African conglomerate Dangote Industries Limited announced new appointments in an organizational rejig
Construction
Cairo to Cape Town road: Linking Tanzania to the rest of Africa

President of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli, and the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, commissioned the Dodoma-Babati road project on April 27. (Image source: African Development Bank Group).
President of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli, and the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, have commissioned the Dodoma-Babati road project that will form part of the Trans-African Highway from Cape Town to Cairo
Facing the future by investing in infrastructure

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
BAM's sustainable construction in focus at Hannover Messe

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
British PE firm Actis to fund Cameroon mall development

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