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The new building code aims to protect the citizens and loss of life and property. (Image source: Free-Photos/Pixabay)

Nigeria has announced new national building code which will monitor construction works to safeguard lives and property across the country

An artists impression of Konza Tech City in Kenya. (Image source: www.konzacity.go.ke/resource-center/gallery)

Economist Moin Siddiqi explores some of Africa’s mega-projects underway or in the pipeline that would provide a major uplift for sub-Saharan Africa in the coming decade 

Materials for the organic concrete, rice husks, ash from cassava peels, karroo gum and coconut fibres. (Image source: BAM)

The Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) is set to collaborate with African colleagues to find a solution to the sustainable construction during the Hannover Messe in Germany from 23 – 27 April 2018

The mall will be completed by the end of 2019 and the project will create 4,500 jobs. (Image source: CIFOR/Flickr)

British PE firm Actis will fund the building of the Douala Grand mall in Cameroon in an investment worth US$200mn according to a statement from the British High Commission in Yaounde

Murray & Roberts says the offer undervalues the company. (Image source: jbdodane/Flickr)

South Africas Murray and Roberts Holdings Limited turned down a takeover bid from German engineering company Aton GmbH saying that its offer "materially undervalues" the company

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