Germany’s HeidelbergCement has inaugurated greenfield Scantogo clinker plant in Togo and Cimburkina cement grinding plant in Burkina Faso
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Egyptian firm to operate and maintain cement plant in Ethiopia

Asec Engineering and Management will ensure the implementation of best practices and high quality production at the Ethiopian cement plant. (Image source: SebastianBarre/Flickr)
Ethiopia’s National Cement S.C. has signed a one-year management deal with Egyptian firm Asec Engineering and Management for the operation and maintenance of a cement plant in Ethiopia
Egypt to build new US$45bn capital city

Cairo’s population of 18mn is set to double within the next 40 years. (Image source: Ricardo Liberato/Flickr)
Egypt has unveiled plans for a new 700sq km capital city to be built to the East of Cairo
633 new hotels under contract in Africa and the Middle East

The data published in the report does not include ‘unconfirmed’ projects (Image source: Shimona Carvalho/ Flickr)
Provider of hotel industry performance forecasts, STR Global, has announced that there are 633 hotels under contract in the Middle East/Africa region in a new report published by the firm
SSRPC selects Louis Berger to consult on Mozambican road rehabilitation project

SSRPC has invested US$350mn to transform a 350 km-long carriageway into a new road. (Image source: Jbdodane/Flickr)
The Sub-Saharan Regional Pipeline Corporation (SSRPC) has chosen infrastructure company Louis Berger to provide consultancy services for a road project in Mozambique for US$7.6mn