Continuing its drive to increase energy efficiency in buildings, Johnson Controls is expanding its offerings in the demand response market
Construction
Tanzania to construct US$40mn building in Nairobi
Tanzania’s National Social Security Fund is set to construct a US$40mn, 26 storey commercial building in Nairobi, Kenya
Nigerian President commissions new Dangote cement plant

Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group (left), alongside Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan at the opening ceremony
Goodluck Jonathan has commissioned a new multi-billion dollar Dangote cement plant, the largest of its kind in Africa
Ethiopian government outlines plans for new dams
Senior ministers at Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water & Energy are planning to carry out feasibility studies on three additional hydropower plants
Kenya to update engineering standards
Moi University Eldoret Kenya (School of Civil Engineering, Dept of Civil & Structural Engineering), is set to replace British standards with European standards instead