The US$400mn cement plant is expected to create more than 1,500 direct and indirect jobs. (Image source: GFDL/Wikimedia Commons)
Dangote Industries Zambia Limited has announced that the construction of its multi-million dollar greenfield cement plant in Masaiti District in Copperbelt Province is on course and scheduled to be commissioned in Q1 2014
Lafarge has current production capacity of 8.5mn metric tonne per annum, and is the second largest cement manufacturer in Nigeria. (Image source: bulliver/Flickr)
Lafarge Cement Wapco Nigeria has revealed plans to expand its cement production capacity in Nigeria in an attempt to satisfy the growing demand in the cement sector
PPC is to build a new concrete manufacturing plant in DR Congo. (Image source: DFID - UK Department for International Development/Flickr)
South Africa-based cement manufacturer Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) is to invest US$230mn in building a new manufacturing plant in DR Congo
MMG has plans to set up luxury hotels in 15 sub-Saharan African countries. (Image source: markhillary/Flickr)
Mangalis Management Group (MMG) has revealed plans to make a US$507mn investment in building hotels in 15 sub-Saharan African countries
The International Housing Solutions Fund II aims to address the need for housing across the African continent and the lack of affordable housing. (Image source: marc falardeau/Flickr)
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested more than US$63mn in a housing solutions fund for the support and development of affordable housing in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa
