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A tourist rides a beach buggy in Wadi Billi, at El-Gouna near the Red Sea, Egypt, 14 November 2018. Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt plans $1bn Red Sea marina, hotel developmentAhmed Elimam, Momen Saeed Atallah and Alexander Dziadosz

Source: Supplied. The design team at the groundbreaking ceremony: Simon Herd and Alex Sagwe, Mace YMR; Justin Orina, Airtel; Rob Woffenden, FBW; Harry Eddy, Mace YMR and Mohamed Elsayed, Meinhardt.

Kenya’s tech evolution: Construction of colossal data centre underway at Tatu City

31 Dec 2025

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Pretoria to host first World Conference of Science Journalists on African soil in 2025

5 Mar 2024

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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

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

Yusri Mohamed and Menna Alaa 30 Dec 2024

The high-tech solution is based on the RITM-200 reactor

Egypt will benefit from floating nuclear plant

11 Jun 2024

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South Africa and Zimbabwe enter landmark water sharing deal

18 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Michael K. Obeng, chief executive officer and founder of Miko Pharma.

Miko Pharma drives $50m investment push to set up pharmaceutical plant in Ghana

29 Feb 2024

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Nyasha Nyaungwa 7 Nov 2023

Aerial view of Derna city, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya 14 September 2023. Source: Reuters/Ayman Al-Sahili

Explainer: What caused the floods in Libya and why are they so bad?

Tom Perry 15 Sep 2023

Source: Ana E. Cascão/Water Alternatives/Flickr

Ethiopia claims disputed GERD dam has reached final fill

Dawit Endeshaw and Moaz Abd-Alaziz 11 Sep 2023

XCMG equipment at the Dangote site. Source: Supplied

XCMG helps Nigeria's Dangote refinery get up to speed

Lindsey Schutters 21 Aug 2023

At least 13 killed in Cairo building collapse

At least 13 killed in Cairo building collapse

Mohamed Abdel-Ghany 18 Jul 2023

Edmund Wessels, Anatoli Kirigwajjo win 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

Edmund Wessels, Anatoli Kirigwajjo win 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

7 Jul 2023

Rescue workers search for survivors and bodies in the rubble of a collapsed building under construction in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. 1 July 2023. Source: Reuters/Luc Gnago

7 killed in building collapse in Côte d'Ivoire

Coulibaly Media and Luc Gnago 3 Jul 2023

Karen McKee, president of ExxonMobil Product Solutions. Source: Supplied

ExxonMobil president Karen McKee named 2023 ICIS CEO of the Year

21 Jun 2023

2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation finalists

2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation finalists announced

12 Jun 2023

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Cameroon to start building railway to disputed iron ore project in August

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 8 Jun 2023

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Continued weak growth forecast for construction industry in 2023 - GlobalData

10 May 2023

Vis Reddy, chairman of SRK Consulting

Vis Reddy appointed chairman of SRK Consulting

8 May 2023

Turkey’s Adana Hospital survived the February 2023 earthquakes with no damage because of its seismic isolation system. Earthquake Protection Systems, Inc., CC BY-ND

Buildings left standing in Turkey offer design guidance for future earthquake-resilient construction

Osman Ozbulut 5 Apr 2023

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2023 BIM Africa Innovation Awards nominations now open

9 Feb 2023

Bunny Bala, technical support specialist at Saint-Gobain Africa

Is greenwashing a threat to sustainable construction?

Bunny Bala 3 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters. China's foreign minister, Qin Gang addresses delegates at the inauguration of the new Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, which China is building and equipping in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 11, 2023.

Africa should not be arena for international competition, says Chinese foreign minister

12 Jan 2023

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Building on new risks: construction in the age of greening

Robert Ter Morshuizen 5 Dec 2022

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5 ways drones will change the way buildings are designed

Paul Cureton and Ole B. Jensen 2 Dec 2022

A man walks past the ruins of an apartment block that collapsed after 200 tenants were evacuated in Ruiru, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Source: Reuters/Monicah Mwangi

Kenyan building collapses spark alarm as cities swell

Tommy Wilkes 23 Nov 2022

L-R: Andrew Johnson, Dr Tony Igboamalu, Aldecia Johnson, Dr Frank Igboamalu and Ronnie Khoza, Osmotic Engineering Group

Osmotic Engineering Group director receives Fidic 2022 Future Leaders Award

20 Oct 2022

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World's tallest timber apartment complex to be built in Zanzibar

4 Oct 2022

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