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ARTICLES

Steady Growth Seen for Global Construction After COVID Rebound

January 5, 2022

The worldwide sector is set to rise 2.3% a year in real terms, reaching $16.6 trillion by 2030, with four of the 10 fastest growing markets in Asia, says a London-based economic forecaster.

Global Best Projects

Best Project, Health Care: Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital

Christine Kilpatrick

December 8, 2021

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When the Levy Mwanawasa University Teaching Hospital opened in the Zambian capital of Lusaka in spring 2020, the expanded and upgraded facility was more than a successful project; it was a salvation for the African nation.

Global Survey Shows Growth Amid Some Hesitance in Third Quarter

Alisa Zevin

November 18, 2021

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Material prices and shortages weigh on industry professionals.

Energy

Chinese Firms Supplant Spanish Group in East Africa Power Transmission Project

Bankrupt Spanish engineering and construction group Isolux Corsan pulls out

Shem Oirere

March 13, 2018

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NARI Group Corp. and Power China Guizhou Engineering Co. will complete a 428-km-long, 400-kV electricity transmission line in East Africa.

Government

Zimbabwe's New Government Promises Infrastructure Investment

Finance minister offers program based on Chinese funding

December 28, 2017

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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. President Emmerson Mnangawa's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa held the same job under deposed strongman Robert Mugabe.

International projects

Tripartite Talks on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Collapse

Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia at odds following engineers' report

Shem Oirere

December 21, 2017

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Eqypt fears that upstream hydro project will imperil its source of water from the Nile

Water and Power

Salini Impregilo Resumes Work on Neckartal Dam

Roller compacted concrete impoundment will remove 800,000 cu meters of earth and rock

Shem Oirere

November 7, 2017

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Namibian government makes back payments, but cost estimate jumps from $289 million to $401 million

Transportation

Chinese Contractor Awarded $1.2B Zambia Road Project

321-km carriageway is the biggest infrastructure project in the landlocked country’s history

Shem Oirere

September 25, 2017

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Zambia, Africa’s second-biggest copper producer, hopes to use the expanded road in decongesting heavy traffic to its copper belt

Energy

Consortium Picked To Build and Operate Uganda Refinery

U.S.-Italian-Indian Team steps in after Russian venture withdraws

Shem Oirere

September 6, 2017

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Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium defeats 40 competing bidders to build refinery that will start with 30,000 barrel-per-day output and eventually double that rate

Transportation

Bechtel To Construct Kenya’s First Expressway

Four-lane highway will cover 473 km and cost $2.23 billion

Shem Oirere

August 18, 2017

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The highway is designed to ease transportation of goods between the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa and the landlocked countries of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.