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OFFICIAL UNVIELED NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HEALTH FACILITY IN LIBERIA

Posted on 30 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Representative Tibelrosa Summoh Tarponweh of Margibi Electoral District One has officially opened for use a newly constructed clinic within the Garzon Reserve in Firestone, Lower Margibi County. The construction of the health facility was funded by the China Union Social Development Fund and the Margibi District one Lawmaker, especially financing the electrification and plumbing of the facility and other related works including the construction of the storeroom, incinerator, and placenta pit. The facility is comprised…

CONSTRUCTION OF FOOTBALL PITCH KICK-OFF IN NKAWKAW COMMUNITY GHANA

Posted on 30 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Crack Division Two side, Okwahu City Football Club, has initiated the process to construct an ultra-modern pitch for the youth of Nkawkaw, in the Kwahu West District of the Eastern Region The gesture, according to the Chief Executive of Okwahu City FC, Charles Boahene, forms part of the burgeoning club’s social responsibility. To be known as the Downtown Park, he believes the project will go a long way to help resolve the perennial issue of…

MOROCCO NATIONAL PORT OPERATOR SEES 14% RAISE IN TURNOVER

Posted on 30 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Marsa Maroc, the national operator of Moroccan ports, reported a turnover of MAD 1.9 billion ($179.5) at the end of the first half of 2022, marking a 14% increase from last year’s MAD 1.7 billion ($160.6). In a statement submitted to the Casablanca Stock Exchange, the company managed overall portal traffic of 25 million tons of goods at the end of June 2022, 9% up compared to the same period in 2021. Underlying the improved…

KENYA POWER CHALLENGES: ENERGY METER ASSEMBLER PROTEST

Posted on 29 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The Energy Meter Assemblers and Manufacturers Association is protesting being locked out of the procurement of power distribution products by energy utility firm Kenya Power. The Association in a letter dated March 3 noted that Kenya Power is in the process of carrying out and implementing an exclusive international procurement model for the power distribution products leaving them out. The products include but are not limited to electricity meters, prepaid meters, smart meters, ordinary meters,…

PLANS UNDERWAY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF RWANDA FIRST DIGITAL CENSUS

Posted on 29 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Preparations are underway for Rwanda’s first digital census of people with disability, whose results will be used to establish a national registry. The traditional data collection with pen and paper made it impossible to have a national database of disabilities, their causes, and the challenges disabled people face, officials said. The census will cost $1 million (over Rwf1 billion), and 60 percent of it will be spent on data collection, according to the National Council…

UC DEVELOPMENT SIGNED CONTRACT FOR NAC PROJECT IN EGYPT

Posted on 29 August 2022 by Gambeta News

UC Developments signed several contracting, construction, management, and operation contracts for the company’s projects in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) on Saturday to begin developing its projects within the scheduled timetable set. UC signed a contract for the construction of both Uni Tower 1 and Uni Tower 2 in the NAC’s Downtown area with Amac Construction and Archrete Engineering Consultancy. This is in addition to signing an agreement with each of Meadis — headed by…

CONSTRUCTION OF AFRICA’s LARGEST FOOD LOGISTICS KICK-OFF IN NIGERIA

Posted on 26 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, kicked off the construction of Africa’s largest food logistics park, in Ketu-Ereyun, Epe area of the state aimed at boosting food security in the state in particular and Nigeria in general. According to Sanwo-Olu during the groundbreaking ceremony, the project, Lagos State Food Security Systems, and Central Logistics Hub would be built on 1.2 million square meters of land, and would have the following components: aggregation/storage facilities, administrative offices trading/brokering…

SA PARLIAMENT SEEK URGENT ATTENTION TO FIX SANITATION IN eTHEKWINI MUNCIPALITY

Posted on 25 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Flood Disaster Relief and Recovery has asked officials in eThekwini Municipality to provide it with a definite deadline by when repairs at the Tongaat Water Treatment Plant will be completed. The committee is currently in KwaZulu-Natal on a three-day oversight visit to assess, among other things, progress in the interventions made by the provincial government and municipalities, especially in the areas that were severely affected by the April floods….

RESIDENT CALLS ON GOVT. TO CONSTRUCT 8KM FEEDER ROAD IN THE GAMBIA

Posted on 25 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The residents of Sare Gubu Basiru village in the Sandu District, Upper River Region north have called on the government to construct their 8KM feeder road. The 8KM feeder road links the community to Diabugu Bataba village (along the Laminkoto- Pasamas Highway). Many communities around Sare Gubu Basiru villages such as Barrinabe and Sare Sillereh villages among other villages also use the same feeder road to reach Diabugu Batapa. The feeder road has several potholes…

SRPEP SIGNED SIX YEARS CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GAMBIA

Posted on 24 August 202226 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The Small Ruminant Production Enhancement Project (SRPEP) through the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) recently signed six contracts for the construction of the project’s major infrastructure facilities. The contracts were awarded to local Gambian contractors for the construction of community pastures, rehabilitation of DLS LAB Abuko, construction of veterinary drug outlets, construction of fattening and breeding schemes, and mini dairy, milk collection centers, slaughterhouses, meat stalls, and construction of farmer demonstration in YBK to Taba Nisita,…

KIGALI MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT GETS BRITISH DESIGNING FIRM

Posted on 24 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBStudios), a British architectural design firm, has been selected to develop the green city Kigali master plan and detailed designs for the pilot phase. Established in 1978, with offices in Bath, London, Manchester, Belfast, and Edinburgh, the firm is known for its pioneering work in sustainable design and social design agenda. The selection was done in partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects according to Rwanda Green Fund (FONERWA). The Kigali…

MARYLAND COUNTY DEDICATES TWO PROJECTS IN LIBERIA

Posted on 24 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Maryland County Superintendent George Prowd has dedicated two newly completed county development-funded projects in Karluway and Barrobo districts, respectively. The dedicatory ceremony over the weekend brought together local authorities headed by Superintendent Prowd, Assistant Superintendent for Development, Robin Scott; projects management committee chair, Lawrence Kyen; statutory district superintendents, and district commissioners, among others. Speaking in Karluway, electoral district#3, Superintendent Prowd said the projects are the first ever CDF projects officially dedicated since he took office…

LETSHEGO TO LAUNCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING SCHEME IN NAMIBIA

Posted on 22 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Letshego said the product was initially aimed at customers in Namibia and Botswana, with roll-out plans to the group’s remaining pan-African countries. Letshego struck a US$50 million loan deal from the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private-sector lending division, for 4 000 affordable housing loans in Namibia to new homeowners, with the potential to expand that partnership to other countries. The group said it has realised that citizens of many countries across Africa struggle…

CONSTRUCTION OF AGRO FOOD CENTRE OFFICIALLY KICK-OFF IN THE GAMBIA

Posted on 18 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The site handing over for the construction of an Agro Food Processing Center at The Gambia Tourism and Hospitality Institute (GTHI) was done on Wednesday to officially start work. The project is given to GAMWORKS under The Gambia Pilot Project by the German Development Agency (GIZ) ECOWAS. Kaddijatou Fofana, Project Manager at GAMWORKS, said the center will be used to train GTHI students on how to process agro-food materials, adding that they chose GTHI because…

SOUTH AFRICA ESKOM TO BEGIN STAGE 2 LOAD SHEDDING

Posted on 18 August 2022 by Gambeta News

State power utility Eskom has confirmed that Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 4 pm to midnight on Wednesday and Today Eskom had warned on Tuesday afternoon that load shedding may be extended due to losses in generation capacity at some of its power stations on Tuesday evening. By Wednesday afternoon, the power utility was battling breakdowns amounting to some 14 637MW of energy, while planned maintenance outages stood at 4 550MW. “The…

GOMBE STATE EXCEUTIVE COUNCIL APPOVED N8.8B FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 17 TOWNSHIP

Posted on 18 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The Gombe State Executive Council has approved the construction of 17 township roads valued at N8.8 billion. The state Commissioner for Works and Transportation, Abubakar Bappah, who disclosed this to journalists shortly after the council meeting yesterday, said the 17 township road projects would traverse areas like Kagarawal, Pantami/Gabukka, old GRA, and Civil Service Commission’s office to Science Secondary School in Gombe to link up with Shongo among other locations in the state capital. He…

THE IMPLICATION OF KENYA’s CAPITAL CITY ROAD DEVELOPMENT

Posted on 17 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Some years back, the Government of Kenya explored the possibility of making the 473km Mombasa-Nairobi road a dual-carriage highway. The plan hit a roadblock because it would have required buying land for expansion at massive prices and compensating the owners of high-value buildings adjacent to Mombasa Road, on both sides. And so, it appeared as though this portion of the critical Northern Corridor would remain the way it had been, for lack of expansion space….

WORLD BANKS LIST MOROCCO AS HIGH LEVEL OF EXPOSURE TO CLIMATE DISASTER

Posted on 17 August 202217 August 2022 by Gambeta News

World Bank (WB) says that Morocco is among countries with a high level of exposure to climate disasters. The statement was made during the recent climate resilience program. According to reports from the World Bank, climate-induced disasters including floods, earthquakes, and drought currently cost Morocco more than half a billion every year. As the world descends into the fallout of climate change, Morocco is set to experience more severe adverse weather events at a higher frequency,…

RWANDA AND WORLD BANK SIGNED DEAL TO IMPROVE EDUCATION SYSTEM

Posted on 17 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Rwanda and the World Bank have signed an additional financing agreement worth $129 million (over Rwf134bn) to among others support the government’s efforts to improve teacher competence and student retention. The funds secured under the Quality Basic Education for Human Capital Development (QBE) project, comprises a $50 million credit, a $50 million grant as well as a co-financing of a $29.062 million grant from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). For the past three years,…

Uis TIN MINE TO INCREASE PRODUCTION AFTER COMPLETION OF FIRST PHASE IN NAMIBIA

Posted on 16 August 2022 by Gambeta News

According to a company statement released yesterday, the expansion of the plant is projected to increase the nameplate capacity by 67% – from 60 tonnes of tin concentrate per month to up to 100 tonnes per month. “This will translate to 720 tonnes up to 1 200 tonnes per annum as the current output is expected to expand progressively over four months,” said the company in a statement issued by chief executive officer Anthony Viljoen….

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