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Foreign investment in Egypt’s property market rose 47.4% year on year to $2.8bn in the fiscal year ended June 2026, as Cairo moves to regulate ownership by non-Egyptians and tighten oversight of developers.
The Intro Holding executive chairman has bought a tenth of the proptech platform, which says it has recorded EGP 9 billion of transactions since launching about two months ago and is targeting a $5 million round in 2027.
Lawyers for the family of former President Daniel arap Moi say armed GSU officers removed workers from a 1996-held parcel in Eldoret after a directive that properties adjoining the State Lodge be vacated.
A Leadership investigation traces how agents, forgers and fake developers sell plots that do not exist or have been sold several times over, as regulators admit weak consumer protection.
A lawyer and a land investigations expert have been remanded to Luzira Prison over allegations that they obtained Shs520 million from a Chinese national by promising to sell him land in Kololo, Kampala.
Delsa Investments, held by a trust of which South African property tycoon Des de Beer is a beneficiary, bought 5.5 million Lighthouse Properties shares for about R44.8 million, extending a buying run that has topped R77 million since June.
Uganda's lands ministry has proposed raising the fee for replacing a lost land title from Shs15,000 to Shs200,000 under a review that would also lift registration and search charges.
Kenya's residential property price index rose 2.2 per cent in the year to June 2026, with detached houses outperforming apartments, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.
Subscribers of Valington Premium City Estate in Idu, Abuja, have asked the FCTA to establish who owns the land after a competing title claim by Cityview Landmark Corporate Realty left their plots in doubt.