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NIGERIA HOUSE OF REPS CALLS FOR URGENT NEED TO CONSTRUCT RAIL LINE

Posted on 23 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The House of Representatives Committee on Commerce has called for the urgent need to construct a rail line through the Lekki Free Trade Zone to avoid the traffic gridlock associated with the Apapa Port. The deputy chairman of the committee, Hon. Richard Gbande, during an inspection of the Lagos Free Zone, Lekki Free Zone, and the Dangote Free Trade Zone Enterprises, described the Lekki FTZ as the country’s new economic powerhouse harboring 25 billion US…

RWANDA PM LAUNCH CONSTRUCTION OF US$530M NATURAL GAS PLANT

Posted on 23 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The construction of an ultra-million plant to produce compressed natural gas for cooking, vehicles, and industries from Lake Kivu methane gas is expected to be complete within two years in the Karongi district, Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente has announced. He said while officiating a ground-breaking ceremony for the compressed natural gas production facilities at Lake Kivu. GasMeth Energy LTD is set to undertake the project. Ngirente said that methane gas provides an energy resource, valued…

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…

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,…

DWS SAYS WESTERN CAPE WATER SUPPLY DECLINE IN SA

Posted on 16 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) wishes to update citizens on the latest Western Cape’s water situation. Today’s hydrological report indicates that the average combined dam levels of the Western Cape Water Supply System are at 76,26%, a notable decline from 98,11% in the comparative period last year. DWS Western Cape Provincial Head Ntombizanele Bila-Mupariwa says the Western Cape received below-normal rainfall in the past four months, and as such dam storages are concern…

OFANKOR-NSAWAM DUAL CARRIAGE ROAD CONSTRUCTION BEGUN IN GHANA

Posted on 15 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Construction and expansion works have begun on the 17.85-kilometer Ofankor-Nsawam dual-carriage road. The project, being undertaken by Maripoma Engineering Limited is expected to be completed in 24 months. It involves the construction of a two-km road with eight lanes as well as a 16.85 km road of 10 lanes from Ofankor to the White House stretch. An additional two lanes will be added to the dual carriageway with extra two service lanes to serve adjoining…

NIGERIA GOVT. TO SANCTION CHINESE COMPANY OVER FAILURE FOR RAIL PROJECT

Posted on 15 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The federal government has threatened to mete out a stiff sanction to the China Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC) over the firm’s alleged failure to provide 85 percent counterpart fund for the rail project in some parts of the country. The Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo, decried the slow pace of work in the Kanu-Kaduna and Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail lines. Sambo gave the warning on Saturday while briefing journalists in Lagos at the end…

ZIMBABWE AND ZAMBIA TO ESTABLISH AN AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PARK

Posted on 11 August 2022 by Gambeta News

The governments of Zimbabwe and Zambia are holding a validation workshop on the policy, legal and regulatory framework for the establishment of the agro-industrial park between the two countries. The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding last year for the establishment of the agro-industrial park and today’s meeting is expected to decide the framework for the feasibility study among other issues. The process is being done with the support of the United Nations Economic…

RESIDENTS COMPLAIN OVER BAD ORCHID ROAD IN NEW LAGOS

Posted on 11 August 2022 by Gambeta News

Residents and road users have continued to decry the deplorable condition of Orchid Road, Lekki, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state and the menace caused by commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as ‘okada riders in the area. On the bad road condition, the residents under the aegis of Lekki Conservation Estates Community Development Association (LECECODA), the community’s association, described the 6.5km road as the worst in ‘New Lagos’. In a statement co-signed by…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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