Kenya’s Garden City Mall to get business park
A business park is set to be constructed alongside Garden City mall in Kenya’s capital Nairobi its developers have announced.
The owners of the property dubbed The Garden City Business Park (GCBP) have proposed to divide the land into 10 plots and develop offices on two of them and further lease out the rest for predetermined use. It is planned to occupy 23.5 acres of land along Thika Road and will encompass unique facilities like business hotels, a hospital and offices.
Africa’s first China-assisted railway launched
Nigeria has launched Africa’s first China-assisted railway modernization project.The standard gauge railway project which measures 186.5km was officially inaugurated by president Mr Muhammadu Buhari.
Also at the event Nigeria’s transport minister Mr Rotimi Amaechi and Mr Freeborn Edetanlaen Okhiria, acting managing director of Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC).
Construction of Tanzania’s Tazara Flyover starts October
Construction of a Tazara flyover at the junction of the Nelson Mandela Expressway and Nyerere Road in Tanzania capital Dar es Salaam will begin in earnest October, resident Engineer from Oriental Consultants Global, Kiyokazu Tsuji, has said.
South Africa constructs largest data centre in Africa
South Africa has announced that it had begun the construction of what will be the largest data centre in Africa to be housed in a 17 500sqm building. The construction work is being spearheaded by Teraco a South African company that already owns data centres in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg.
