Tanzania launches new agency to improve rural roads

 Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has launched the Tanzania Rural-Urban Road Agency (Tarura), which will be used to address rural road challenges. He gave the directive while at The  Read More..

Posted on : 05 Jul,2017

East Africa Breweries Ltd to construct a US$ 145m brewery in Kisumu

 East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) is set to construct a US$ 145m state-of-the-art brewery in Kisumu, Kenya for its Senator Keg; this was announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta during the  Read More..

Posted on : 05 Jul,2017

LafargeHolcim targets 25m people in affordable housing scheme

 LafargeHolcim is targeting to make 25m people beneficiaries of its affordable housing scheme globally by 2020 with Nigeria representing a significant figure.   This is according to  Read More..

Posted on : 05 Jul,2017

Chinese firm to conduct feasibility studies for SGR expansion in Kenya

 Kenya has allowed a Chinese firm to conduct feasibility studies with a view to expand the Standard Gauge Railway(SGR) to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the city Centre via  Read More..

Posted on : 03 Jul,2017

Tanzania to build a hydro-electric power plant in heritage site

 Plans are underway to build the long-delayed 2 100 MW hydroelectric plant in a World Heritage site Tanzania famous for its animal populations and variety of wildlife habitats despite strong  Read More..

Posted on : 03 Jul,2017

Construction of US$ 22m Phalombe district hospital starts in Malawi

 The construction of US$ 22m Phalombe district hospital has just started in Malawi after President Peter Mutharika laying a foundation stone commissioning construction works.   Minister  Read More..

Posted on : 03 Jul,2017

Construction begins on US$ 6m ICT innovation centre in Rwanda

 Construction works has begun on an ICT innovation centre in Rwanda that costs a whopping US$ 6m. The launch took place at Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre (IPRC)-Kigali.   The US$  Read More..

Posted on : 03 Jul,2017

South Africa property market affected by ongoing recession

 South Africa’s property market  has been on a steady decline for some years now. Property economists in the country have attributed this to the ongoing recession.   According  Read More..

Posted on : 03 Jul,2017

Mixta Real Estate Plc boosts affordable housing in Nigeria

 Lagos’ Mixta Real Estate Plc has set aside $16m bond to refinance existing debts and affordable housing projects.   The firm commenced operations in February 2006 as a real estate  Read More..

Posted on : 29 Jun,2017

How Rwanda and Africa can attract more FDIs, spur growth

 Emerging markets like Rwanda should become more innovative and embrace digitisation as one of the ways to open up and integrating their markets besides supporting investors to adapt to an  Read More..

Posted on : 29 Jun,2017