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As it enters its 10th year in operation, The Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) has reached the remarkable milestone of 250 green building certifications in Africa. Streetlight Schools’ Jeppe …
Green Building Council of South Africa announces 250th green building certification in Africa Read More
The construction of a US$60m logistics and distribution centre at Tatu city in Kenya has commenced; this is according to Africa Logistics Properties (ALP) – the company carrying out the …
Construction of logistics and distribution centre at Tatu city starts Read More
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a $200 million International Development Association (IDA) credit under the IDA17 Scale-up Facility for Zambia to improve selected rural roads in …
Zambia: World Bank Gives Zambia $200 Million for Rural Roads Read More
A new affordable housing fund that could enable persons earning between Rwf300,000 and Rwf700,000 in monthly wages to buy a house is due to start in July, officials at the …
Rwanda: Government to Roll Out Rwf206bn Affordable Housing Fund Read More
On the heels of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, railway construction is being held up as an example of how the Belt and Road Initiative …
Railway construction in Africa linked to Belt and Road Initiative Read More
COULD Nairobi, Kenya’s traffic-clogged capital, be the next Dubai? Two large Dubai-based investors, Hass Petroleum and White Lotus, seem to think so. On May 23rd they formally started construction of …
Work begins on Africa’s tallest building Read More
Tanzania has received 51 million US dollars (over 110bn/-) financial boost from Kuwait for construction of the 85-kilometre Chaya-Nyahua road in Tabora region. President John Magufuli yesterday met the Ambassador …
Tanzania: Kuwait Releases 110 Billion/ – for Tabora Road Construction Read More
Market conditions for South Africa’s poultry industry are improving and as far as government knows, there have been no further layoffs and factory closures. This was according to Trade and …
SA Poultry Industry Showing Signs of Improvement Read More
The African Development Bank has approved a US $100- million facility to finance Export Trading Group (ETG’s) soft commodity value chain operations in sub-Saharan Africa. This Soft Commodity Finance Facility …
AfDB Approves U.S. $100 Million for Export Trading Group’s Soft Commodity Value Chain Operations in Sub-Saharan Africa Read More
The bank may be called an export-import bank but it sees itself as much more than a trade finance bank or a traditional exim bank such as those in mature …
Afreximbank embarking on a bold 5-year plan, says chief economist Read More