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MORE COLLAPSED BUILDING DILEMMA IN LAGOS STATE

Posted on 2 May 2022 by Gambeta News

The building collapsed challenges facing Nigeria especially Lagos state is gradually becoming alarming. Despite the effort from the government and regulatory bodies, more building collapse is still been observed. Earlier this morning, it was reported that a building collapsed at 24, Ibadan Street (East), Off Muritala Mohammed Way, Ebute-Metta, Lagos. According to reports, Twenty-three persons have so far been rescued, with two others confirmed dead. Giving the situation report, General Manager LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi…

THE RISE OF GREEN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING IN KENYA

Posted on 29 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The effect of climate change has been felt majorly across the globe in recent years with increased impacts that have taken a toll on the day-to-day activities of human beings. Several activists and organizations have taken lead in encouraging humans to adopt environmentally friendly activities and initiatives that will reduce carbon emissions and lower the impact of climate change. In a bid to be part of the green initiative, several developers within Nairobi have opted…

ZINARA DISBURSES US$6BILLION FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE

Posted on 29 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has distributed nearly US$6 billion to all provinces and local authorities for road maintenance in the first quarter of this year under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP). The development comes after in February this year, Zinara said it was setting aside $17 billion for the ERRP. The ERRP is in line with the ethos of the National Development Strategy 1 whose main aspirations include infrastructural development as a…

CONSTRUCTION OF MTWARA-MASASI ROAD ON COURSE IN TANZANIA

Posted on 29 April 2022 by Gambeta News

Construction of the 358 kilometers of the road at tarmac level from Mtwara-Newala-Masasi to Songea in the Ruvuma region, is set to begin. However, currently, the government through Tanzania National Roads Agency (Tanroads) is working on opening up the road while still at gravel level. The Deputy Minister for Works and Transport Godfrey Kasekenya said in Parliament that upon completion of the opening up of the road, the government would mobilize funds to develop the…

MP ASK UGANDA GOVT. TO RELEASE FUND FOR UPGRADE OF ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Posted on 28 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The parliamentary committee on physical infrastructure wants the government to release Shs 440 billion for the second phase of upgrading and expansion of Entebbe international airport. Committee chairperson David Karubanga says the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has completed close to 80% of the first phase of the project expected to end in December this year. Karubanga told journalists on Friday after touring the airport that the Finance ministry needs to commit itself that it will release…

TWO BUILDING DEMOLISH IN NIGERIA FOR NOT MEETING STANDARD

Posted on 28 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has demolished two distressed buildings for not meeting its standard. Its General Manager, Gbolahan Oki, said the two, three-floor structures were at 151, Itire Road and 14, Akinwunmi Street, in Mushin. Oki said: “The affected buildings were identified as being highly distressed as far back as last year, but despite efforts by the agency to prevail on the recalcitrant owners of the affected buildings to toe the line…

BAYER EAST AFRICA SET ASIDE Sh8.5m FOR SCHOOL RENOVATION IN KENYA

Posted on 27 April 2022 by Gambeta News

Bayer East Africa has invested Sh 8.5 million towards the renovation of school structures in Marigat, Baringo County marking a new beginning for Perkerra Primary School which was started 47 years ago. This is part of the company’s Corporate Social Engagement commitment (CSE) efforts to promote access to basic education for the poor, vulnerable and needy children. Most of the infrastructure in the school dates back to 1975, which has over the years undermined learning…

CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE AT YAR RIVER TO BEGIN SOON IN LIBERIA

Posted on 27 April 202227 April 2022 by Gambeta News

Nimba County Senator, Jeremiah Kpan Koung has broken ground for the construction of a bridge on Yar River, Yarpea Chiefdom. The bridge with the estimated cost of US$500,000, according to Senator Koung, will connect towns and villages between Electoral Districts #4 and 3; as well as Districts #2 and #5 in Nimba County. During the groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, April 22, the Senator donated one power-saw with five hundred bags of cement to jump-start the…

ENRH TO REDEVELOP ULTRA-MODERN FACILITY IN GHANA

Posted on 26 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital (ENRH) is to be redeveloped into an ultra-modern facility to make it the center of excellence in health delivery in the Western Region. The project would include a clinical and support services unit, renovation of catering (laundry and kitchen) building, administration block, and renovation of exterior façade of maternity and theatre blocks and ICT infrastructure as well as equipment to allow modern operations of the facility. The Medical Director of…

REPAIR OF DAMAGED SA’s WATER INFRASTRUCTURE TO BEGIN SOON

Posted on 26 April 2022 by Gambeta News

Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, says work is underway to repair damaged water and sanitation infrastructure in communities affected by the floods in KwaZulu-Natal. Mchunu, together with the mayors from the affected municipalities, including eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, iLembe District Municipality and uMgungundlovu District Municipality, briefed the media on Sunday to provide updates on repairs to water and sanitation infrastructure. Mchunu said the main damage is at the pipeline that supplies raw water to Durban…

EGYPT GOVT. TO REVAMP GREATER CAIRO METRO LINE

Posted on 25 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The Egyptian government has taken concrete steps to revamp Greater Cairo’s first metro line as it signed a contract with Alstom to supply 55 air-conditioned trains, and an agreement with the French government to acquire funding worth €776.9 million. The development of the line includes introducing an automatic operation system of the trains and reducing headway to 2.5 minutes. What’s more, the local component will be 13.3 percent, and the project will be self-funded by…

UGANDA’s GOVT SPEND Shs400B ON LUBOWA INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL

Posted on 25 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The government has already spent up to Shs 400 billion on the stalled Lubowa International Specialized Hospital Uganda. This was revealed by Henry Musasizi, the state minister of Finance and Planning in charge of general duties while appearing before parliament’s finance committee to defend the ministry’s budget for the financial year 2022/2023. Musasizi’s revelation follows the demand by members of parliament to provide an update on the construction of the facility which commenced on March…

GHANA NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE TO BUILD SEVEN COLLEAGES AND TRAINING SCHOOLS

Posted on 25 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has acquired a total of 1,510 acres of land in seven regions for the construction of Fire Colleges and Training Schools to train adequate personnel for the service. Three hundred acres each are at Kyebi, Eastern; Mion, Northern; AkatsiGefia, Volta; TongoBeo, Upper East, with 150 acres in BusaMamwe, Upper West, and 80 acres each at DuayawNkwanta, Ahafo, and Ejura, Ashanti. Currently, the Fire Academy and Training School (FATS) at…

KENYA POWER SECURE Sh6bn TO CONNECT MORE CUSTOMERS

Posted on 21 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The government has raised the allocation for subsidized connection of homes to the national grid by Sh1.48 billion in the year starting July, raising hope for thousands of households yet to get power supplies. The latest expenditure plans by the National Treasury show that Sh5.8 billion has been allocated for the Last Mile Connectivity Project (LMCP) — marking a 34.36% jump from the Sh4.31 billion that was approved for the program in the current financial…

EGYPT CABINET APPROVED LEGALISING UNLICENSED BUILDINGS

Posted on 21 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The Cabinet approved Wednesday legalizing 238 unlicensed churches and affiliated buildings turning the total to 2,401. The status and requests of that batch have been examined, since January 6, by the committee in charge of legalizing unlicensed churches, which is headed by Minister of Justice Omar Marwan. The government made submitting reconciliation requests to legalize unlicensed constructions, mainly flat-buildings, mandatory in 2020 or demolition would be the fate of such units. Unlicensed units were given…

DPWI CALLS ON STAKEHOLDERS FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN SA

Posted on 21 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is working with stakeholders to urgently repair damaged buildings and provide support to install bridges in communities in need, following recent flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. DPWI Minister, Patricia de Lille, and Deputy Minister Noxolo Kiviet made the statement on Tuesday and inspected damages caused by the floods. De Lille said that around 50 state-owned buildings under the custodianship of the department have been damaged by the inclement weather….

TWO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS INAUGURATED IN GHANA

Posted on 20 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, assisted by the Municipal Chief Executive of Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly, George Cyril Bray, on Tuesday inaugurated two newly constructed classroom blocks at Dansoman in Accra. The projects funded by the assembly were a two-storey nine-unit classroom block with a 10-seater water closet at Saint Margaret Mary Senior High School, and a seven-unit classroom block with facilities such as offices, store, and staff common room at…

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT CREATE TECH TO BOOST CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN ETHIOPIA

Posted on 20 April 2022 by Gambeta News

A new era is fast approaching and technologies are leading the way. So with the constant innovation, it is no wonder people are coming up with new ideas. Now the latest development is a 12th-grade student named Betselot Bekele that has created a platform that could accelerate connectivity within the construction industry. She created a bot on Telegram, called “Meet-Up,” with the aim of connecting (on-site) contractors and interested customers. Betselot remarked that she created the…

RWANDA AFFORDABLE HOUSING; ARE THEY VIABLE??

Posted on 19 April 2022 by Gambeta News

According to a recent study, Kigali City alone needs 310,000 new housing units by 2032, or around 20,700 units every year. So there is a need for integrated and tailored packages to pave the way for the success of affordable housing projects in the country, real estate developers have suggested. However, less than 1,000 housing units are supplied every year. Yves Sangwa, the CEO of Rwanda Green Building Organization told Doing Business that affordable housing projects could be…

EGYPT TO IMPLEMENT PPP PROJECTS FOR VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT

Posted on 19 April 2022 by Gambeta News

Egypt is proceeding with the implementation of public private partnership (P.P.P) projects in various development fields, as it is the locomotive of job-rich economic growth and a fundamental pillar for achieving sustainable development, according to Minister of Finance, Mohamed Maait He pointed out that the second phase of the national project to establish and operate 1,000 distinguished language schools under the P.P.P system, witnessed an increasing demand from Egyptian and Arab investors, as many companies…

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