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GAMBIA’s FINANCE DIRECTOR SAYS NRA SPENDS D735MILLION OVER ROAD MAINTENANCE IN 2020

Posted on 7 July 2022 by Gambeta News

Mr. Mustapha Joof, the Finance Director at the National Road Authority (NRA), has told the Finance and Public Account Committee (FPAC) that the authority spent a total of seven hundred and thirty-five million one hundred and ninety-five thousand six hundred and fifty-one dalasi (D735, 195,651.00) in 2020. He reported that government subvention in 2020 was D44, 612,963.00 compared to D27 million in 2019, while government subvention on fuel levy was D379, 835,772.00 in 2020 compared…

NATIONAL ROAD NO.11 RE-OPENS IN ALGERIA

Posted on 6 July 2022 by Gambeta News

The statement of the General Directorate of National Security stated that the opening of the road will be from Kosidar Bridge to Hamma Belouizdad. The opening of the road was done late around 4 pm yesterday. Last Thursday, the General Directorate of National Security announced the closure of the northern bypass road (National Road No. 11) in both directions. This is at the level of the meeting point of the southern and northern bypass roads (Jisr Kosidar-Casablanca) to…

GHANA PRESIDENT CUT SOD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF €500M MANSO-HUNI VALLEY

Posted on 6 July 2022 by Gambeta News

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction works to begin on the €500 million Manso-Huni Valley section of the Western Railway. Describing it as the highest single investment in the country’s railway development since independence, President Akufo-Addo said the project was expected to be completed within 42 months. Addressing the gathering at Manso, in the Amenfi Central District on Tuesday, the President said one of the great tragedies of Ghana’s…

MOROCCO GOVT. RE-COMISSIONED COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS

Posted on 6 July 2022 by Gambeta News

Following Algeria’s closure of the Maghreb-Europe pipeline after 25 years of operation, Morocco announced the re-commissioning of its combined cycle power plants at Tahaddart and Ain Beni Mathar using imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to generate power. The announcement was made as part of a joint statement from Morocco’s National Office for Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) and the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM). The Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline, the regional pipeline that once transported…

ESKOM ANNOUNCED LOAD SHEDDING IMPLEMENTATION IN SA

Posted on 5 July 2022 by Gambeta News

Eskom has announced that various stages of load shedding will be implemented throughout the week with generation capacity shortages expected. The power utility has been battling to keep the lights on with violent strikes at its power stations exacerbating the electricity supplier’s troubled circumstances. “As the generation capacity shortages persist over the next few weeks, load shedding will continue to be implemented at various stages. Eskom cautions the public that it will still take a…

REHABILITATION WORKS AT RUBAVU DISTRICT UNDERWAY IN RWANDA

Posted on 5 July 2022 by Gambeta News

Rehabilitation works for Rubavu District are in motion to accelerate its urbanization and development. The move is in line with the government’s recommendation to foster rapid development and expansion for secondary cities. Rubavu is one of the country’s secondary cities among others that include Huye, Muhanga, Musanze, Nyagatare, and Rusizi districts. The country has the vision to accelerate urbanization for its transformational potential and its association with higher productivity and higher income opportunities. To achieve…

EGYPT ENGINEERING INDUSTRY EXPORTS RECORDS US$1.5BN IN FIVE MONTH

Posted on 5 July 2022 by Gambeta News

Egypt’s engineering industry exports increased by about 31 percent to register $1.551 billion in the first five months of 2022, compared to $1.185 billion during the same period last year, according to the monthly report of the Engineering Export Council of Egypt (EECE). The engineering industries’ exports increased by 25 percent in May 2022, reaching $264.7 million, compared to $211.7 million in May 2021, added to the report. Regarding the most important sectors whose exports…

GHANA AND JAPAN GOVT. SIGN PHASE TWO CONSTRUCTION OF TEMA MOTORWAY ROUNDABOUT

Posted on 4 July 2022 by Gambeta News

The construction of the Tema Motorway Roundabout Phase Two is expected to commence in September this year following the signing of a 3.359 billion yen grant facility between the government and Japan, acting through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The Phase II of the project will see the construction of a third-tier flyover, which will be a composite bridge structure, from Harbour Road to Ashaiman on the N2. This will bring to completion the…

CITY OF KIGALI TO UPGRADE UNPLANNED SETTLEMENT WORTH Rwf11.5bn

Posted on 4 July 2022 by Gambeta News

At least Rwf11.5 billion is going to be invested in upgrading four unplanned settlements in Kigali City. The money is part of the Rwf137.5 billion budget for Kigali City in the fiscal year 2022/23 which was presented and approved on June 30, 2022, by the city council. The City Manager, Julian Rugaza said the four unplanned settlements to be upgraded include Nyabisindu, Gitega, Nyagatovu, and Gatenga. Nyabisindu and Nyagatovu are slums located in the Gasabo…

BAC AGREES DEALS FOR THREE PROJECTS IN THE GAMBIA

Posted on 4 July 2022 by Gambeta News

The Brikama Area Council (BAC) has signed three contract agreements with three contractors worth D2,109,005. The contract agreements were designed for the construction of an open market shed at New Yundum and a toilet facility at Brusubi Phase1 Market and Farato Community Health Centre These projects according to the BAC officials conform with their strategic development Plan (2020-2024) in particular; strategic priorities 4 and 5 to boost economic activity and strengthen health service provision. Chief…

CDEDI SUPPORT PRESIDENT’s POLICY CALLS TO PROTECT LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES

Posted on 1 July 2022 by Gambeta News

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has echoed President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera’s call for the development of deliberate policies to protect the local players in the construction industry, observing that the local players are at the mercy of foreign firms. Recently, President Chakwera ordered that foreign companies awarded construction contracts in Malawi should award 30 percent of the projects to the local contractors. He also ordered that all international bidders should…

GOMOA DISTRICT TO BUILD HOSPITAL IN GHANA

Posted on 1 July 2022 by Gambeta News

The Chiefs and people of Gomoa Akotsi in Gomoa East District of the Central Region are building a hospital to serve their catchment area. The project, when completed, would bring relief to the residents after having suffered so many years of inadequate healthcare for pregnant women, children and the aged, and many other venerable citizens and settlers of the area. The Field Supervisor of the Project, Mr. C. K. Kweku, in an interview at Gomoa…

ROAD REHABILITATION TO BEGIN FOR BULAWAYO AND NKAYI DISTRICT IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on 1 July 2022 by Gambeta News

Construction of major roads linking Bulawayo with Nkayi and Tsholotsho districts has gathered momentum as the Second Republic steps up efforts towards completing outstanding major infrastructure development projects in Matabeleland. Developing sound road infrastructure is one of the critical enablers towards achieving set targets under the National Development Strategy (NDS1), the Government’s five-year economic master plan, which spans 2021 to 2025. The rehabilitation of the 158km Bulawayo-Nkayi Road resumed two months ago. So far only…

CONSTRUCTION OF ULTRA-MODERN BIKE CENTRE TO BEGIN IN RWANDA

Posted on 1 July 2022 by Gambeta News

Four-time Tour de France champion, Chris Froome is leading a campaign to fundraise Euro 300,000 (Approx Rwf320 million) for the construction of an ultra-modern Field of Dreams bike centre that will partly encompass a cycling academy. Froome currently rides for an Israel UCI World Team, Premier Tech, a team that is partnering in the ambitious worldwide fundraising campaign for the construction of the centre. Besides the cycling academy, the 16 acre-facility that will be built…

CONSTRUCTION OF A1-M1 BRIDGE MAKING PROGRESS IN MAURITIAN

Posted on 29 June 2022 by Gambeta News

The Minister of National Infrastructure and Community Development, Mr. Mahendranuth Sharma Hurreeram, accompanied by a Rodriguan delegation led by the Deputy Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues, Mr. Franceau Aubret Grandcourt, effected, today, a site visit at the construction site of the A1-M1 Bridge at the Grand River North West Valley. This visit aimed to showcase the infrastructural projects currently being implemented in Mauritius to the Rodriguan delegation. In a statement, Minister Hurreeram highlighted that this site…

KIGALI CITY TO REHABILITATE FIVE WETLANDS TO MITIGATE FLOOD

Posted on 29 June 2022 by Gambeta News

Kigali City in Rwanda is making plans to rehabilitate five wetlands to mitigate floods in the city. The Five wetlands are Gikondo, Rwampara, Rugenge-Rwintare, Nyabugogo, and Kibumba has seen city dwellers have been facing a crisis since only 24 percent of Kigali City’s original wetlands have survived. The new US$12 million investment is vital for the area as the benefit could arise from rehabilitating each of the five wetlands. According to reports, those benefits are;…

NEMBE-BRASS ROAD CONSTRUCTION BEGANS IN NIGERIA

Posted on 28 June 2022 by Gambeta News

The Bayelsa Government in Nigeria has begun the construction of the first phase of the Nembe-Brass road linking the two coastal local government areas. According to reports, the project was inaugurated by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, at Nembe. The project, which is one of the three senatorial roads in the state, had been on the drawing board of successive administrations in the country from the colonial era in the 1940s….

EGYPT INSTALL SOLAR-POWERED PUMPS AT 85 WATER WELLS

Posted on 28 June 2022 by Gambeta News

The Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources announced that solar-powered pumps had been installed at 85 water wells at New Valley’s Kharga, Dakhla, and Farafra. The press statement added that such pumps are planned to become generalized to rationalize the use of underground water and promote clean energy. Egypt has rehabilitated canals with lengths of up to 5,242 km in different governorates thus far since the national project of lining canals kicked off. The project,…

GhIE PRESIDENT CALL FOR DURABLE ROAD TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Posted on 28 June 2022 by Gambeta News

The President of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), Ing. Rev. Prof. Charles Anum Adams, has called for a concerted effort, and proper collaboration of relevant stakeholders to construct durable road transport systems. Delivering the 51st Presidential Address on the topic: “Contemporary Transportation Infrastructure Development in Ghana: Interrogating the Nexus of Engineering, Politics, and Sustainability” in Accra on Thursday he said, a lot of Ghana’s road networks were in a deplorable state and were affecting…

ENGINEERS READY FOR BRIDGE CONNECTION PROJECT IN LIBERIA

Posted on 27 June 2022 by Gambeta News

Amidst public outcry about a deplorable bridge connecting River Gee and Grand Kru counties, a team of engineers from Monrovia have arrived in River Gee County to commence intensive work on the Gbeapo Joequiken deplorable bridge. The team of engineers arrived in the county recently after several calls from citizens of both counties (Grand Kru and River Gee) including marketers to central government through the Ministry of Public Works for intervention. Speaking in a brief…

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