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AFDB ANNOUNCED APPROVAL TO STRENGTHEN MOROCCO WATER RESOURCES

Posted on 14 February 2023 by Gambeta News

The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced the approval of a €201,000 grant to help and support technical assistance for the design of dams, river development as well as inter-basin interconnection studies in Morocco. The grant from the bank’s Technical Assistance Fund for Middle-Income Countries was approved in December 2022, the bank said in a statement. The project seeks to benefit the “entire Moroccan population, ” the bank said, stressing that the first component covers the provision…

PRESIDENT SISI INAUGURATE EGYPT PETROLEUM SHOW

Posted on 14 February 2023 by Gambeta News

President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated the sixth session of the Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS). The opening ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla, and several ministers and senior officials. Major CEOs of the energy, oil, and gas sector participated in EGYPS, in addition to a group of energy ministers, government representatives, high-ranking officials of the European Union, secretaries of major international energy organizations, business leaders, and…

ZAMBIA GOVT. LAUNCH KAZUNGULA WATER PROJECT

Posted on 13 February 2023 by Gambeta News

The Government of the Republic of Zambia, in partnership with the Southern African Development Community Fund for Water Infrastructure and Basic Sanitation (SADC Water Fund), launched the Kazungula Water and Basic Sanitation Project construction. The 9.8 million Euro Project is funded by the SADC Water Fund which is hosted and managed by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) on behalf of SADC, with the support of the German Government through the Federal Ministry for…

RWANDA GOVT. MAKING PLANS TO CONSTRUCT FIVE INTERNATIONAL STADIUM

Posted on 13 February 2023 by Gambeta News

The government is targeting to have five international football stadiums in the next five years, according to the Ministry of Sports. The new stadiums are expected to be either built or revamped in places including Muhanga District, Kigali, and Nyanza. Speaking during the sports breakfast last week, Zephanie Niyonkuru, the Permanent Secretary at MINISPORTS, revealed that Rwanda will do everything possible to achieve the targeted infrastructure projects in the next five years. The facilities include…

WHAT HAPPENED TO ABUJA RAIL MASS TRANSIT PROJECT

Posted on 13 February 2023 by Gambeta News

The multi-billion-naira Abuja Rail Mass Transit project appears to have been abandoned. Sadly, such a legacy project is gradually rotting away after being commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018. The Abuja Light Rail project was originally designed to find a concrete solution to transportation challenges – heavy traffic and hold-up – in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs. Many of the people living in the satellite towns and working within the Abuja…

MOMBASA PORT CARGO TAXATION PUT ON HALT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL IN KENYA

Posted on 9 February 2023 by Gambeta News

The Mombasa County government’s plan to tax cargo at the Mombasa Port has run into headwinds after Attorney-General Justin Muturi termed it illegal and unconstitutional. In an advisory dated January 23 and addressed to Governor Abdulswamad Nassir and copied to Roads and Transport Ministry officials, Mr. Muturi said Mombasa County has no mandate to impose a levy on any goods imported into the country. The AG argued the move could also undermine national economic policies….

TRAIN WHISTLES AGAIN AFTER 37 YEARS WAIT ALONG MOZAMBIQUE-MALAWI RAILWAY

Posted on 9 February 2023 by Gambeta News

Ports and Railways of Mozambique (CFM) has announced that it has successfully run the first official railway journey from Vila Nova da Fronteira in Mozambique to Malawi – a train transporting material for the reconstruction of the Malawian railway line. The cargo of cement, belonging to the Chinese Company CR20, which is responsible for rebuilding the line in the neighbouring country, left Porto da Beira. CR20 judges that most of the material used in the…

NNPCL SIGN DEAL WITH KOREAN FIRM TO REPAIR KADUNA REFINERY

Posted on 9 February 2023 by Gambeta News

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, signed a contract worth $740.6 million with South Korean firm, Daewoo E&C for the repairs of the Kaduna Refinery. Tagged “Maintenance Services for Quick Fix for Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited”, the deal is expected to restore the refinery to 60 percent of its 110,000 barrels per nameplate-late. Speaking at the contract signing ceremony in Abuja, the Group CEO, of NNPC Limited, Mr. Mele Kyari, said Nigeria…

NEW CLASSROOM CONSTRUCTION INAUGURATED IN OTI, GHANA

Posted on 8 February 20239 February 2023 by Gambeta News

The Oti Regional Minister, Dr. Joshua Makubu, inaugurated a six-unit classroom block for Dorbiso-Junction Primary School in the Krachi-East Municipality, to replace the dilapidated classrooms that made the school environment unattractive for effective teaching and learning in the area. The new classroom block, built with funds from the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) has a staff common room, store, and head teacher’s office. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony Dr. Makubu said the government was committed…

TANZANIA AND MOROCCO SIGN DEAL TO BUILD FERTILIZER FACTORY

Posted on 8 February 20239 February 2023 by Gambeta News

Tanzania and Morocco have reportedly made significant progress in deepening their ties and are set to finalize the process of obtaining a “title deed” for the establishment of a fertilizer factory in the municipality of Kisarawe. Reporting on February 7, Tanzanian news outlet the Citizen quoted Tanzania Fertilizer Company (TFC) general manager, Samuel Mshote, as saying: “As soon as we get the title deed, construction will start immediately. The construction of a facility on the 15-hectare land…

MALAWI GOVT. DEMAND WATER ACCESS INFORMATION AFTER CHOLERA OUTBREAK

Posted on 7 February 2023 by Gambeta News

Water and Sanitation Minister Abida Mia has asked water and sanitation experts to provide accurate and honest information on water access rates in the country. Mia said the cholera outbreak has exposed gaps in the management of water issues in the country. “We need to determine the exact rates of water coverage, not only water but sanitation, too. For instance, in Lilongwe, people are drawing water from shallow wells close to toilets. We need to…

BLOMPARK CONSTRUCTION ON TRACK IN SOUTH AFRICA

Posted on 7 February 2023 by Gambeta News

With 150 houses already delivered since the first sod-turning ceremony in September 2021, residents of Blompark in Gansbaai, Western Cape can look forward to an additional 100 brand-new homes being completed before the end of March 2023. Western Cape Infrastructure MEC, Tertuis Simmers said the R71 million Blompark Project, in its entirety, is expected to deliver 539 housing opportunities. Giving an update on the progress of the Blompark Project development, Simmers noted that, as with…

PLANS UNDERWAY TO UPGRADE TWO GRAVEL ROAD IN NAMIBIA

Posted on 7 February 2023 by Gambeta News

The Roads Authority (RA) Namibia has started the planning process for the upgrading of the Bukalo-Muyako-Ngoma (DR3507) and Silumbi-Sizimbukwa (DR3559) gravel roads in the Zambezi region to low-volume seal standards. The two roads in the Katima Mulilo Rural constituency are 60 and 15 kilometers long, respectively. RA project control engineer Hartley Simasiku said during a public participation meeting held at Katima Mulilo on Wednesday that the upgrading of the roads will be beneficial to several…

WORLD BANK APPROVED US$124MILLION FUNDS FOR GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA

Posted on 6 February 2023 by Gambeta News

The World Bank is providing a loan of 15.5 billion Kenyan shillings (over $124 million) to Kenya. The funding is for the implementation of the Horn of Africa Regional Groundwater for Resilience Programme, launched on 1 February 2023 in the capital Nairobi. The World Bank funding was announced on 1 February 2023 by Alice Wahome, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation in Kenya. The 15.5 billion Kenyan shillings (over $124 million) loan…

SERITI RESOURCES TO BUILD SOUTH AFRICA’s LARGEST WIND FARM

Posted on 6 February 2023 by Gambeta News

South Africa-based coal producer Seriti Resources’ green energy unit subsidiary has plans to build a wind farm in Mpumalanga. Seriti Resources has signed a long-term agreement to draw power from the farm. This 155MW plant will be built by the subsidiary, Seriti Green. This project is claimed to become the country’s largest wind farm and will be built with an investment of approximately $235m. It will be built in the country’s coal-rich Mpumalanga province and…

HOW SOUTH AFRICA ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION DECLINED FROM DECEMBER

Posted on 6 February 2023 by Gambeta News

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has revealed that electricity generation in the country decreased by some 8.3% year-on-year in December. This is according to the institution’s Electricity Generated and Available for Distribution release. “Total electricity generation was 3.9% lower in 2022 compared with 2021. The 3.9% decrease in annual electricity production followed an increase of 2% in 2021, and a decrease of 5.2% in 2020. “Seasonally adjusted electricity generation decreased by 5.4% in December 2022,…

BUILDING COLLAPSED: ONE DEAD AS MANY INJURED IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

Posted on 3 February 2023 by Gambeta News

One person has been confirmed dead and at least 20 persons have been rescued in a two-storey building that collapsed in Nigeria’s capital Thursday afternoon. Many people are still trapped in the structure that collapsed at 7th Avenue, Gwarinpa, said an official of the emergency management agency. An official of the FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), who asked not to be named, says that 21 people have been rescued in a combined effort by multiple…

HOW EGYPT SUCCED TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC PLAN ON TRANSPORT SECTOR

Posted on 3 February 2023 by Gambeta News

Minister of Transport Kamel El Wazir asserted that Egypt’s success in implementing strategic projects and its great achievements in the various transport sectors over the past phase amounted to EGP 2 trillions from June, 2014, till June 2024, in addition to establishing the new Suez Canal to allow ships’ transit in both ways and decrease the passage time to 11 hours only. Addressing the 2nd Dakar Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure Development (DFS-2) on Thursday…

UGANDA PRESIDENT SAYS TERMAC ROAD NOT CAUSING POVERTY

Posted on 2 February 2023 by Gambeta News

President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people of Luwero to engage in wealth-creation activities such as commercial agriculture to fight poverty and increase their household incomes urging that demanding roads may not necessarily solve their household income problems. The president says this has been the consistent message of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) for the last 60 years. “The NRM for the last 60 years has been advising you to seek first homestead income and…

LIBERIA SIGN DEAL WITH WORLD BANK FOR 60MW RENEWABLE ENERGY

Posted on 2 February 2023 by Gambeta News

Liberia has signed a financing agreement with the International Development Association for the production of an additional 60MW of renewable energy geared toward further solving the country’s energy crisis. The project is an initiative of the World Bank under the Regional Emergency Solar Power Intervention Project (RESPITE). It is a US$311 regional program supported by the World Bank to scale up electricity access to millions of existing and prospective consumers in Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone,…

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