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ZIMBABWE GOVT. CANCEL ROAD PROJECT CONTRACT DUE TO POOR WORKMANSHIP

Posted on 28 February 202228 February 2022 by Gambeta News

Zimbabwe government has terminated the contract for the construction of a road project that belongs to a consulting firm owned by Zanu PF legislator and businessman Justice Mayor Wadyajena. According to the reports, the rehabilitation of roads in Mashonaland West province was terminated over poor workmanship and failure to meet set deadlines. The decision was made after Mashonaland West provincial roads engineer Simbarashe wrote to Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development permanent secretary Theodius Chinyanga…

CONSTRUCTION OF U.S.$109M KUNZVI DAM GATHERING PACE IN ZIMBABWE

Posted on 24 February 2022 by Gambeta News

Construction work at the Kunzvi Dam in Zimbabwe is gathering pace as the excavation of the dam foundation has reached an advanced stage. The project located at Goromonzi district, which is worth US$109 million is now 8% completion with more work still left to be done after stalling for two decades. The progress was made known after a site visit by officials from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) and the Ministry of Local Government…

LACK OF ROAD ACCESS AFFECTING SCHOOL PROJECTS IN NAMIBIA

Posted on 23 February 2022 by Gambeta News

A proposed construction of a school project by the chinese government is set to be put on halt due to lack of access to the proposed site location. The project which is the construction work of Satotwa Primary School has made the Chinese government to request the Namibian government to ensure there is a gravel road for their trucks to be able to deliver construction materials. The agreement was signed between the chinese government and…

UK GOVT INJECT £10M INTO NIGERIA’s ENERGY SECTOR

Posted on 22 February 2022 by Gambeta News

The United Kingdom has injected £10 million into Nigeria’s low carbon energy project. The concessional aid is aimed at reducing the risks, for pension and insurance funds’ to invest in energy access projects, and support Nigeria’s COP26 commitments. UK also signed an agreement with the Nigerian government that would enable a compensation of £210,610 to the country following a successful investigation by the British Serious Fraud Office on the use of corrupt agents in the…

CONSTRUCTION OF 132KV TRANSMISSION LINE IN DERAIL OVER DESPITE

Posted on 21 February 2022 by Gambeta News

The construction of 132 kv transmission line from Namanve to Luzira in Uganda is seriously having a problem due to power tussle between government officials. The controversy is the impending compensation of US$79.7m (Shs 28bn) by Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) to a handful of individuals for taking over their land to pave way for the transmission line. This has made both Lands state minister Sam Mayanja and Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka engaged in…

LOCAL CONTRACTOR ENCOURAGED TO PRODUCE QUAILITY PRODUCT IN TANZANIA

Posted on 17 February 2022 by Gambeta News

Local engineers and construction companies have been advised to prove their ability by producing quality and standard work if they want to win future government projects. Zanzibar Second Vice-President Mr Hemed Suleiman Abdulla said this in Pemba, where he was inspected ongoing construction of various government projects. According to Abdulla, “The government deliberately decided to give priority to local contractors to engage them in development programmes, but they should prove beyond doubt that they can…

LAGOS GOVT. TO PROSECUTE DEVELOPER & FOURSCORE HEIGHTS FOR IKOYI COLLAPSED BUILDING

Posted on 17 February 2022 by Gambeta News

Lagos state government in western region of Nigeria is about to prosecute developers and Fourscore Height for the collapsed ikoyi building. The six-man panel set up by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the collapse of a 21-storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, has accepted the recommendations of the panel. According to reports, the state government has accepted 26 out of the 28 point recommendations of the panel even as the government would be demolishing the other…

SA PRESIDENT ANNOUNCE MULTI-BILLION PIPELINED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Posted on 14 February 2022 by Gambeta News

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced pipelined projects that will cut across several sectors like energy and social services worth over R100 billion. He made the announcement while delivering the State of the Nation Address at the Cape Town City Hall as he noted that the construction for some of the projects will resume this year. Speaking during the ceremony, President Ramaphosa said “The infrastructure fund is at the centre of this effort with…

TUNISIA DAMS REACHED 49% FILLING STAGE

Posted on 14 February 2022 by Gambeta News

Tunisia Government needs to start making plans to solve the incoming dam filling challenge in the nation. So far, the fill rate of Tunisian dams has reached nearly 49%, as of February 11 according to the National Observatory for Agriculture. The country available water reserves has reached nearly 1 billion 145 million cubic meters, out of a total capacity of 2 billion 337 million cubic meters. These latest development should be a sign that something needs…

CONSTRUCTION OF RUKWA VETA RESUME IN TANZANIA

Posted on 9 February 2022 by Gambeta News

Construction work has resume at the Vocation and Training Authority (VETA) centre project in Rukwa region, Tanzania. The project has been on halt for over two years after the government injected over 2.03bn/-. Speaking during the announcement, Rukwa Regional Commissioner (RC) Joseph Mkirikiti said “We profoundly and sincerely thank President Samia Suluhu Hassan for giving us 2.035bn/- which will facilitate finalizing the construction of the centre whose building works had stalled for two years. Surely…

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW GISENYI HOSPITAL TO COST €32M IN RWANDA

Posted on 8 February 2022 by Gambeta News

The planned construction of a new Gisenyi hospital in Rwanda is set to cost Rwf38 Billion. The project became necessary following the eruption of Nyiragongo volcano in May last year in Rubavu District. Officials from Rubavu District are seriously considering moving the hospital to a new location just to avoid any future challenges as the hospital is vital for the district. Currently, the hopsital has the capacity of hosting not more than 300 people. This…

ESKOM TO IMPLEMENT LOAD SHEDDING TO AVOID BLACKOUT IN SA

Posted on 3 February 2022 by Gambeta News

South Africa Electricity distributor Eskom is planning to implement load shedding in the nation to prevent a catastrophic blackout. The plan was made know by Eskom Chief Executive Officer, Andre de Ruyter as he noted that the power utility is obligated to implement load shedding in order to avoid a total system failure. Speaking during the announcement De Ruyter said; We would have the system equivalent of cardiac arrest. We have 50Hz going to zero…

SOUTH AFRICA EASTERN CAPE VILLAGERS TO BUILD TEMPORARY BRIDGE

Posted on 2 February 20223 February 2022 by Gambeta News

Eastern cape villagers are making plans to build a temporal bridge for its resident after the one built by the government collapsed less than a month ago due to heavy rainfall. The problem has affected the area during these past months which have made business owners and residents used their own money to buy materials to construct a makeshift bridge so they can continue travelling to and from town. The bridge which connects villagers from…

TANZANIA ICT HUB CONSTRUCTION GATHERING PACE

Posted on 2 February 2022 by Gambeta News

The construction of an ICT hub in Tanzania is gathering pace after the government allocated land for the construction of the state-of-the-art college in the country’s capital. The project which is worth 150 million US dollars is funded by the World Bank is aimed at increasing access to high quality internet services for government and citizens, in selected areas, and to improve the government’s capacity to deliver digital public services. Digital Tanzania Project (DTP) coordinator…

LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR FLAG CONSTRUCTION OF OJOTA-OPEBI LINK BRIDGE

Posted on 27 January 2022 by Gambeta News

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State in Nigeria has flagged off the construction of Ojota-Opebi link bridges and approach roads. The aim is to ease congestion in Ikeja and environments. During the flagging-off ceremony, Governor Sanwo-olu said the project was an innovative solution to the perennial gridlock around Opebi/Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way/Ojota/Mende corridor. He noted that the project would reduce travel time for Lagos and Ikorodu bound traffic from Opebi; and ease gridlock at the Opebi-Sheraton Link…

Nigeria Engineering Graduates at ERICSSON

Posted on 26 January 2022 by Gambeta News

Ericsson is growing! Our Ericsson Nigeria Graduate Program will start in March 2022 and focuses on technology leadership. Our aim is to attract and guide the most hardworking, innovative, and creative technology minds. We are looking for Engineering Graduates who have completed their studies in 2019 and 2020 with one of the following bachelor’s degrees: Electronics Engineering, Computer Science / Software/Computer Engineering / IT, or Information Systems / Networks Engineering/Communications degrees with a focus on Telecommunications Candidate should not have…

TANZANIA MINISTER ORDER REPORT FROM CLASSROOM CONSTRUCTION

Posted on 24 January 2022 by Gambeta News

The minister of state in Tanzania, Innocent Bashungwa has ordered all Regional Commissioners (RCs) to submit reports over construction of 15,000 classrooms using Covid-19 relief funds by Tuesday this week. The aim of the classroom construction is to improve learning environment and control spread of the Covid-19 as about 15,000 classroom is planned for construction. We all know how terrible the Covid-19 pandemic has hit the eductaion sectors so the construction of more classroom is…

SOUTH AFRICA OPEN TWO VAAL DAM DUE TO CATCHMENT INFLOW

Posted on 19 January 2022 by Gambeta News

The Department and Water and Sanitation (DWS) in South Africa has opened two sluice gates at the Vaal Dam due to increased inflows from feeding catchments. The increased inflow in the catchment area has become an alarming effect that needs urgent attention that was why the two gates where opened. According to the department, “Three gates from the five that had been opened previously had been closed. It said this was due to the continued…

CONSTRUCTION OF CHAMWINO STATE HOUSE AT 91% IN TANZANIA

Posted on 18 January 2022 by Gambeta News

The construction of Chamwino State House Project which is aimed at ensuring the President Samia Suluhu Hassan work at this her special place and work at a good environment for efficiency. Speaking during the site tour, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa noted that He insisted the contractors to make sure that the project is timely completed and commended them for a good work, so far. According to him, “I have been impressed with report over construction…

WHY ETHIOPIA NEEDS TO BROADEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSE OPTION

Posted on 17 January 202218 January 2022 by Gambeta News

Over the past decades, the nation has been suffering from poor housing. Such challenges for lower-income households to obtain their own home are twofold. Lack of affordable, good quality housing stock and the difficulty of gaining housing finance has been a major problem. The country is the second-most populous and the least urbanized nation in Africa. Nevertheless, the growth of urbanization, along with population growth, has been increasing at an alarming rate. Most of the…

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