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Magugua Hydro project in Eswatini

Financial close reached for 13.5MW Lower Maguduza Hydro Power Project in Eswatini

People walk past a booth of China Development Bank during the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing. Source: Reuters/Tingshu Wang

China Development Bank releases $255m for Nigeria rail project

By MacDonald Dzirutwe 9 Jan 2025

Ships are seen from a plane window, passing through the Suez Canal, Egypt. Source: Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt completes trial run of new Suez Canal channel extension

By Yusri Mohamed and Menna Alaa 30 Dec 2024

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Egypt sends building equipment to begin Gaza reconstruction

Egypt sends building equipment to begin Gaza reconstruction

Nadine Awadalla and Nidal Al Mughrabi 7 Jun 2021

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Umberto Bacchi 3 Jun 2021

Mozambique launches construction of $1bn power plant, transmission line

Mozambique launches construction of $1bn power plant, transmission line

1 Jun 2021

RICS publishes new guidance for land measurement in development projects

RICS publishes new guidance for land measurement in development projects

31 May 2021

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Commission suggests blocking R1bn acquisition of The Building Company

31 May 2021

Water - not an infinite resource in Kenya

Water - not an infinite resource in Kenya

Simon Thomas 27 May 2021

AfDB board approves bank's policy prioritising water security

AfDB board approves bank's policy prioritising water security

27 May 2021

Egypt's road building drive eases jams but leaves some unhappy

Egypt's road building drive eases jams but leaves some unhappy

Nadeen Ebrahim and Aidan Lewis 18 May 2021

Senegal architects ditch concrete for earth in revival of old techniques

Senegal architects ditch concrete for earth in revival of old techniques

Nellie Peyton and Christophe van der Perre 17 May 2021

Suez Canal starts dredging work to extend double lane

Suez Canal starts dredging work to extend double lane

Aidan Lewis 17 May 2021

World Bank signs $500m infrastructure project for Congo's capital

World Bank signs $500m infrastructure project for Congo's capital

Hereward Holland and Fiston Mahamba 13 May 2021

Rising cement costs hamper Nigeria's building developers

Rising cement costs hamper Nigeria's building developers

Angela Ukomadu and Seun Sanni 12 May 2021

DEVAC Infrasfuture conference addresses challenges facing the African sector

DEVAC Infrasfuture conference addresses challenges facing the African sector

10 May 2021

#AfricaMonth2021: May Africa prosper

#AfricaMonth2021: May Africa prosper

Bizcommunity.com 7 May 2021

Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 30 Apr 2021

Nairobi ranked top city in Africa for innovation - Knight Frank report

Nairobi ranked top city in Africa for innovation - Knight Frank report

21 Apr 2021

New Amazon Africa headquarters to be built in Cape Town

New Amazon Africa headquarters to be built in Cape Town

20 Apr 2021

There's a disconnect between research and urban planning in Africa: how to fix it

There's a disconnect between research and urban planning in Africa: how to fix it

Sylvia Croese and Ntombini Marrengane 20 Apr 2021

Egyptian architects win Al-Nouri Mosque International Architecture Competition in Mosul

Egyptian architects win Al-Nouri Mosque International Architecture Competition in Mosul

16 Apr 2021

#BehindtheBrandManager: Sonja Jansen van Rensburg, chief communications officer, Zutari

#BehindtheBrandManager: Sonja Jansen van Rensburg, chief communications officer, Zutari

Sindy Peters 14 Apr 2021

Harvard GSD announces 4 finalists for 2021 Wheelwright Prize

Harvard GSD announces 4 finalists for 2021 Wheelwright Prize

13 Apr 2021

How women are locked out of Nigeria's construction industry

How women are locked out of Nigeria's construction industry

Richard Jimoh, Amina Nna Adamu, Luqman Oyekunle Oyewobi and Paul A. Bajere 12 Apr 2021

Perkins+Will transforms 1920s Greater Accra Regional Hospital into modern facility

Perkins+Will transforms 1920s Greater Accra Regional Hospital into modern facility

9 Apr 2021

People walking next to traffic in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.
Photo by Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images

People living in African urban settings do a lot of walking: but their cities aren't walkable

Seth Asare Okyere, Daniel Oviedo, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Mariajose Nieto & Michihiro Kita 29 Mar 2021

John Deere to expand construction brand into 18 new countries in Africa

24 Mar 2021

Ghana's Bui Dam raises concerns - again - about hydro power projects

Ghana's Bui Dam raises concerns - again - about hydro power projects

Roger Gocking 24 Mar 2021

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures

Mike Muller 19 Mar 2021

World's first space hotel set to open in 2027

World's first space hotel set to open in 2027

17 Mar 2021

DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge

DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge

15 Mar 2021

Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices

Infrastructure spend: insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices

Sam Jones 9 Mar 2021