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MALAWI GOVT. AWARDS MARKA-BANGULA RAILWAY TO CONTRACTOR

Posted on 23 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Malawi Government has handed over the construction of the K69 billion Marka-Bangula Railway line project to the contractor, China Railway Bureau Group 20 fondly known as CR20. The ceremony took place at the Malawi Mozambique border at Marka in Nsanje where Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Transport and Public Works Hastings Chiudzu, asked the contractor to finish the project within 18 months time frame. The 72-kilometer railway construction project, will/now start with a feasibility…

LIBERIA ROAD FUNDS DIVERSION CAUSING SERIOUS PROBLEM

Posted on 20 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Millions of United States dollars collected as levies from motorists to construct and maintain roads in the country are being diverted from the National Road Fund to other uses despite the deplorable nature of roads in the country. An Audit of the National Road Fund conducted by the General Auditing Commission for two fiscal years July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2020, has observed that millions of dollars of petroleum levies paid by motorists for…

MAURITIUS CIDB DISCUSSED SME CHALLENGES FOR CONTRACTORS IN THE INDUSTRY

Posted on 20 May 2022 by Gambeta News

The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) held a workshop focussing on the challenges faced by Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) contractors in the construction sector. The Minister of National Infrastructure and Community Development, Mr Mahendranuth Sharma Hurreeram; the Chairperson of the CIDB, Mr Tarkaswar Cowaloosur; the Executive Director of the CIDB, Mr Ram Bahadoor; and other personalities were present at the opening ceremony. In his address, Minister Hurreeram highlighted that Government was investing massively in…

NIGERIA GOVT. TO TACKLE HOUSING HOUSING CHALLENGES AFTER PARTNERSHIP WITH OAK HOME

Posted on 20 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Oak Homes, a Lagos-based top notch-housing firm, has made its debut in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, in a bid to redefine the concept of luxury living in the city. The company’s entry into the FCT was heralded on Tuesday by a ground-breaking ceremony, performed by the FCT Minister of State, Ramatu Tijanni. The minister, who was represented by her Special Assistant on Technical Matters, Tpl. Mubdiyu Mustapha expressed joy over Oak Homes’ in-road…

HOW YOUNG AFRICAN LADY IS CHANGING THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN NAMIBIA

Posted on 19 May 202219 May 2022 by Gambeta News

A YOUNG business management graduate has ventured into the manufacturing industry, turning thorns into toothpicks. Nadapewa Embula (26) said that struggling to find employment as a graduate is what drove her to start her own business, and the solution was the camel thorn tree. Embula said the inspiration to make toothpicks was sparked in 2018, after reading an article in which former industrialization and trade minister Tjekero Tweya lamented the fact that the country does…

EGYPT LAUNCH NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE 2050

Posted on 19 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Egypt will today launch the National Strategy for Climate Change 2050 in an event that will be attended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and a large number of ministers. The strategy aims for achieving sustainable growth that is based on emission reduction in different sectors and improving capacity-building in the realm of coexistence and mitigation of climate change impact. That is out of a belief that coexistence and mitigation are considered mechanisms that would protect…

RWANDA GOVT. SIGN LOAN DEAL FOR NYACYONGA-MUKOTO ROAD

Posted on 19 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Rwanda has signed a loan agreement worth US$18million (approximately Rwf18Bn) with OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) to upgrade the road from Nyacyonga to Mukoto between Gasabo and Rulindo districts. The upgrade of the 36-km stretch is projected to benefit the population by creating an alternative access road from Kigali City to Northern Province. At the signing event, Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning disclosed that the project is co-funded by Arab Bank…

HANDOVER OF 28-STOREY KENYA PARLIAMENT TOWER SET FOR JULY

Posted on 18 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Kenya Clerk of the National Assembly Michael Sialai says the handover of 28-story Parliament Towers will now be done in July. According to reports last year, it was reported that the Ksh5.8B Parliament Towers Hits Deadlock after the Public Service Commission allegedly breached the law by exceeding the contractual variation of the project. Reports indicate that an additional Ksh1.5 billion variation cost as stipulated in the project Sialai told the National Assembly Committee of Defence…

GEITA REGION ANNOUNCED SPENDING OF 3BN ON CONSTRUCTION OF MODERN LIVESTOCK AUTION MARKET

Posted on 18 May 2022 by Gambeta News

According to a report from the Geita region, the first phase of the construction of a modern livestock auction market has used over 3.1bn. The project is being implemented at a total budget of 4.8bn/- by contractors the National Housing Corporation (NHC) and the Tanzania Building Agency (TBA). The information was shared with the public after Geita Regional Commissioner, Ms. Rosemary Senyamule, made an official visit to the project which was officially launched in 2020….

SA RESIDENT DEMAND SAHRC’s INVESTIGATION INTO WATER CRISIS

Posted on 17 May 2022 by Gambeta News

The Nelson Mandela Bay Water Crisis Committee are demanding that the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) investigate allegations of corruption and mismanagement against the municipality. They also warned that they are prepared to shut down the metro should the municipality continue to ignore their demands. In a recent statement, the municipality warned residents that should “the current demand for potable water continue at 280 million litres a day, 40% of the city will have no…

AFRICA BUSINESS GROWTH: HOW DIGITALIZATION IS IMPORTANT

Posted on 17 May 2022 by Gambeta News

There is strong potential for robust, sustained, and inclusive economic growth in Africa, and it is being fuelled by the accelerated adoption of digitalization. As Africa continues its transition to a digital economy, new technologies are positively disrupting sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, financial services, urban development, transport, and logistics, resulting in the creation of new products, services, and jobs. The continent is also starting to see an increase in investment, the opening up of…

ZIMBABWE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Posted on 17 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Zimbabwe’s road reconstruction and maintenance programs and other efforts by the Government to sort out transport infrastructure are attracting attention with a 10-member delegation from Zambia’s Parliament arriving yesterday for a five-day visit to see how this was done and done with internal funds. The Zambian delegation is made up of that country’s Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Works, and Supply. During a courtesy call on Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda. The Head…

NAIROBI EXPRESSWAY: MORE THAN 11,000 VEHICLES REGISTERED

Posted on 16 May 2022 by Gambeta News

More than 11,000 vehicles have already been registered to use the Chinese-built Nairobi Expressway which was opened to the public on a trial basis on Saturday. Motorists seeking to have a driving experience on the eight-lane elevated dual carriageway trooped to the road early full of excitement. Transport Minister James Macharia was present to witness the start of operations on the road, which is expected to be officially opened by President Uhuru Kenyatta later this…

TANZANIA GOVT. TO REVIEW RURAL WATER CHARGES

Posted on 16 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Tanzania government plans to review rural water charges to enable Tanzanians living in rural areas to have access to the service at a much more affordable price. Minister for Water Jumaa Aweso expressed the government’s intention to continue bringing relief in water charges to rural dwellers on Friday as he was winding up the debate for his ministry’s new budget estimates he presented in Parliament. The minister said his ministry’s plan focuses on reducing water…

AFDB PRESIDENT EXPRESS SATISFACTION OVER FUNDS USEAGE FOR POKUASE INTERCHANGE IN GHANA

Posted on 13 May 2022 by Gambeta News

The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has commended the government for putting the Pokuase Interchange money to the benefit of the country. The US$84 million the bank gave the Government of Ghana was for a Three-Tier interchange, but that same amount was used to construct all four tiers, a feat that must be commended, he stated. Mr. Adesina made this remark when accompanied by officials of the bank to inspect and finally…

GANTA-YEKEPA ROAD PROJECT BRINGING HOPE TO RESIDENTS IN LIBERIA

Posted on 12 May 202212 May 2022 by Gambeta News

The African Development Bank (AFDB) estimates that of the total of 10,538Km of public roads in Liberia, only a minute portion about 7% (734 Km) are paved. The Liberian Government has made the construction of roads a top priority and a conduit to achieving the objectives of its development roadmap, the Pro-poor Agenda for Development and Prosperity (PAPD). A committed and long-standing private sector partner to the Government and people of Liberia, ArcelorMittal is strongly…

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDING MAKING PROGRESS IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on 12 May 202212 May 2022 by Gambeta News

The temporary hoisting of the Chinese flag at the construction site of the new Parliament Building in Mount Hampden is standard practice in cases of Government-to-Government contractual agreements as the Chinese are funding the construction through a grant. Once everything is finished and the building is handed over to the Government of Zimbabwe, which will be soon, the Chinese flag comes down. It flies over the construction site as this is a Chinese grant project,…

FIVE KILOMETERE PRAMPRAM COASTAL PROJECT AT 50% COMPLETE IN GHANA

Posted on 11 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Work on the five-kilometer Ningo-Prampram Coastal Protection project is almost 50% complete. According to Osei Sarpong, Project Manager, 24 groynes out of the planned 48 had been constructed so far to reduce, and divert tidal currents which hitherto were destroying property along the coastline. A groyne is a rigid hydraulic structure built perpendicularly from an ocean shore or a riverbank, interrupting water flow and limiting the movement of sediment. He was speaking at Prampram in…

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW AIRPORT FREEWAY BEGINS IN NAMIBIA

Posted on 11 May 2022 by Gambeta News

The construction of the new freeway between Windhoek and the Hosea Kutako International Airport is expected to be concluded in 2024. This is according to Roads Authority CEO Conrad Lutombi, who was speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony for the upgrading to dual carriageway standards of the road on Monday. This is the third and last phase of the project, which will be financed through a grant from China to the Namibian government at approximately N$1.035…

ESKOM GROUP EXECUTIVE RESIGNED AFTER 26YEARS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Posted on 10 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Eskom Group Executive for Generation, Phillip Dukashe, has resigned from his position, following a 26-year association with the power utility. The power utility announced Dukashe’s resignation on Monday – just more than a year after his permanent appointment in April 2021. “A true, loyal asset to Eskom and the country, Mr Dukashe’s last day will be on 31 May. In his resignation letter and discussions with Eskom executives, Mr Dukashe has cited the critical need…

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