Real Estate
Nairobi News
Major redevelopment in Nairobi's Eastlands district
Urban renewal plans involve demolition and reconstruction More than 80,000 new homes are to be built in Eastlands, a mixed-income district located due east of Nairobi city centre, as part of a major...
Lagos News
Lagos building collapse kills five
Incident occured same day as fire destroys Great Nigeria House
The death toll from the collapse of a five-storey building in Lagos rose to five after dozens of people were trapped under rubble on...
Addis Ababa News
Chinese firm to build new HQ for NIB
Construction of the new 35-storey headquarters for Ethiopia's NIB International Bank is to be carried out by Chinese construction firm China Railway No.3, with work scheduled to begin around the end o...
Lagos News
The city of Lagos is launching its own edition of the world's most popular board game Monopoly on 11 December at City Hall in Lagos.
The game, which is based around the domination of the market thr...
Arusha News
Evictions to make way for shopping mall in Arusha
Residents in Kaloleni near the city centre are to be evicted from land owned by the Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) to make way for a shopping mall being built by the AICC. Its managing...
Nairobi News
Demolition of Nairobi’s dangerous buildings
Nairobi city council has embarked on a scheme to demolish all substandard and illegally constructed buildings in the city. The plan was underlined by the minister for local environment Musalia Mudavad...
Dar Es Salaam News
Shortage of office space in Dar es Salaam
Experts have predicted a shortage of office spaces in Dar es Salaam in the coming years. Despite the city
Lagos News
Lagos to decongest Central Business District
The New Town Development Authority (NTDA) of Lagos State says it has developed new sites and drawn up housing plans aimed at decongesting the heavily populated Central Business District (CBD) in Lagos...
Cape Town News
Cape Town's urban regeneration project
The city of Cape Town and the Western Cape provincial government have announced a $663 million urban regeneration project which will include the expansion of the Cape Town International Convention Cen...
Nairobi News
Recently published figures in the Global Property Guide (GPG) reveal the extent of Kenya's real estate pricing bubble which has pushed the cost of homes to almost 150 times the annual incomes of the a...
Nairobi News
Nairobi city council in dispute with Yaya centre
The company which owns the Yaya Centre development in Nairobi, Yaya Towers Ltd, has become involved in a legal action with the city council of Nairobi. Both sides dispute ownership of the carpark at t...
Nairobi News
Nairobi city council in dispute with Yaya centre
The company which owns the Yaya Centre development in Nairobi, Yaya Towers Ltd, has become involved in a legal action with the city council of Nairobi. Both sides dispute ownership of the carpark at t...
