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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed Chaltu Sani, formerly Minister of Urban and Infrastructure Development, as chief executive of the Federal Housing Corporation, effective September 28, 2026.
Two people have been killed and others injured in clashes between the communities of Buo and Tiwii in Ghana's Sissala West District, prompting the area's MP to appeal for restraint as security forces deploy.
Cape Town has published a draft by-law requiring every short-term rental property to be registered, with homes let for 183 nights or more a year facing commercial property rates that can be more than three times the residential rate.
Mixta Africa's group revenue from property sales rose to N42.7 billion in 2025 from N15.0 billion a year earlier, while shareholders approved a dividend of N12.60 per share payable on September 30, 2026.
Murang'a Governor Irungu Kang'ata has unveiled a plan to build a 1,400-acre industrial city, more than three times the size of Nairobi's 350-acre central business district, by leasing land to manufacturers at Ksh 7 million an acre.
The landlord and sectional heads of Tumu in Ghana's Sissala East Municipality have given owners of buildings and stores along roads near the Tumu roundabout two weeks to relocate to allow road construction to begin.
Plans lodged with the City of Cape Town propose reviving the long-shuttered Ritz Hotel in Sea Point with 44 residential apartments, hotel suites, restaurants and wellness facilities; the application was advertised for public comment on September 18.
The Port of Lamu has received about 2,930 tonnes of construction machinery for the proposed Sh2.2 trillion Dangote East Africa Refinery, days before a planned groundbreaking ceremony on September 30.
Nigeria's real estate sector accounted for 12.71 per cent of real GDP in the second quarter of 2026, ranking third behind trade and crop production, according to the latest National Bureau of Statistics GDP report.