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Ugandan innovator turns agricultural waste into cement-free earth bricks for cheaper homes

Makerere-trained quantity surveyor Leslie Kaneene is developing CoolBricks, a bio-stabilised earth brick that replaces cement and firing with local soils and farm waste, and is now being tested through the Housing Finance Bank Zimba Challenge.

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Wike allocates 291 hectares of University of Abuja land to eight companies

Documents obtained by SaharaReporters show the FCT minister approved rights of occupancy over 10 plots in Cadastral Zone E01, Giri, covering about 291 hectares, with one property firm receiving 113.19 hectares.

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Accra halts Kofikrom permanent housing as occupants claim ownership of land

Accra Mayor Michael Kpakpo Allotey says the Kofikrom-Avenor housing project has been put on hold because some occupants have begun asserting ownership of the land, complicating a NADMO registration exercise.

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Supreme Court faults Nairobi County over high-rise approvals under unapproved 2021 policy

Kenya's Supreme Court has ruled that Nairobi City County had no legal authority to approve high-rise developments using its unapproved 2021 development control policy, but declined to order the demolition of the disputed buildings.

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Police, NWSC to vacate Busega-Mpigi expressway route after three-year standoff

Uganda’s police force and national water utility will relocate Mpigi Central Police Station and NWSC offices next week to clear the right of way for the 27-kilometre Busega–Mpigi expressway, even as compensation remains unpaid.

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Abia community asks Otti to return land taken for stalled industrial park

Residents of Owaza in Ukwa West say more than 1,000 hectares acquired for the Abia Industrial Innovation Park has stood idle since the 2023 sod-turning, and want the land returned or construction to begin.

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Addis Ababa says it delivered 496,971 homes in five years

The Addis Ababa City Administration says 496,971 homes were built and handed over to residents over the past five years, with a further 4,200 transferred in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

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Leratong City opens as a R5bn mixed-use node for North West Soweto

After 16 years of planning, the R5bn Leratong City development in Kagiso is opening its first stage on 29 October, anchoring a regional mall, a 3,000-person entertainment precinct, a private hospital and a planned 15,000 homes.

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Kenyan court bars Shanta Gold from Siaya land without landowners' consent

The High Court has stopped Shanta Gold from entering, prospecting or drilling on private land in three Siaya sublocations without the express consent of registered owners, and blocked a mining licence for the Ramula Mboma project until consent is documented.