African Bank Loans Tanzania Funds for Infrastructure Development

Stanbic Bank, a subsidiary of the pan-African Standard Bank Group, has loaned Tanzania 970 billion shillings ($600 million) to finance infrastructure improvements, Tanzania’s The Guardian  Read More..

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Tanzania: Local Cement Firms Do Well in Competition

THE Tanzania Portland Cement Company (TPCC) and Tanga Cement Company have weathered challenges of the so-called cheap imports and new comers in the industry to post huge success last year in terms of  Read More..

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South Africa: Rating Tool for SA Green Building Sector

The Green Building Council of South Africa has launched the Green Star SA - Public & Education Building Rating Tool that will allow all public spaces to be rated whether they are publicly or  Read More..

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Ethiopia: New Building Code Under Construction

Some fear the construction industry will not be able to afford the costs that come with the new code Ethiopia's existing 18 year-old building code is being replaced by a new one, soon to be  Read More..

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Angola: Governor Lays First Stone For Construction Of Pro-Labour Project

The governor of the northern Malanje province, Norberto dos Santos "Kwata Kanawa", Tuesday launched the first stone for the construction of self-mechanical workshops, art craft, under a  Read More..

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Angola: Electrical Sector Invests in Construction of Power Stations

The Ministry of Energy and Water defined as priority for 2009/2016 period, the construction, rehabilitation of inoperative infrastructures, reinforcement of transport and transformation capacity of  Read More..

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Kenya: Resident Asks Government to Build Dams On Tana River

A peace trainer in Tana Delta yesterday asked the governments to construct dams to control floods which have affected over 1500 families in the delta. Issa Koffa said the floods are a natural  Read More..

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Tanzania Grants First Uranium Mining Licence

The Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Minerals granted its first uranium mining licence to Mantra Tanzania, a subsidiary of Australia-based Mantra Resources, Tanzania's The Citizen reported Tuesday  Read More..

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6000 to benefit from sh17b house project

Finance minister Maria Kiwanuka has launched a $6.6m (about sh17b) housing programme aimed at expanding microfinance services to build houses for about 6,000 disadvantaged families in Uganda. The  Read More..

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Namibia: IUM Builds Own Hostel

Windhoek - The International University of Management (IUM), founded in 1994 with one student and a single lecturer, has grown its student population to 7 000 students with its own modern campus, to  Read More..

Posted on : 30 Nov,-0001