A consortium of foreign and local investors have planned to construct an US$80mn shopping mall in Bujumbura, Burundi
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Cement slump results in closure of Dangote’s Gboko plant in Nigeria
Image source: Dangote Cement.
Dangote Cement Plc has temporarily closed its four million metric ton per annum Gboko plant in Nigeria due to the oversupplied cement market
Nigerian government approves new city and railways
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Nigeria’s federal government has approved the construction of a new city that will be located in the Federal Capital Territory and will mark the 100th anniversary of the country’s amalgamation in 1914
Lakeside Estate named best affordable housing provider in Ghana
Lakeside Estate has been named ‘Residential Builder of the Year – Lower Income’ at the 2012 Ghana Property Awards
AWF supports construction of multi-purpose dams in Zambia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an African Water Facility (AWF) grant of US$1.2mn to help the Zambian government develop, test and adopt updated guidelines