

There is a need for over 500 buses to help end public transport woes in the City of Kigali, Emmanuel Katabarwa, the city engineer has disclosed. Speaking on the national broadcaster on Sunday, July 31, he said that from the existing fleet currently on the city roads, there is a deficit of 271 public buses. “We are working with RURA, and RTDA so that we can engage existing private transport operators to bring in more…

MAINTENACE WORK ON LEGEDADHI & DIRE DAM ON TRACK AFTER DEAL SIGNED IN ETHIOPIA

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Addis Abeba City Administration has signed an agreement with the Italian company WeBuild, formerly Salini Impregilo, for an amount of US$11 million loan secured from the World Bank to help carry out the maintenance and improvement works on the Legedadhi and Dire dams. The former alone supplies up to 40% of the city’s water. The Mayor of Addis Abeba, Adanech Abiebie, said during the signing of the agreement that the city administration was working…

PRESIDENT KENYATTA LAUNCH KENYA NAIROBI EXPRESSWAY

Posted on August 1, 2022 by Gambeta News

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday officially launched Kenya’s iconic Nairobi Expressway after months of a successful public trial. The President also commissioned the revamped Nairobi Eastern Bypass which includes five new major vehicular crossings and six-lane dual carriageways at the busy sections of the road. Speaking after launching the mega projects, President Kenyatta emphasized that infrastructural development is key to opening up opportunities for Kenyans. He expressed optimism that the expressway and the bypass road…

SA MINISTER ANNOUNCED iREREP PLANS FOLLOWING ELECTRICITY CRISIS

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Gambeta News

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Patricia de Lille, on Wednesday, announced her department’s intention to publish the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the commencement of the Integrated Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency Programme (iREREP). This follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement on Monday evening on actions to address the electricity crisis. “I am delighted to announce the release of the RFP in the next week for the procurement of the Programme, which will be the largest…

NIGERIA GOVT. APPROVED N16.82BILLION FOR 78KM KANO-KATSINA ROAD PROJECT

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Gambeta News

The federal government has approved N16.82 billion for the dualization of the 78-kilometer Kano-Katsina Road project and procured 32 operational vehicles for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to journalists yesterday after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at Abuja. He explained: “I’m presenting on behalf of the Minister of Works and Housing, a memo that sought approval for the revised estimated total cost of the…

EGYPT UNVIELED FIRST ELECTRONIC CAR

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Gambeta News

Egypt’s Nabq Protected Area, located in South Sinai Governorate, had its new environmentally friendly transportation service through the project of electric cars and water bikes. The project was implemented by youths to support new and non-traditional ways of tourism, with the participation of the local community and to preserve their social, environmental, and cultural heritage as a source of attraction Tourist reserves. This type of experience and others prove the success of the Egyptian strategy…

CONSTRUCTION OF MOHAMMED V1 TANGIER TECH CITY PROJECT ON TRACK IN MOROCCO

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Gambeta News

Chinese companies and representatives from Morocco’s public and private sectors signed in Rabat an agreement to launch the construction of the Mohammed VI Tangier Tech City project, a smart city ambitious project that King Mohammed VI launched in 2017. The smart city, which is expected to be completed by 2027, will host nearly 200 Chinese companies, to create a “sustainable, integrated, and intelligent industrial city,” Morocco’s Ministry of Industry and Trade said in a statement. Other Chinese…

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