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City Lodge completes Courtyard Gqeberha refurbishment in bet on Eastern Cape tourism

City Lodge Hotels has finished a major refurbishment of the 91-room Courtyard Hotel in Summerstrand, Gqeberha, creating seven permanent jobs as the group extends investment to its Road Lodge and Town Lodge properties in the city.

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Kenya seeks 1-1.5 acres in Gigiri for new permanent UN mission offices

Kenya has invited landowners, developers and agents to offer land in Nairobi's Gigiri diplomatic hub for a purpose-built office block for its permanent missions to the United Nations, with offers due on October 13, 2026.

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Nigeria tops African countries with most homeless population as review estimates 4.5 million

Estimates compiled by World Population Review put Nigeria's homeless population at about 4.5 million in 2025, the largest on the continent, with Uganda and Sudan next at 4 million and 3 million respectively.

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New Plan Developments targets 1,700-unit delivery in 2026 with EGP 2.5bn construction spend

Egyptian developer New Plan Developments says it will deliver 1,700 units this year and spend about EGP 2.5 billion on construction, as execution and handover become key measures of developer performance.

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Gombe allocates Mechanics Village shops despite court order on disputed land

The Gombe State Government has handed out shops, sheds and container spaces at the Mechanics Village weeks after a High Court declared a private company the lawful owner of a 1.30-hectare parcel on the site and ordered structures removed.

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Extortion and 'construction mafia' hit 42 Cape Town building projects worth R1.48bn

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia told Parliament that 42 construction projects in the City of Cape Town were affected by extortion, intimidation and construction-mafia activity over the past five financial years, with no arrests or convictions recorded in the metro.

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Matongo residents demand fair property valuation as Barrick's North Mara mine expands

Residents of Matongo Village in Tanzania's Mara Region say land, houses and trees must be properly valued before areas are surrendered to Barrick's North Mara Gold Mine, and want alternative land for families forced to relocate.

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Cape Town says red tape cleared as affordable housing construction gets under way

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city has cut through the red tape holding back affordable housing construction, with building due to start in several areas as early as next week.

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Ghana tops West Africa real estate investment attractiveness index as Nigeria ranks third

A new Panterra Real Estate Group report ranks Ghana first among 16 West African countries for real estate investment attractiveness, ahead of Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria, while Nigeria leads on investment opportunities.