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GIDI breaks ground on free social housing for vulnerable women in Lagos

The GIDI Company has begun construction of a social housing project offering free accommodation to vulnerable and displaced women, including widows, funded partly from its commercial real estate profits.

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Ruto ties Kericho city status bid to Sh5.6bn affordable housing drive

President William Ruto says Kenya is investing Sh5.6 billion in the first 2,200 affordable housing units in Kericho under a plan for 5,000 homes, as the town positions itself for city status.

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Museveni directs minister to evaluate eco-friendly complex at Kampala's City Square

President Yoweri Museveni has asked Kampala minister Minsa Kabanda to study a developer's proposal to build an eco-friendly hotel and shopping complex on two acres of public land at City Square.

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Kenya says 10,000 affordable housing units are complete as 8,000 taken up

Kenya's government says about 10,000 affordable housing units have been completed and 8,000 occupied, with a much larger pipeline still under construction and a revolving financing model under consideration.

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CityGate awards Asokoro Towers and Villas construction to MetroDec

CityGate Group has awarded MetroDec Engineering the contract to build its CityGate Towers and Villas development in Asokoro, Abuja, a project planned around three 12-storey towers and seven villas.

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Egypt bans tree-cutting across its new cities to protect green spaces

Housing Minister Randa El-Menshawy has ordered a halt to tree-cutting in Egypt's new cities and instructed authorities to protect parks and pursue violations.

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Ayariga calls for redevelopment of Ghana's Zongo communities without displacing residents

The Local Government Minister says urban Zongos can be transformed to fix sanitation, housing and access problems while residents stay in their homes.

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One killed as Lagos building collapses during demolition in Aboru

A two-storey building being manually demolished in Aboru, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, collapsed overnight, killing one worker and leaving two others injured, LASEMA said.

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Harare housing officials accused of selling 31 stands on gazetted Marlborough wetland

Allegations of corrupt land allocations have rocked the City of Harare's Housing Department after 31 residential stands were sold on a gazetted wetland in Marlborough, with construction already under way and no environmental impact assessment in place.