Construction starts on El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in Egypt
Construction has begun in earnest on El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in Egypt the first such project in the country.
Alexey Likhachev, ROSATOM Director General, and Dr. Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy...
South Africa’s Checkers Sitari runs entirely on renewable energy
Checkers Sitari, as well as and the entire Sitari Village Mall located close to Somerset West, Cape Town, have become South Africa's first premium supermarket and shopping centre to run entirely off renewable energy...
ECOWAS signals implementation of Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway project
Towards achieving rapid implementation of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project, ECOWAS has organized the sixteenth (16th) Ministerial Steering Committee and Experts meetings on the Abidjan-Lagos Project in Abuja, Nigeria from 1st to 3rd...
Inflation set to impact growth in Africa says Turner and Townsend
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and renewed lockdowns in China are starting to influence construction markets, a new report has shown.
The report dubbed International Construction Market Survey (ICMS) for 2022 by Turner and Townsend finds...
Construction of Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway Project set to begin
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved financing of $150 million to Kenya to support a major highway development project under the government’s First Mover Public-Private Partnership (PPP) programme.
The project...
South Africa’s Kenhardt 540-MW solar project faces delay says developer
Norwegian green power producer Scatec says it has been notified by the IPP Office in South Africa of the delay in approval process for the RMIPP programme thus affecting the construction of its Kenhardt...
Zimbabwe starts construction of Museum of African Liberation
Zimbabwe has kicked off construction work on Museum of African Liberation in the capital Harare to honour fallen veterans of the continent’s liberation wars.
The museum will also help document wars fought in Africa in...
Construction begins on solar and battery project in South Africa
Construction has started in earnest on three Kenhardt projects in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa under the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP) after reaching financial close.
The project is being...
Burundi unveils first grid-connected solar project
An ambitious project to build a 7.5MW* solar PV power plant in one of the world’s least electrified countries has reached commercial operation.
Located in Mubuga in the Gitega Province, the project – which is...
UAE’s Mulk International begins work on major tech city in Zimbabwe
The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday broke ground to launch the $500 million (Dh1.83 billion) Zim Cyber City, a hi-tech park near capital Harare, that is being developed by UAE-based diversified industrial...
