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Egypt has launched an investment zone for Qatari Diar's Alam Al Roum development on the North Coast, as ministers pitch the zone as a vehicle for tourism, real estate and service investment.
Moladi founder Hennie Botes wants South Africa's housing crisis to become an engine for local business, using reusable plastic formwork and a stokvel-inspired model that trains residents to build their own homes.
Parliament's transport committee has questioned KeNHA over delays of up to three years on the Mau Mau roads project in Kiambu County, substandard materials and landowners who are yet to be compensated.
Housing experts say the Federal Government's plan to build 100 social housing units in every local government area was set without a needs assessment and could leave thousands of units unoccupied.
Regulatory filings show Mamba Cement intends to build a small grinding and blending plant processing about 180 tonnes a day in Awasi, making it the second cement factory in the Nyando belt after Rai Cement.
Communities around the National Cereals Research Institute say makeshift structures, workshops and block-making businesses have taken over parts of the premises, bringing security and environmental problems and prompting demolition exercises.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah personally funded two homes built with prefabricated panels and handed them over in Windhoek, framing the N$400,000 outlay as a test of whether the technology can be scaled against a 500,000-unit housing deficit.
Ogun State will break ground on 12 November for a 450-hectare industrial park being developed by multinational Lee Group along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway near the Sagamu Interchange, with 29 factories planned.
eThekwini is courting the superyacht industry with a proposed 24-hectare marina precinct in the Port of Durban, a R1.9 billion private investment pipeline and a target of 2,500 direct jobs by 2030.