Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
Updated January 10, 2025- The Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed, on Saturday, January 10, laid the cornerstone for the construction of Bishoftu International Airport. This airport will become the largest aviation centre in Africa upon…
Tract’s Buckeye Technology Park is moving forward as a massive $20 billion, 1.8-gigawatt master-planned campus designed for hyperscale and artificial intelligence operators. Spanning 2,069 acres in Buckeye, Arizona, the project has entered…
Hydroelectric generation on Africa’s largest artificial reservoir nears a standstill as Zambia warns of looming closure by October. Zambia’s state-owned power utility warned it may cease generating electricity at the Kariba dam by October.…
Russian nuclear experts, ROSATOM, have set base in Ouagadougou to implement West Africa’s first nuclear power scheme in Burkina Faso. The visit of a delegation from the atomic agency is in line with Captain Ibrahim Traoré’s declared…
The second phase construction of the Marina Pointe in Tampa Bay is to begin later this year when the construction of the second tower will begin. Currently the development already boasts a completed Tower One which has 118 condos and 7…
SK Hynix has officially broken ground on its first U.S. advanced semiconductor packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, with foundation piling work now underway at the Purdue Research Park site. This approximately $3.87 billion…
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has started closing off sections of Terminal C to begin renovations. This ambitious project aims to upgrade and expand over one million square feet of the terminal, improving its capacity and…
UTA is expanding with a new 51-acre campus, UTA West, in Fort Worth. This upcoming campus is scheduled to open its doors in fall 2028. The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is expanding its footprint in Fort Worth with the development…
The SMForward capital improvement program is a multi-year effort to expand and modernize Sacramento International Airport, as the facility prepares for sustained passenger growth and evolving operational demands. Valued at about $1.4…
The government of Tanzania has proposed the construction of a new multi-billion administrative capital named Magufuli City. The project is expected to be located strategically, where many can access it. It is positioned seventeen…
The Hermes Low-Power demonstration reactor is a planned nuclear energy project under development in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The project is intended to demonstrate advanced reactor technology designed to produce low-carbon heat and power.…
Updated November 11, 2025- The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a $1.3 billion loan that will be utilized to support the construction of Angola’s Soyo Fertilizer Plant. This information on the fertiliser plant was…
Quayside, an innovative pilot project of a new city in the Eastern part of Toronto is an ultimate example of the movement towards the development of a sustainable, barrier-free, innovative urban environment. The project was first…
The United States and Ghana formally launched Africa’s First Nuclear Energy Training Hub to support the development of civil nuclear energy programs across the continent. The center will serve as a regional training hub for Ghana and other…
Deputy Information Minister Dr Jacob Maiju Korok said the Minister for Energy and Dams, Peter Marcello, Friday presented to the Cabinet a plan of US$150 Million Juba Solar Project that entails the construction of a five megawatts hyper…
A French-Moroccan consortium comprising Aegis (main contractor), Systra, and Novick has secured a Kentira-Marrakech High Speed Rail Contract to provide project management assistance to Morocco’s National Railway Office (ONCF) for the…
Akon City was a highly-publicized, $6 billion smart city project envisioned by Senegalese-American singer and entrepreneur Akon, who aimed to create a “real-life Wakanda” near the village of Mbodiène, Senegal, that would be powered by…
After agreeing on a multi-billion-dollar mining swap deal, two Chinese contractors started building major roads in DRC. The firms agreed with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a $7bn deal that swaps infrastructure for a share…
The construction of the world’s tallest residential tower has taken shape as South America’s most iconic city issues its approval. The city of Balneário Camboriú in southeast Brazil has approved the construction of the 544m-tall Triumph…
The U.S.-based infrastructure investment manager Everstrong Capital recently signed a project development agreement with the Kenyan government for the planned $3.6-billion Usahihi Nairobi-Mombasa Expressway project that would link the…
Construction of Uganda’s Standard Gauge Railway set to commence signaling giant leap towards pan critical infrastructure and economic future. The above announcement was done today Wednesday 31st July 2013 by Dr Chris Baryomunsi the…
The Tampa Bay Rays have secured the government support to construct a long-sought-after ballpark, thanks to the approval from Pinellas County Commissioners on Tuesday for the west-central Florida county’s share of the funding for the…
As part of the expansion drive by ROSHN Group, the real estate development company which operates within Saudi Arabia as the PIF company, unveiled their plans of constructing a new stadium in Southwest Riyadh. It will also be introduced as…
The construction of West Africa’s biggest hospital is steadily progressing as its expected completion timeline comes to focus. The Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) also seeks to be among Africa’s top three best…
