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WHY MORE BUILDING COLLAPSE AWAITS NIGERIA

Posted on 28 March 2022 by Gambeta News

The Surveyor General of the Federation, Surveyor Abdulganiyu Adeyemi Adebomehin has said that Nigeria may witness more buildings and or bridges Collapsed soon so long as people will insist on building with substandard buildings material. The Surveyor General disclosed a Keynote address during the Surveyors General of the Federation Meeting with the State Surveyors Generals held at Green Desert Palm Hotel, Kano over the weekend. He maintained that people nowadays used to build in breach…

KENYA PRESIDENT OPENS ULTRA-MODERN JUMHARI SPORT GROUND

Posted on 28 March 2022 by Gambeta News

President Uhuru Kenyatta has opened Phase One of the ultra-modern Jamhuri Sports Ground in Woodley, Nairobi. The ultra-modern Jamhuri Sports Ground is being developed by the national government through the Ministry of Sports. The sports complex, whose construction started in August 2020, will comprise of three football grounds, a rugby pitch, and two running tracks among other sporting facilities when complete. The new Jamhuri Sports Ground will have 3 food courts, a children’s playing area,…

ADF APPROVED US$88.2M FOR LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Posted on 25 March 2022 by Gambeta News

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group has approved $88.2 million in financing for the third phase of the Road Development and Transport Facilitation Programme for the Mano River Union. The Mano River Union is an international association initially established between Liberia and Sierra Leone in 1973 under the Mano River Declaration. The Mano River begins in the Guinea highlands and forms a border…

RWANDA TO CONSTRUCT INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SWIMMING POOL

Posted on 24 March 2022 by Gambeta News

The Rwanda Swimming Federation has started talks with the World Swimming governing body (FINA) to help in constructing a swimming pool that meets international standards. The lack of an Olympic swimming pool in Rwanda was part of the challenges that Rwanda Swimming Federation president Pamela Girimbabazi presented to FINA president Husain Al Musallam, who, last week, concluded a two-day visit to Rwanda. The visit was also meant to explore the development of swimming in Rwanda…

EGYPT SET TO AUTOMATE UNIVERSITIES WITH PHASE ONE PROJECT

Posted on 23 March 2022 by Gambeta News

Egypt’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghaffar will launch on Sunday the first phase of a project to automate university hospitals. Abdel Ghaffar said that all universities with hospitals are being developed, pointing out that the ministry is not interested in education only but rather in providing more medical services and providing the best for university-educated students. He also added that the development measures in university hospitals require a lot of…

LAGOS NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS OPENS

Posted on 23 March 2022 by Gambeta News

About eight years after its scheduled delivery date, President Muhammadu Buhari has finally commissioned the state-of-the-art terminal at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The terminal, estimated to be worth over US$100 million, is one of the five airports – Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, and Enugu – that benefited from the 2013 loan deal between Nigeria and China for the building of four new terminals. Port Harcourt and Abuja terminals had been opened…

NIGERIA PRESIDENT COMMISSION US$2.5B DANGOTE FERTILIZER PLANT

Posted on 22 March 2022 by Gambeta News

Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the just completed US$2.5billion Dangote fertilizer plant that is expected to house a capacity of 3 million metric tonnes per annum in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. The ceremony had the presence of dignitaries including Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Industries Limited, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele, and Minister of Trade and Investment Niyi Adebayo. According to reports, the facility proposed to be the biggest in Africa,…

NCRIB TELLS NIGERIA GOVT. TO MAKE INSURANCE COMPLUSORY FOR ALL BUILDINGS

Posted on 21 March 2022 by Gambeta News

Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) through its President has called on all levels of government to make insurance compulsory for all buildings in the country. Rotimi Edu, NCRIB President who made the call during a press briefing in preparation for the 60th anniversary of the brokers’ council said this has become necessary because of incessant building collapses in the country. According to Edu, the law on compulsory insurance for buildings made insurance compulsory for…

WHY ZIMBABWE METAL INDUSTRY MUST BE REAWAKEN

Posted on 18 March 2022 by Gambeta News

Zimbabwe’s Metal industry has been described as a sleeping giant that needs to be awakened in line with the country’s industrialization agenda. This came out at the Metal Casting and Engineering Summit that kicked off yesterday in Harare, with the academia on board. Zimbabwe’s past economic boom was associated with the prowess of the steel and mining industry as it used to stimulate unlimited downward and upward economic linkages, hence the concern over the current…

MALAWI GOVT. IDENTIFY SITE FOR AIRPORT CONSTRUCTION

Posted on 18 March 2022 by Gambeta News

Malawi Government has identified a site where the Orton Chirwa International Airport will be constructed in the city of Mzuzu. The location for the proposed airport will be at Lusangazi. According to Deputy Minister of Lands, Deus Gumba, projects like these are in alignment with Malawi Vision 2063 which is currently being operationalized by President Lazarus Chakwera with emphasis on the importance of infrastructure development in transforming the country. So far, paperwork is at an…

HOW INSULATION IS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN AFRICAN BUILDING INDUSTRY

Posted on 17 March 202218 March 2022 by Gambeta News

Insulation plays an important role in designing and constructing buildings that provide protection for humans against the climate. Insulation materials like panels are made of two metal sheets on both sides and in the core the insulation material. Insulation, resistance and durability are what becomes more and more important in the African building and construction industry. The market is developing whereby new buildings get insulated by standard procedure. Thanks to the rising numbers of manufacturers…

MANDINARY RESIDENT LAUNCH SCHOOL FENCING PROJECT IN THE GAMBIA

Posted on 16 March 202217 March 2022 by Gambeta News

After several months raising funds to help fence the perimeter of Mandinary Lower Basic School, the natives of Mandinary based in the Diaspora have responded in cash to kick start the ambitious school fencing project. This comes following distraction members of the public and pedestrians, who use the school as the shortest route to access the community’s main town. A task force was set up to ensure the smooth execution of this mega project. Jammeh…

NIGERIA LEKKI-IKOYI LINK BRIDGE TOLL PLAZA TO RESUME ACTIVITIES IN APRIL

Posted on 15 March 2022 by Gambeta News

The Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge Toll Plaza will begin operation by April 1 after the announcement was made by Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC). In a newspaper advert published in The Nation Newspaper, LCC managing director, Yomi Omomuwasan, said motorists would be offered a two-week toll-free passage. The announcement comes 18 months after the toll Plaza was shut down due to the police brutality during the October 2020 #EndSARS protest in the state. The protest took…

ZAMBEZI COMMUNITY SCHOOL GETS NEW HOSTELS

Posted on 14 March 2022 by Gambeta News

The accommodation challenges facing the Zambezi region in Namibia are set to become a thing of the past after the complete construction of community hostels. The community hostels were built at Lusese, Ibbu, Sachona, and Shesheke for N$1.3 million each. During the official handover of the hostels, Deputy minister of education, arts, and culture, Faustina Caley, said as much as the government has had success with regards to equal access to education for all Namibian children,…

DCC ALLOCATE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CITY HQ IN TANZANIA

Posted on 14 March 2022 by Gambeta News

The construction of a new city headquarters in Dodoma City Council (DCC) is set to take shape after the council approved funds worth 7bn/- in the financial year 2022/23. The fund which is part of the 2022/23 budget of 100.94bn/- will be sourced and used for the implementation of various projects including the construction of the City Council Headquarters. Dodoma City Director, Joseph Mafuru said the city plans to build a better office that will…

ESKOM SAY PROACTIVE LOAD SHEDDING IS REQUIRED IN SOUTH AFRICA

Posted on 10 March 202210 March 2022 by Gambeta News

South Africa stage 4 load shedding was implemented on Wednesday morning following a barrage of breakdowns, shutdowns, and trips at power stations across the country. This left the power system under severe pressure as about seven units were lost in one night. Speaking after it, Eskom Chief Operations Officer Jan Oberholzer says the stage 4 load shedding will give the power utility enough space to build up fast-depleting emergency reserves and avoid the risk of implementing…

BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN KENYA COLLAPSED

Posted on 8 March 2022 by Gambeta News

A four-story building under construction at Regen area within Kikuyu constituency Kiambu County in Kenya has collapsed. The building which collapsed in the late hour hours of Saturday night also leaned onto another Highrise affecting tenants. Speaking to the Media at the site, Kiambu County Lands and Physical Planning County Executive Eunice Macharia said that as per the preliminary report, it is evident that the foundations of the collapsed building greatly failed. According to Macharia,…

ZIMBABWE FINALLY LAUNCH EMERGENCY ROAD REPAIR PROGRAM

Posted on 3 March 2022 by Gambeta News

Zimbabwe has launched an emergency road repair program after a public outcry over the high death toll on the country’s roads. The program is expected to ensure that the road challenge that has been facing the nation is seriously addressed. Under former leader late president, Robert Mugabe, the nation’s roads has been in bad shape after years of neglect by the government. A 46 years old man named, Misheck Rujada who was hit by a…

MUYEMBE-NAKAPIRIPIRIT ROAD CONSTRUCTION BEHIND SCHEDULE IN UGANDA

Posted on 2 March 2022 by Gambeta News

The construction of Muyembe-Nakapiripirit Road is way behind schedule which is now a worry for residents in the area. The 92Km road has been affected by the covid-19 pandemic that rocked the world but that should not be an excuse anymore according to Minister of Works and Transport Gen Edward Katumba Wamala. Minister Wamala said that the government shall not entertain the contractor’s excuse and that the road should be completed within the 36 months…

SANRAL REOPENS R61 ROAD AFTER LAST YEAR COLLAPSE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Posted on 1 March 2022 by Gambeta News

The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has reopen the R61 that was damaged to the public after the culvert was replaced at the Tsomo Junction in the Eastern Cape. During the reopening of the road, Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula said “Emboldened by tangible progress towards repairing and recovering this road, undertaken with a great sense of urgency and an unwavering commitment from our officials and contractors, we made a bold commitment on 4…

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