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Maputo News

First phase of Mozambique's Mphanda Nkuwa dam Approved

The Mozambique government has approved the first construction phase of the Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric dam in the western Tete province, and is now in the process of finalising the contract. The g...
Nairobi News

Property prices soar along Nairobi's Northern Bypass

In what has been described locally as a scramble, Kenyans have been jostling to set up new homes and businesses alongside the northern Nairobi bypass which is currently under construction. The pro...
Cape Town News

Cape Town's Athlone Towers to be demolished

One of Cape Town's most well-known landmarks is scheduled to disappear on 22 August. Both cooling towers from the decommissioned Athlone power station are to be demolished in the interests of public s...
Maputo News

Mozambique and Botswana to develop deepwater port

The governments of Mozambique and Botswana have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a deepwater port at Techobanine Point in the district of Matutuine in southern Mozambique. The plans...
Arusha News

Serengeti endangered by Arusha-Musoma road

Construction of the new road from Arusha to Musoma on Lake Victoria is now scheduled to begin in 2012. The Tanzania government has finally come to a decision on the route for the new link between the...
Dar Es Salaam News

New hydropower project for Tanzania

Help could be at hand for the struggling national grid with the revival of a long-standing project to build a 2100MW hydroelectric power station on the Rufiji river in the Selous Game Reserve southwes...
Maputo News

Maputo port development

The port of Maputo is expected to process almost nine million tonnes of cargo in 2010, over 26 million tonnes a year by 2015 and almost 50 million tonnes a year by 2030 according to a report on the de...
Maputo News

Maputo water system to be improved

The government has announced five major projects to improve the water supply system in the Greater Maputo area. The works will affect the capital and the neighbouring towns of Matola and Boane. Co...
Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia’s new power plant shuts down

The 5.2 billion birr Gilgel Gibe II hydro-electric power station 250 km southwest of Addis Ababa has suspended operations just a few days after its official inauguration due to a collapse in a section...
Cape Town News

Construction workers end strike.

Construction workers in South Africa are due to return to work on 16 July after a week-long strike over pay. The decision comes after the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), South Africa
Maputo News

Matola Kings Village near Maputo.

The industrial town of Matola near Maputo is getting a new residential and commercial complex called
Cape Town News

Construction workers go on strike.

Construction workers across the country downed their tools on 8 July for an indefinite strike in protest over pay. The National Union of Mineworkers, South Africa
Maputo News

Official opening of new Zambezi bridge.

The new bridge spanning the mighty Zambezi river and linking the central coastal Sofala and Zambezia provinces is due to be officially opened on 10 July according to the June newsletter of the develop...
Arusha News

Old Moshi Road upgrade.

Dozens of people living along the Old Moshi Road in Arusha are set to lose their homes under a road upgrade project, the
Addis Ababa News

Road construction in Addis Ababa suspended.

CRBC Addis Engineering Plc, the Ethiopian subsidiary of the state-owned construction company Chinese Bridge and Road Corporation, has suspended work on three major road projects in the capital due to...
Lagos News

Ilupeju gets solar street lighting.

Nighttime safety has improved in the Ilupeju neighbourhood of Lagos thanks to the introduction of solar-powered street lighting in the area. The street lamps have been installed by Private Networks Ni...
Lagos News

Congestion at Lagos port.

Cargo ships destined for Lagos are being diverted to other ports in the country due to congestion, port authority officials have said. Specifically they are being re-routed to harbours in the volatile...

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