Building and Construction Directory

South Africa Bridge City affordable housing vision becomes reality

 Bridge City project is a joint venture between Tongaat Hulett and eThekwini Municipality, has 356 affordable housing units to be offered from as little as $37,924, the residential units are  Read More..

Posted on : 05 Jul,2017

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