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LRRRC SAYS HOUSING UNIT NEARING COMPLETION IN LIBERIA

Posted on 11 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) has assured Liberian returnees from Ghana and other African countries of the government’s unflinching support in providing them with suitable homes upon arrival back home. Since the end of the civil war here, Liberians, who sought refuge in neighboring countries have been struggling to return home especially, those residing at the Buduburam camp in Ghana that was asked to vacate the camp by Ghanian authorities. During a…

PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO CUT SOD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF YENDI DUAL CARRIAGEWAY

Posted on 10 August 2022 by Gambeta News

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday cut sod for the construction of the Yendi dual carriageway in the Northern Region. The 2.5-kilometer dual carriage road which is part of the Eastern Corridor road project and expected to be completed within seven months is being executed by Andrade Gutierrez Construction Company of Brazil. At a short ceremony here in Yendi, President Akufo-Addo said the Eastern Corridor project would cover the stretch from Bimbilla to Damanku in…

LUACHIMO HYDROELECTRIC DAM TESTING STAGE BEGINS IN ANGOLA

Posted on 10 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The acceptance tests of the equipment to prepare for the start-up of the first two turbines at the Luachimo hydroelectric dam in eastern northern Lunda Norte province started Tuesday (09), the rehabilitation works manager has announced. Joaquim Costa, director of rehabilitation and expansion works, said the two turbines, with a capacity to produce 17 megawatts of electricity, have already been installed. Joaquim Costa also announced the execution of two more turbines, with the same capacity,…

TANZANIA STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY TO COMMENCE IN JANUARY

Posted on 9 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The operations of the eagerly awaited Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro stretch are expected to commence next January should it receive endorsement from the regulatory body, it has been stated. Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) Director General Masanja Kadogosa said on Saturday that the 300-kilometer SGR had reached 97 percent as of June this year and the first trial run by the project engineers proved successful. He said the operational trial…

ULTRA-MODERN BUS TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION COMMENCED IN GHANA

Posted on 9 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The Member of Parliament for Gusheigu Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Alhassan S Tampuli, has cut the sod for the commencement of an ultra-modern bus terminal for Gusheigu town. The terminal, when completed would have auxiliary facilities like washrooms, ticketing, offices, passengers’ lodge, and parcel offices. The project, estimated to cost GH¢ 1,740,731.48, being executed by DAAYAConstruction Limited, is expected to be completed in six months, to help decongest the old bus terminal. The…

MALAWI GOVT. MAKING PLANS TO CONSTRUCT OIL PIPELINE

Posted on 9 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The government says plans are still on the cards to construct an oil pipeline from either Beira or Nacala in Mozambique to Blantyre. Ministry of Energy officials say the government is scouting an investor to construct the oil pipeline with a storage facility based on Build Own Operate and Transfer (BOOT) arrangement. Initially, the long overdue project was projected to run from Beira in Mozambique to the border district of Nsanje. The Ministry’s Spokesperson Upile…

NIGERIA PORT AUTHORITY TO BEGIN RECONSTRUCTION OF COLLAPSED BERTHS

Posted on 8 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, has said it is working with terminal operators to begin the reconstruction of the collapsed berths at the Rivers Port in Port Harcourt to enhance activities in the Eastern ports. Speaking during his maiden tour of the Rivers’ ports, NPA’s Managing Director, Mr. Mohammed Bello-Koko, said the Authority has given BUA Terminal, one of the terminal operators, the final approval for the submitted design, which means the NPA expects construction to…

KIGALI CITY WETLAND MASTER PLAN TO GENERATE OVER US$155M ANNUALLY

Posted on 8 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The implementation of the Kigali City wetland master plan would generate over US$155 million annually, a new study has found. The study dubbed “Economics of Kigali City Wetland Ecosystem Services” was carried out by environmentalists from the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS). Arcos is a regional conservation organization with a mission to enhance biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in the Albertine Rift region, Africa Great Lakes region, and African Mountains through the…

ZIMBABWE FACING ACUTE POWER SHORTAGE

Posted on 8 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Zimbabwe is currently facing acute power shortages which have led to supply being limited to less than 12 hours per day in some areas. In its Q1 trading period to May, the group said the quality of the network had been heavily compromised as a result. “Persistent national grid power outages have affected network quality and reliability, thereby necessitating us to increase our efforts to augment our power supply with solar power,” said Econet in…

GERD DAM TALKS SET TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN SUDAN, ETHIOPIA & EGYPT

Posted on 8 August 2022 by Gambeta News

In its statement, the UAE described the GERD dam as a great opportunity to enhance regional integration and cooperation, welcoming all three countries to the African Union (AU) led negotiations. Since the start of its construction in 2011, the dam has been continually criticized by both Sudanese and Egyptian authorities. Sudanese authorities have long complained that recent filings of the Blue Nile dam constitute a unilateral action in breach of legal obligations agreed upon by…

GAFI SIGN MoU WITH CHINESE COMPANY FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN EGYPT

Posted on 5 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Chinese company, Haier Group Corporation, to establish an industrial complex under the investment zones system for the manufacture of household appliances and their feeding industries. The complex will be located on an area of 200,000 square meters on the 10th of Ramadan City, with a total investment estimated at $130 million, according to a statement from the…

PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO COMMSSIONED REHABILITATED SUNYANI AIRPORT

Posted on 4 August 2022 by Gambeta News

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday commissioned Phase I of the Sunyani Airport. The President said the rehabilitation of the Sunyani airport was critical to the government’s vision of expanding the frontiers of the aviation industry in the country. The President, who described the commissioning as a seminal moment in the growth and development of Sunyani, said the rehabilitation of the airport was to realize the dream of making Ghana an aviation hub in…

GAMBIA PRESIDENT LAY FOUNDATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF UNIVERSITY BUILDING

Posted on 4 August 2022 by Gambeta News

President Adama Barrow laid the foundation stone for the construction of three faculty blocks of the Gambia University of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology in Brikama, West Coast region Delivering his statement, President Barrow stated that the event is a high profile on the Government’s educational transformation agenda of providing quality and relevant tertiary and higher education to Gambians. “In the past, only a selected few had access to higher education; however, through the National…

TRANSNET PLANS TO INVEST N$44BILLION IN TWO PORT OVER FIVE YEARS IN NAMIBIA

Posted on 3 August 2022 by Gambeta News

South Africa’s state-owned logistics company Transnet plans to invest N$44 billion into its two port divisions over the next five years and aims to turn Durban into a “world-class” hub for container shipping. The rail, port, and pipeline company, damaged by years of corruption, mismanagement, and infrastructure in a state of disrepair, has turned a corner. Transnet recently posted a profit of N$5 billion for the year ended March 20222, swinging sharply upwards from a…

GERMAN INVESTOR TO BUILD ECO BEACH RESORT WORTH U.S.$5M IN LIBERIA

Posted on 3 August 2022 by Gambeta News

A group of German Investors is poised, to shift the tourism industry in Liberia, for the first time in 175 years, by constructing ecovillages, in Little Bassa, Grand Bassa County, to lure thousands of tourists, and visitors, residents, and citizens of Liberia. Liberia, Africa’s first constitutional Republic that declared independence (as a free state) in 1847, is abundantly endowed with natural resources, wonderful beaches, wild-packed national parks, mountains, waterfalls, lakes, and islands. The West African…

NIGERIA GOVT. TO INCREASE HOUSING WITH N712BN FUNDS

Posted on 2 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The Federal Government on Monday said it was working to increase mortgages provided to contributors under the National Housing Fund to the tune of N712bn for the financing of about 100,000 housing units across the country. It disclosed this at the inaugural Board and Management Retreat of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria in Abuja, adding that efforts were on to deliver one million affordable homes to Nigerians under the National Housing Programme. The Chairman,…

RENOVATION OF ROSETTA CITY HOUSING COSTING LE390M IN EGYPT

Posted on 2 August 2022 by Gambeta News

In a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli, Beheira Governor Hesham Amna stated that LE 390 million were spent on the renovation of Rosetta City housing one of the Nile River’s estuary and lying on the Mediterranean coast. The governor pointed out that a new fishing port is being introduced in the city at a budget of LE 600 million. He clarified that the port, whose capacity is 50 boats, is completed by 97 percent….

GHANA’s DOME-KITASE ROAD CONSTRUCTION TO BE COMPLETED IN 24 MONTHS

Posted on 2 August 2022 by Gambeta News

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod for the construction of the Dome-Kitase road, which links Greater Accra and the Eastern Region. Speaking at the sod cutting ceremony President Akufo-Addo urged the contractor to ensure that construction work is completed on schedule and within budget. He said that road had been promised by various political parties and successive governments over the years. “I am happy that it is under the Presidency of Nana Addo…

CITY OF KIGALI NEEDS 500 BUSES TO END PUBLIC TRANSPORT CHALLENEGES

Posted on 1 August 2022 by Gambeta News

There is a need for over 500 buses to help end public transport woes in the City of Kigali, Emmanuel Katabarwa, the city engineer has disclosed. Speaking on the national broadcaster on Sunday, July 31, he said that from the existing fleet currently on the city roads, there is a deficit of 271 public buses. “We are working with RURA, and RTDA so that we can engage existing private transport operators to bring in more…

MAINTENACE WORK ON LEGEDADHI & DIRE DAM ON TRACK AFTER DEAL SIGNED IN ETHIOPIA

Posted on 1 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The Addis Abeba City Administration has signed an agreement with the Italian company WeBuild, formerly Salini Impregilo, for an amount of US$11 million loan secured from the World Bank to help carry out the maintenance and improvement works on the Legedadhi and Dire dams. The former alone supplies up to 40% of the city’s water. The Mayor of Addis Abeba, Adanech Abiebie, said during the signing of the agreement that the city administration was working…

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