March 2024

[ad_1] The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed grant agreements totalling US$13.2 million to implement phase one of the water sector and climate resilience building support programme (PASEREC) in Burundi. The five-year programme will see the construction of a 300km water

[ad_1] The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an US$80 million loan for the construction of the Ekiti State Knowledge Zone (EKZ) in Ekiti state, southwestern Nigeria. The EKZ is designed to be a special economic zone that promotes research, digital

[ad_1] Kenya has released its draft 2024 budget policy statement which suggests that the construction sector this year will be driven by sustained investment in the country's affordable housing programme, transport projects and ongoing work on building and maintaining public

[ad_1] Rwanda has inaugurated German firm BioNTech’s mRNA Covid-19 vaccine factory in the capital Kigali, following the set-up of the first modular manufacturing unit at the site.  The groundbreaking of the facility, which is said to be the first of its

[ad_1] The IFC has signed off a US$20.7 million equity investment in South Africa-based International Housing Solutions (IHS) that will enable the fund to deliver 3,400 low-cost housing units in Kenya. According to the IFC, the investment will support the development

[ad_1] The Côte D’Ivoire government has handed over 200 housing units to the resettled population impacted by the construction of the Ferkessédougou Dry Port Project in the north of the country. More than 732 hectares of land in Dékokaha, Nawovogo, Soromadjoukaha,

[ad_1] Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) is inviting proposals from investors and individual manufacturing or processing firms to lease land and set up operations at its planned green energy park in Olkaria, Nakuru county in western Kenya. KenGen is establishing the

[ad_1] The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has approved a CFA franc 30 billion (US$50.1 million) loan for the partial funding of the Emergency Resilience Building Programme in the Savannah Region (PURS) in northern Togo.  The BOAD loan will support the

[ad_1] Cote d’Ivoire has launched construction work on its national data centre in the town of Marcory-Anoumabo in the capital city Abidjan. The Tier-3 data centre is being built in partnership with the US, with work being carried out by US