Hilton Worldwide has signed a management agreement with Jabavu Village Ltd to open a 330-metre high hotel complex – said to be Africas tallest – in 2020
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Egypt to host Projex Africa and MS Africa
Projex Africa and MS Africa are set to take place at the Cairo International Convention Centre. (Image source :Veronafiere)
Projex Africa and MS Marmomacc + Samoter Africa will take place at the Cairo International Convention Centre (CICC) in Cairo, Egypt between 10-13 December 2016
Ethiopia, BADEA sign loan agreement for road upgrades

A US$15mn loan is to be repaid in a period of 30 years at an annual interest rate of one per cent. (Image Source: jbdodane/Flickr)
The government of Ethiopia has signed a US$15mn loan agreement with the Arab Bank for African Economic Development (BADEA) for the financing of Hamusit–Estie road upgrading project
Zanzibar to get tourism boost with a ‘green hotel’

The proposed hotel is meant to integrate both luxury and environmental best practice. (Image Source: Olena Bloshchynska/Fotolia)
Tanzania-based Bakhresa Group has appointed Verde Hotels from South Africa to develop and manage the total overhaul and upgrading of the old Mtoni Marine Hotel in Zanzibar
Kenya seeks IFC support for road construction

If the new plan is successful, the roads should be completed in 2020, said Mosonik, the principal secretary in charge of infrastructure. (Image Source: jbdodane/Flickr)
Kenya is now in negotiations with International Finance Corporation (IFC) for a line of credit of US$1.5bn to finance road construction in the country