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Nairobi's 30-kilometre mass rapid transit underground rail blueprint identifies five county bills plus land value capture and transit-oriented development policies to govern construction and development around stations.
President William Ruto says Kenya has a pipeline of 137 police housing projects totalling more than 28,000 units, with 870 units completed and about 12,000 under construction.
The City of Johannesburg has stepped up enforcement against illegal buildings, unlawful businesses and land-use violations in Greater Ivory Park.
Kenya's fast-growing satellite towns are straining under housing development that has outpaced roads, drainage and water services, built-environment professionals warned at the Architectural Association of Kenya's 2026 convention in Diani.
Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo has promised to compensate residents whose residential buildings were demolished during the widening of the Afor Nnobi roundabout in Idemili South Local Government Area.
The World Bank's IFC is providing long-term financing to Ghanaian developer PLP Properties for a 170-room Hampton by Hilton near Accra's international airport, a project expected to support almost 1,000 jobs.
The University of Cape Coast has signed a memorandum of understanding with GSC Property Investment for a US$500 million student accommodation project comprising 28 hostel blocks under a public-private partnership.
Zimbabwean developer WestProp Holdings has begun civil works on Chivhu EcoCity, a 5,000-hectare mixed-use development planned for 20,000 homes and up to 80,000 residents.
Wakiso District's rapid urbanisation is pushing residents into densely populated informal settlements as land is carved into ever-smaller plots faster than physical planning can keep up, district planners say.