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Egypt has finalised public-private partnership agreements to build about 20,000 affordable housing units in eight new cities under the Housing for All Egyptians programme, with developers getting land at preferential prices.
The first phase of Konza Technopolis's affordable housing programme will deliver 1,042 units across 11 blocks, with about 250 already sold and completion targeted for March or April 2027.
Kenya marked World Cities Day 2026 in Kisii with a call for county governments to treat housing, markets and waste management as a single urban system rather than isolated projects.
Lagos State says it is considering a model that would let up to three families pool property and build up to 12 floors under government guidance, as it moves from preparing the Lagos Island Model City Plan to implementing it.
Mutasa Rural District Council has torn down houses in Hauna, Honde Valley, in an operation against structures on undesignated stands, with residents saying notice was patchy and some claiming they bought stands in good faith.
The 1896 La Viennoise building at Champollion and Mahmoud Bassiouny streets has entered the latest phase of its restoration, turning its courtyard into a retail and dining space for nine Egyptian businesses.
A Shs870 billion five-star hotel planned by MMP Park on a former public recreation ground in Jinja City stalled on 30 October when the chief guest, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, failed to appear, reviving questions over how the 12-acre site passed into private hands.
Seven apprentice tilers were sleeping at the construction site when the multi-storey complex came down late on Friday; four others were injured and taken for treatment.
Edition Hotels has opened The Cape Town Edition at Quay 7 on the V&A Waterfront, the brand's first property in Africa and the latest addition to the precinct's Granger Bay development.