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TARURA IDENTIFIES ROADS FOR RECONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE IN TANZANIA

Posted on 6 May 2022 by Gambeta News

The Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA) in Geita District has identified about 1059.2 kilometres of roads which require reconstruction and proper maintenance. TARURA’S Geita District Manager, Engineer Bahati Subeya, made the remarks last week in her report over maintenance of road infrastructures from January to March this year. Eng Subeya explained that so far TARURA in Geita District serves a total of 1745.79kms of a rural roads network. He also recommended that, the entire roads…

NAMIBIA GOVT. TO PROCURE SECOND MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR DESALINATION PLANT

Posted on 4 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Namibia government is set to proceed with the procurement of a second multi-billion-dollar desalination plant to be constructed at the coast in partnership with NamWater. Agriculture minister Calle Schlettwein during the commissioning of water reservoirs by the RЪssing Uranium mine indicated the next step is to proceed with the procurement of the second desalination plant. Plans for the second desalination plant have been in the pipeline after the government opted not to buy the Orano…

UGANDA WATER MINISTRY TO RESTORE REGULAR WATER SUPPLY IN SOME COUNTY

Posted on 4 May 2022 by Gambeta News

The Dokolo water project contractor M/s Zhongmei Engineering Group has restored regular water supply through Amwoma sub-county, Dokolo district after a brief disruption. The Ministry of Water & Environment and M/s Zhongmei Engineering Group were informed of leakage on DN 250 DI Pipe in Akalodong Swamp in Amwoma sub-county on the 18th April 2022 at 10 am. This is a pumped transmission main that connects the Agwata booster station and Dokolo reservoir tank. Technicians explain…

RWANDA, DRC & BURUNDI US$25M INITIATIVE CLIMATE CRISIS

Posted on 3 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Burundi are set to benefit from a regional initiative dubbed “Transforming Agri-Food Systems in West and Central Africa (TAFS-WCA)” which is aimed to increase food security and combating the climate crisis. The US$25 million initiative has been launched by CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food secure future dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and fighting climate change. The initiative aims to improve nutrition…

HO TEACHING HOSPITAL US$3.2M UPDGRADE CADIO CENTRE IN GHANA

Posted on 3 May 2022 by Gambeta News

An estimated amount of US$3.2 million is required to equip the cardiothoracic centre of the Ho Teaching Hospital, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the hospital, Dr John Tampuori, has said. Dr Tampuori, who was speaking at the centre’s fundraising meeting and press launch in Accra noted that equipping the centre would transform the Ho Teaching Hospital into a medical tourist centre in the Volta Region. The meeting and press launch were on the theme “Save…

ROAD REHABILITATION AT MARONDERA MUNICIPALITY TO BEGIN SOON IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on 2 May 2022 by Gambeta News

Road Rehabilitation is to start soon at Marondera Municipality after receiving US$10,3 million from Government through the Zimbabwe National Road Authority (ZINARA) recently. This was revealed by Marondera Municipality engineer Itai Mashonganyika during an interview with the media in Marondera recently. Eng Mashonganyika said they will focus on the roads in the high-density suburbs of Marondera and they have since identified the roads where the resources will be channelled to. He said now the municipality…

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…

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…

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…

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…

ZIMBABAWE’s HARARE-BINDURA HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN SOON

Posted on 19 April 2022 by Gambeta News

The Harare-Bindura highway is set for reconstruction beginning Wednesday under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme Phase 2, contractor Bitumen World has said. According to the contractor, they are expected to take six months to bring the road up to the required standard. This is because of the dislocation of traffic, while the reconstruction is in progress, the company has asked that drivers on this road should reduce speed when approaching construction zones and comply with…

SA’s ESKOM ANNOUNCED LOAD SHEDDING BREAKDOWN

Posted on 14 April 2022 by Gambeta News

Further breakdowns at generation units at Eskom’s power stations have led to the power utility having to implement stage two load shedding from yesterday until the early hours of Friday morning. Eskom said the cluster of breakdowns and delays have rendered it with no choice but to implement power downtimes. “The extension of load shedding is caused by the failure of additional units and the continued shortage of generation capacity due to delays in returning…

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