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...
Construction Technology Festival 2022 is back with its 5th edition
One of Dubai’s most sought-after industry events, the Construction Technology Festival (CTF), is back for its fifth edition. The event will showcase how digitalisation and advanced technologies are shaping construction and real estate industries.
It...
Microsoft boosts construction industry in Zimbabwe with Blockchain applications
Microsoft has partnered with Zimbabwe firm Africa-IDG create cutting-edge Blockchain applications in what CEO Tatenda Chifamba says is set to revolutionize the construction industry.
"Blockchain applications have been integrated into government functionality in Dubai which promotes...
Djibouti welcomes world’s longest subsea cable
djibouti has finally welcomed the landing of the World’s longest subsea cable 2Africa.
An important ceremony was organized for this purpose at the beach Siesta under the patronage of the Minister of Communication in charge...
AfDB boosts Rwanda’s last mile electricity project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved two loans amounting to $180 million to co-finance a major energy project that will extend electricity access to rural areas and reduce greenhouse...
South Africa’s Concor hands over high speed Ikusasa Project
Applying innovative construction methods and its well-established quality and scheduling systems, Concor has met another tight deadline with the handover this February of the Ikusasa building in Rosebank, Johannesburg.
The building – which features four...
Construction starts on major hyperscale data centre in Nigeria
Nigerian company Kasi Cloud Ltd has announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony in Lekki, Lagos on 19 April 2022, to signal the beginning of construction on the company’s first of several planned data...
Africa performs poorly in Fraser’s mining survey
Zimbabwe ranks as the least attractive mining jurisdiction in the world for investment thanks to a poor score both in policy and mineral potential in the Investment Attractiveness Index, The Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey...
SA scores poorly in Fraser’s Survey of Mining Companies 2021
South Africa has for the first time ranked in the world’s ten least attractive mining destinations in the latest Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2021 and Minerals Council CEO Roger Baxter is...
Global insurer withdraws from East African Crude Oil Pipeline project
Allianz, one of the world’s largest oil and gas insurers, is the seventh insurer to commit not to insure the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), following recent statements from Munich Re, Hannover Re...
