Apart from the Lekki-Peninsula in Lagos State, the next fastest growing residential enclave at least in the country is Abuja. Investigations however revealed that the mad-rush for owing a property in Abuja can be traced to the return of democratic governance in 1999.
MAKERERE University Business School (MUBS) plans to construct a sh10b complex at the Nakawa-based campus.
THE launch of Smile Telecom, the seventh mobile telephone operator, has brought a new dimension to the telecom industry in Uganda.
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has elected new executives to pilot its affairs with a promise to back the deregulation of the Federal Government in the oil sector.
Members of the Rwandan Diaspora have announced plans to help in the construction of 504 houses in Bugesera district as a contribution to a government campaign to eliminate grass-thatched houses in the country.
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged to support new ICT training to be undertaken at Tumba College of Technology (TCT).
Statistical development is hampering human development in Southern Africa and awareness of the use of statistics is essential to track progress and strengthen decision-making.
Federal Capital Territory Minister, Adamu Aliero was last week reported widely by the Nigerian media to be planning to construct five new residential complexes for some specified top government functionaries.
Another tragic fire erupted Monday night from a vandalised Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline at Arepo in Ogun State, leaving an unconfirmed number of persons dead. Scores of persons were said to have sustained varying degree of burns in the inferno, which raged until yesterday morning.
The growth of Kenya's information and Communications Technology sector has, in the last 10 years, been nothing short of phenomenal.From the huge growth in mobile telephony to the use of computers and the Internet, the industry, now estimated to be worth Sh10.5 billion, is a real success story by most yardsticks.
IN Tanzania today, a barber cuts any type of hair, give shaves, and he/she also trims beards. In more recent times, with the development of safety razors and the decreasing prevalence of beards, most barbers primarily cut hair.
Liberian leader, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Sunday afternoon dedicated 20 rooms structure hosting the deaf and dumb children in the Christian Community in the Barnesville area. According to the chief financier of the project, the Liberia Shipping Corporate and Registry (LISCR) the cost of the renovation exercise is placed at US$100, 000.
ECOBANK last Friday commissioned its multipurpose building at Tema, which now houses the Tema main branch office, some of their head office departments, and a training center to serve as a hub for developing the human resource capacity of the bank.
The Accra-Tema Motorway is fast deteriorating, becoming a death trap, with high traffic growth and encroachment of right-of-way, and unless serious efforts are made by the Government to save this vital national asset, traffic build-up and inconveniences to commuters will soon dwarf what exists on other heavily trafficked streets in Accra.Poor land-use development, excessive axle loading, and ...
HOUSE prices in Namibia continued their upward trajectory in October, showing an increase of 23 per cent compared to October last year, FNB Namibia's latest Housing Index states.
THE Government is sourcing for funds to finance the construction of a new $100m (about sh215.4b) bridge across River Nile in Jinja.
For a certainty, we cannot rule out the profound effect of modern technology on global civilization.
VISAFONE has announced readiness to comply with the CDMA Development Group"s (CDG) Open Market Handset, OMH initiative. This would probably make it the first operator in Africa to do so.
The University of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre (UCC) yesterday launched a two-year project on capacity building on the effective use and management of information and communication technology in the public sector.
The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has commenced action on the planned 9,500 housing units at Karu in Nasarawa State with the signing of an a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its United Kindom partners - Sharp Energy Limited, yesterday.
When we talk about infrastructural development, generally what come to mind are road construction, water supply, power grids, sewers, telecommunications, schools, hospitals etc. These aforementioned features of infrastructural development, anywhere, are regarded as basic necessities for continuous survival of any society. This is to say infrastructure is the basic physical and organizational ...
The Ministry of Energy in collaboration with the Ministry of Forestry and the Environment recently embarked on a day's national sensitisation campaign on energy efficiency and construction in Niani and Janjangbureh Districts in the Central River Region.
Akwa Ibom has in the last four months enjoyed uninterrupted power supply given the successful completion of its Independent Power Plant (IPP) at Ikot-Abasi Local Government Area.
Contrary to a report in a national daily, the Nigeria Independent Petroleum Company has assured that it's Compressed Natural Gas Plant in Benin was not under threat from any bureaucracy at the federal level and the plant would come on stream by the first quarter of 2010.
To say that the Petroleum Industry Bill 2009, which is currently before the National Assembly is lengthy is an understatement.
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