Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) has launched a unit in Swaziland in its bid to expand its business interests outside of South Africa
Construction
HeidelbergCement to set up two plants in Togo
German cement company HeidelbergCement will set up a clinker plant and a cement grinding facility in Togo
AfDB offers loan to Ethiopia for dam construction
Africa Development Bank (AfDB) will approve a loan of US$100mn in December 2012 to finance the construction of Geba Dam in Ethiopias Oromia state
Spanish Group to build 4,500 homes in Mozambique

Sanjose will build 1,500 houses at a cost of US$150mn within 24 months. (Image source: indi.ca/Flickr)
Spanish construction group Sanjose has signed an agreement with the Mozambican government for building 4,500 houses in three of the country’s provinces
Saudi fund boost for Burundi-Rwanda road

The total length of the multinational Burundi-Rwanda Road is 265.7km, with 185km on Rwandan side. (Image source: cogdogblog/Flickr)
The Saudi Fund for Development has sanctioned an amount of US$13mn for construction of the Burundi-Rwanda Kivu Belt Multinational Road