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Egypt has reached an EGP 11 trillion agreement with Talaat Moustafa Group for four multi-use developments, announced as President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi directed the construction of hundreds of thousands of rental homes.
The City of Cape Town is setting up a Strategic Development Applications Hub at the Table Bay district planning office to handle large, complex projects separately from routine land use and building plan submissions.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly says Egypt plans to build 39 new cities by 2050, with work on 27 already under way or complete, arguing that expansion has curbed encroachment on farmland and the growth of informal settlements.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has launched a project to reclaim 153 hectares of land degraded by illegal mining across Obuasi East, Adansi Akrofuom and Adansi Asokwa, with AngloGold Ashanti and the Lands Ministry as partners.
Tanzania's urban population is projected to reach 59 percent by 2050, and in Dar es Salaam's Sinza ward only 16 of 40 planned open spaces remain unencroached, according to official planning documents.
Cape Town says it has received no national subsidy payments for its affordable-housing projects since 2021, while the national Department of Human Settlements accuses the city of misrepresenting the facts and failing to prioritise well-located housing.
El Gouna Red Sea has launched Najan, a boutique village of studios to three-bedroom apartments in low-rise buildings, as the Orascom Development Egypt town expands its western district with a pedestrian-first layout.
Kenya Railways has set out fresh details of the Sh30 billion Railway City plan, dividing 438 acres around Nairobi Central Station into six precincts and allocating the largest share of land to affordable and sustainable housing.
Residents of Fere and Oniporogun in Obafemi Owode Local Council say ancestral land was cleared for a Chinese-backed industrial project without consulting village heads, and are asking Governor Dapo Abiodun to intervene.