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Property developer STAG African is constructing the largest student housing project in South Africa to help tackle what is says is a student accommodation problem facing the country. The project which is in the second phase...

Togo may be known for its glimmering phosphate reserves and sandy beaches, but there is much more than that. The west African country earned its place among the world’s top 10 reformers on the World...

Rwanda on Monday inaugurated a new modern inland cargo handling port that offers real-time cargo tracking services to customers. Dubbed Kigali Logistics Platform, the facility located in Kicukiro district in Rwandan capital Kigali, was constructed...

China Merchants Holdings International, a Beijing based firm that was tasked with the construction of Bagamoyo Port in Tanzania will now have to conform with new conditions set by Tanzania or abandon the project,...

The West Bakr wind farm will generate 1,000 GWh per year and increase the installed wind capacity in the country by 18%. Siemens Gamesa will install 96 SG 2.6-114 wind turbines and perform the...

Lekela Power (IPP) is planning to start work on its Ras Ghareb wind project in the fourth half of 2019, according to Faisal Eissa, General Manager of the Egyptian subsidiary of this independent power...

Mozambique’s government said Exxon Mobil will sign off on a final investment decision for a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project that could cost as much as $33 billion (Dh119bn) to build — the biggest...

The Nairobi Expressway is ready for construction with all hurdles on existing infrastructure having been dealt with. Transport Principal Secretary Paul Maringa has assured that the 27-kilometer expressway will not interfere with Uhuru Park. Motorists using...

A conference looking at the future of coal in South Africa has heard that coal could still be needed in emerging countries. Mpumelelo Mkhabela chairman of mining investment company Menar observed that South Africa needed to consider...

Komatsu Ltd. sales for the first half of its fiscal year fell 7.9 percent compared to the same period last year, to 1.2 trillion yen (about $11 billion). The construction, mining, and utility equipment side of...