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Rwanda : Green city project to offer free houses to destitute residents

At least 10 per cent of housing units to be constructed in a model green city in Kinyinya sector of Gasabo district will be offered to destitute residents from 1st and 2nd Ubudehe categories, according to Rwanda Green Fund.

The announcement was made during special Umuganda Community work in Kinyinya sector where the city will be set up.

Ubudehe programme is a socio-economic initiative where Rwandans are classified based on their economic status. The programme, currently classified under four categories—from the first where the poorest members of society belong to the fourth where the wealthiest belong—helps the government to better align services to citizens. More

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Rwanda : Processing Construction Permits Made Easier

According to the World Bank Doing Business report-2020, Rwanda is highly ranked 35th globally in starting a business with a 93.2% score.

Anyone interested in starting a business in Rwanda goes through 5 procedures and would obtain certificate of registration within a period of between hours and four days, according to the current Doing Business report.

According to the World Bank, the ranking of economies on the ease of starting a business is determined by sorting their scores for starting a business. These scores are the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators. More

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Rwanda : New Kigali master plan halts relocation of slum dwellers

The revised City of Kigali Master Plan will discourage the relocation of slum dwellers and only exceptions will be made where those slums are built in areas that are prone to disasters and will therefore endanger people’s lives, according to officials.

Houses in rundown neighborhoods will no longer be demolished to pave way for upscale housing as previously dictated by the 2013 version of the master plan.

The new master plan which is expected to be launched next month (December) will provide an option of home owners in slum dwellings to upgrade their houses to decent standards but in accordance with their financial means.

When the master plan was being drafted in May 2019, Jean Runuya, the chairperson of Rwanda Architects’ Association said that, previously, the master plan was only looked at as a tool to relocate citizens from high-risk zones and not in its broader context, which was counterproductive in the end. More

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Rwanda : Nyamata Hospital gets Rwf82.9m funding for upgrade

Nearly half a million people in Bugesera District will no longer have to lineup in long queues for medical services at Nyamata Hospital by the end of this fiscal year in June 2020 thanks to funding from Japan to upgrade the hospital facility.

The relief was disclosed as the Director-General of Nyamata Hospital, Dr William Rutagengwa, signed a grant agreement with the Japanese embassy in Rwanda.

The signing of the Rwf82.9-million-grant agreement took place on Tuesday, November 19.

During the signing, Dr Rutagengwa expressed his relief.

“By June 2020, Nyamata Hospital will have a new treatment building to facilitate healthcare operations. This will ease and quicken our services to an increasing demographic environment of the hospital’s operating region,” he said.

Nyamata Hospital is the only polyclinic in the whole district and it, therefore, receives a high number of patients beyond its capacity. It serves 448,142 residents of Bugesera district.

The new building will have two operating rooms, a preparation room, a patient’s waiting room, offices and storages. “The hospital needed to upgrade,” adds Dr Rutagengwa. More

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Rwanda : BRD to issue cheaper loans to first-time homeowners

Rwanda Development Bank (BRD) in collaboration with Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) has launched a scheme that seeks to provide cheaper mortgages to Rwandans on their first house purchase.

The project known as the Rwanda Housing Financing Project promises cheaper mortgages and longer duration of payment. More

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Rwanda : IFP Group announces entry into Rwanda

The International Fairs and Promotions (IFP) Group, one of the largest organisers of trade exhibitions in the Middle East, has announced its debut on the local market.

The firm, which works in five countries in the Middle East, is organising its first international trade exhibition for construction materials and equipment in the country.

Tony Ghattas, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, told the press that they were moving to facilitate businesses to access broader markets.

“We are extending our presence in this region with ‘Project Africa – Rwanda’ to provide a strategic International platform to access the local and regional markets,” he said.

Ghattas says he has been visiting Rwanda for the past 11 years and has been thinking about what he can do for the country. More

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Rwanda : Rwanda To Host “Construction” Exhibition That Will Create 90,000 Jobs

From November 3-5 next year, Rwanda will host the International Fairs and Promotions (IFP) that will attract 10,000 exhibitors and create 90,000 jobs during this period.

The IFP is a pioneering trade fair and event organizer in the Middle East, with an impressive track record of over 500 successful events to date, spanning diverse industries in the region.

It operates in Lebanon, Iraq, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Egypt, where it provides a fundamental gateway to Middle East and North Africa markets.

This is the second biggest gathering announced to be hosted by Rwanda after the International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) that will take place next month. More

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Rwanda : Ngoma Stadium to be completed in Jan. 2020

construction works on the proposed Ngoma Stadium are 90 per cent complete and the facility is expected to be completed by January 2020, Ngoma District officials have said.

The facility is among three artificial turf stadia being constructed in Eastern Province, with the two in Nyagatare and Bugesera; all of them part of President Paul Kagame’s pledge to the people of the three districts to bring sports facilities closer to them.

Nyagatare and Bugesera, however, could not readily specify the status of the works by press time Friday.

The stadiums, which have a capacity of 3,500 seats, and cost of $9 million each, are being built by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), a Chinese construction company that funded the projects on loans that will be paid back by the districts in a period of five years. More

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Rwanda : Why IMF raised Rwanda’s economic growth forecast

The International Monetary Fund has revised Rwanda’s economic growth projections to 8.5 per cent from 7.8 per cent.

While winding up their two-week mission in Kigali, officials from IMF said that economic activity in the first half of the year had outpaced expectations with real Gross Domestic Product growing by 10.3 per cent in the first half of the year.

With the second half of the year still fast-paced, the IMF projects that growth will be higher than was projected.

“The uptick in construction reflects both public infrastructure projects and private investment. Growth is expected to remain strong, 8.5 per cent in 2019 and around 8 per cent for the next 2 or 3 years,” Laure Redifer the mission’s chief noted. More

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Rwanda : City of Kigali vows to repossess unexploited prime land property

The City of Kigali has insisted that it will go ahead with a controversial plan to confiscate plots of land in the Central Business District and along strategic corridors it says have been lying idle for more than three years despite several warnings to the owners.

The decision, first announced Monday by the City vice Mayor for Urbanisation and Infrastructure, Ernest Nsabimana, has been reiterated by other City Hall officials who spoke to The New Times on Wednesday.

According to the Director of Kigali Construction and Urban Planning One Stop Centre, Fred Mugisha, the planned repossession will – for now – affect some 60 landowners who have repeatedly ignored formal notices to the effect that failure to develop the land property in question could lead to confiscation.

Twenty of these, he said, had hitherto been served with final formal notices and were thus in the red zone. More

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Rwanda : Why Chinese Engineering Companies Sign Rwanda’s Big Cheques

You have seen several big projects all over Rwanda’s capital Kigali. The city is growing so fast – from smallest structures to the tallest – to the widest. Kigali is showing progress.

Driving around Kigali streets, new roads are coming up. Tarmac roads. Outside the capital, roads and bigger infrastructure projects are taking shape. No wonder, the country’s huge budget has been dedicated to infrastructural development – a case of the recently announced 2019-2020 budget.

According to the 2019/2020’s Rwf2.8 trillion budget, Infrastructure leads the country’s list of top six expenditure priorities – with a colossal Rwf551, 1 billion ($600 million) allocated to the sector. More

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Rwanda : Gov’t Issues Double Rwf15 Billion Bonds For End Of Year

Rwanda’s Central Bank (BNR) is set to issue two bonds consecutively with a chance for potential investors to tap into both.

One of the bonds will be for three (3) years and another for seven (7) years, worth Rwf15billion ($16.149 million) each. Central Bank announced that both bonds will be issued at an interest (subject to 5% withholding tax) to the year 2020 on competitive and non-competitive bids worth a minimum of Rwf50m and Rwf100,000 respectively.

The market will be open from Monday 18th to Wednesday and close on 20th November 2019, the Central Bank said in a recent public communiqué, adding that investors can bid in one or both bonds.

So far, 21 bonds (worth billion francs) in total have been rolled out to the public since 2014 when the government took a firm commitment to issue bonds on a quarterly basis with various maturities periods ranging from five, seven, ten, fifteen and recently introducing a 20-year lifespan bond.

The issuances were aimed at financing the country’s major infrastructure projects such as the construction and upgrade of the Bugesera and Kigali International airports, road networks, among others. More

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Rwanda : Database to rid building sector of unskilled casual workers

The Rwanda Housing Authority is seeking to have all casual labourers registered before they can offer their services, as part of plans to boost quality and stamp out corruption in the construction sector.

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Rwanda : High demand to raise cost of construction materials

The price of construction materials is likely to increase in the coming months due to increasing demand, raising the cost of housing.

This is partly attributed to new tariffs introduced on quarry operators by local districts.

Quarry operators increased costs by between Rwf10,000 and Rwf25,000 per truck ferrying building materials such as bricks, gravel, sand and stones after districts placed new user charges and fees on quarry operators last month. more

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Rwanda : UK firm to build Rwf14bn mineral factory in Rwanda

A British mining company Metalysis UK has announced that by next year, it will have completed the construction of a USD16m (approximately Rwf14.7bn) refinery for tantalum in Rwanda.

The refinery construction is expected to start before the end of this year, according to Ray Power, the Chief Executive of Metalysis UK, who said the completion is expected around mid-next year.

The plant is expected to have a processing capacity of 120 tonnes of concentrate per month. It will be located in Bugesera District, Eastern Province. more

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Rwanda : Mechanical engineer presents solution to reduce cost of construction

Gaitan Rucyahana is a mechanical engineer who has always wanted to introduce innovation that would lower housing prices in Rwanda.

He had no doubt that expensive housing materials were the leading cause of the high-cost housing prices.

Having seen the concept of constructing using interlock bricks in Mauritius, he wanted to try it back home.

 He endeavored to make a machine to produce interlock bricks. This took him about 10 days. more

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Rwanda : EGC Construction Company Gets ISO 9001 Certification

The Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) on Monday issued an ISO 9001 certification to Enterprise General Construction Company (EGC).

EGC Construction Company has been involved in various infrastructure projects around Kigali city including an extension wing at the Ministry of Finance home.

In more simple terms, this ISO 9001 is the international standard for a quality management system (“QMS”). In order to be certified to the ISO 9001 standard, a company must follow the requirements set forth in the ISO 9001 Standard.

This standard is used by organizations to demonstrate their ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements and to demonstrate continuous improvement.

However, there are several different documents in the ISO 9000 family of standards, but ISO 9001 is the only standard in the 9000 series that requires certification. more

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Rwanda : Crackdown On Churches Could Resume

The Minister of Local Government, Prof. Anastase Shyaka has hinted on possibilities of conducting another phase of closing down incomplete or substandard Church buildings if need be.

The minister’s warning comes after churches have had a break from crackdown on illegal structures and church buildings that were earlier used as places of worship.

“We pray from clean places so that our God, whom we share as church and government, can listen to our prayers. That’s why we share the desire to have proper churches and even collaborate in putting padlocks on some that don’t meet our standards,” Shyaka said hinting on the possibility that there are some churches that have more work to do.

Prof. Shyaka was this Sunday, October 27, 2019, speaking at an event to mark 25 years of the Lutheran church in Rwanda. More

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Rwanda : Rwandans Endure Heavy Downpour To Participate In Umuganda

Minister Mukeshimana and other leaders joined residents of Kinigi sector to construct two houses for the victims of the attack.

In Eastern part of Rwanda, Local Government Minister Prof Anastase Shyaka joined Governor Fred Mufulukye and Kayonza district residents to construct houses for the needy communities. more

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Rwanda : The New Three Hundred-Bed Nyarugenge Hospital And How It Will Save Lives

The 120 beds (phase one ) of the modern facility is expected to be completed before end of this year  – coming in as a huge burden – reliever for the 101 year-old University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) – whose capacity had recently been overpowered by huge numbers of patients. more

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Rwanda : ILO rolls out training for informal sector workers

International Labour Organisation (ILO) has completed the first phase of a four-year programme that seeks to improve both the skills and working conditions of workers in the informal sector in Rwanda.

The first cohort of the trainees comprised 150 workers in the paint and coating subsector who completed their training in Kigali yesterday.

The $4m-programme, dubbed, “Promoting Decent Work in Rwanda’s Informal Economy”, seeks to train some 3,000 people in tailoring and construction sectors.

The idea is to upgrading skills and address issues that undermine the safety and performance of workers in the informal sector in partnership with employers. more

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Rwanda : 30 Ethiopian Companies Want Deals In Rwanda

MeklitAbdella, general manager of Queen Nyabinghi has identified sectors with potential attractability including; manufacturing, real-estate and housing, energy, agriculture, tourism and hotel, ICT and mining.

“For instance, the aging cement industry in Ethiopia could explore the real-estate and housing activities in Rwanda, where a few factories operate in a growing demand for cement and other construction materials,” Meklit said.

This arrangement follows an earlier meeting held in Addis Ababa at the Embassy of Rwanda, in October facilitated by Africa Business Link (ABL) a pan African investment and business platform. more

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Rwanda : The case for green buildings in Rwanda

Is your office block a green building? Could it be upgraded to one?

The term green buildings has increasingly become synonymous in discussions on the feature of construction projects. For most, however, the components of a green building remain unclear.

Imagine sitting in an overcrowded conference room. You want to stand up, stretch your legs and ‘breathe’ a little, but you can’t because you have a load of work to finish. At the end of the day, you are mentally drained, probably have a headache and need to get home to rest. more

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Rwanda : Rwanda, R20 Sign Agreement To Develop Continental Smart Model Village Pilot

Rwanda Green Fund (FONERWA) and 20 Regions of Climate Action (R20) – a global alliance for smart cities and smart villages (GASCA) have signed an agreement to search and identify a rural area where a continental ‘smart model village’ pilot should be constructed in Rwanda.

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Rwanda : Rwanda is Working on a Green City!

Rwanda is working on a “green city,” in Kigali city. The plan is to have the 2.3 square miles allocated to efficient factories, sustainable housing and green cars. The estimated cost? $5 billion, according to the African Exponent.

A project of this scale considers many factors. The “Rwanda Green City Pilot Project” covers every environmental concern and is created in a sustainable way. The project has developed its own “Pillars of Green Urbanism” that the project follows and can be easily piloted in other cities.

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Rwanda : Inside Gashora Transit Centre, the home for African refugees

In a village in Gashora Sector, about an hour from Kigali, workers are busy putting final touches to different facilities in a camp in Bugesera District.

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Rwanda : Kigali kiosks are back, bigger and better

Lately, it’s hard not to notice a modern wooden kiosk around Rwandex, which easily catches the eye of most passersby.

This is one of many such kiosks that will increasingly be seen in the city, according to the City of Kigali’s Director of Urban Economic Development Unit, Augustin Rwomushana…… More

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Rwanda : “Bannyahe” residents to begin relocation in November

The first 360 households from Kigali’s largest slum locally known as Bannyahe will be relocated to a new housing estate in Busanza in November this year, city of Kigali officials have announced.

Speaking during the press conference on Wednesday, Pudence Rubingisa, the new Kigali City Mayor, said that by then the first dwelling units will have been completed.

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Rwanda : Housing Authority to issue fresh guidelines on use of rukarakara

A FEW DAYS after it issued new guidelines allowing the use of mud bricks commonly known as rukarakara, Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA) says that it will soon release another set of rules related to an improved version of these bricks. More

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Rwanda : Rwanda Day 2019: Rwandans to be taken through opportunities to own affordable homes

DND Developers Ltd, a Rwandan based Real Estate company is set to share investment opportunities available in Rwanda that led to the construction of affordable homes to Rwandans attending Rwanda Day 2019 scheduled on 24th August 2019 in Germany and Diaspora Property Road Show on 30th – 31st August in London, UK.

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Rwanda : Government puts its stake in Cimerwa on the market

he Government of Rwanda has finally put its last stake in Cimerwa on the market, calling on individual investors and companies to show interest for its shares.

The Government has 16.54 per cent stake in Cimerwa held through Agaciro Development Fund, Rwanda’s Sovereign Wealth Fund.

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Rwanda :Request for expressions of interest for the development of affordable houses in City of Kigali, Secondary Cities, Rwamagana & Nyanza Districts

The Government of Rwanda adopted different strategies for Affordable Housing including availing land to developers/investors (land bank). This has started in City of Kigali, Secondary Cities and other Cities deemed to be potential for affordable housing needs. There are pieces of land/sites to be developed in City of Kigali, Secondary Cities, Rwamagana and Nyanza Districts

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Rwanda : IPRC-Musanze to get Rwf14bn facelift

The complex will be made of classrooms, administration offices, student hostels, multi-purpose hall, training workshops, and other functional rooms, according to officials.

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Rwanda : Govt seeks more investors to meet 310,000 unit demand for housing

The Minister for Infrastructure has invited more real estate firms to invest in affordable housing to meet the demand for shelter that is projected at 310,000 housing units by 2032.

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Rwanda : DND Developers Ltd facilitates Rwandans from the diaspora to own and manage apartments

DND Developers Ltd (DND) has entered partnership with Diaspora Home Management (DHM) to create a platform enhancing management of DND apartments belonging to Rwandans in the diaspora.

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Rwanda : Kamonyi : Plus de 300 jeunes ont construit des logements pour les vulnérables.

Plus de 300 jeunes réunis dans un Camp de travail dans le Secteur de Kayenzi en District Kamonyi ont commencé à construire pour les vulnérables, dans le cadre d’appuyer les efforts de l’Etat dans la construction des logements pour des personnes vulnérables

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Rwanda : Will new reforms cut the red-tape in construction?

In 2018, the construction sector grew by 20 per cent in Rwanda. The number of days to obtain construction permits will reduce from 113 to 57.

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Rwanda : Development of $5 billion green city to begin next year

The project aims to showcase the viability of green cities in Rwanda. The project will not displace low-income earners, rather the proposed city will be built in such a way that low-income earners will be empowered.

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RDC : Constructions anarchiques et « spéculatives » sur sa concession: l’appel de Twangiza Mining à la population de Luhwindja

Le communiqué parle du dossier de compensation lié aux maisons et autres structures spéculatives en plus de la perturbation des activités par les agents de l’UTRALU.

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RDC : 5 morts à la suite de l’écroulement d’un mur dans la commune de Bagira

Le gouverneur de province Théo Ngwabidje a invité la population à éviter les constructions anarchiques.

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RDC : mise en place d’une commission de lutte contre les conflits fonciers

L’Etat doit défendre les simples citoyens qui ont été délogés dans leur maison du fait qu’ils n’ont pas eu le temps de faire des certificats ou d’enregistrer leurs parcelles et des gens véreux ont compris, ils ont enquêté, ils sont allés enregistrer en leurs noms et leurs ont opposés des certificats et ils les ont déguerpis.

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Rwanda: FARG needs Rwf30bn for survivors’ housing

This means that 2,000 houses could cost about Rwf25 billion and if the number of the required houses is more, the total sum could go up to over Rwf30 billion.

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Rwanda: Investor to establish first ceramics factory in Rwanda

Nyanza district owns a minority stake in the investment in exchange for the land availed by the district to Africeramics Ltd and is a source of high quality inputs such as clay, granite and other alloys needed for ceramics.

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DRC: Comment exploiter durablement le bois d’œuvre en RDC ?

La demande en bois de construction et d’immobilier ne cesse d’augmenter dans toutes les grandes villes de la RDC.

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Rwanda: World Bank to invest USD $ 200 million in accommodation to decongest schools

The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN), said that the project will help Rwanda to promote quality education if approved through tackling overcrowding in classrooms. 70 % of the money will be invested in building schools and buying related equipment.

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DRC: Uvira: au moins 6 maisons détruites par le débordement de la rivière Mulongwe

Au moins 6 maisons écroulées et plusieurs objets ustensiles de cuisine emportés par les eaux de la rivière Mulongwe dans la ville d’Uvira, au Sud du Sud-Kivu (Zones a risques)

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Burundi: « La ville de Bujumbura menacée », alerte la Croix-Rouge

La Croix-Rouge interpelle les Burundais sur les risques dus à la construction dans des espaces verts.

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DRC: Beni,1 mort et au moins 50 maisons détruites par la pluie à Kasindi

La société civile locale parle d’une cinquantaine des maisons qui ont perdu leurs toitures. Le gouvernement congolais et les organisations non gouvernementales sont priés de prendre en charge les sinistrés.

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Rwanda: Investing in Rwanda to improve following construction permit reforms

The reforms announced by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), the City of Kigali and the Rwanda Housing Authority during a workshop for local construction sector professionals will reduce costs and streamline procedures in obtaining construction permits.

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Rwanda: Rwanda announces fresh construction sector reforms

Marie-Chantal Rwakazina, the City of Kigali Mayor, said: “For building projects that are not large-scale or complex, you will no longer need to submit a geotechnical study, an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report or topographic survey.” More

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Rwanda: One day rural housing will be a lucrative industry! Why Not?

Strive Masiyiwa I wondered why governments don’t provide tax incentives for people who want to invest in improving the rural areas. Why entrepreneurs do not set up rural mortgage financing vehicles.

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DRC: le PFCGL annonce le début de la construction d’un bâtiment moderne pour les services à la frontière Ruzizi

Il s’agit d’un bâtiment de deux étages pour les infrastructures définitives dans l’objectif de réduire les tracasseries aux frontières. Dans ce bâtiment il y aura des entrepôts, des scanners et plusieurs autres innovations. Les services d’accueil seront au niveau de la chaussée et au les administrations seront au 1er et 2ième étage

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Rwanda: Govt secures $80 million to build 10 vocational schools

Rwanda, in partnership with the Indian government, through the Indian Export and Import Bank (EXIM bank), secured a soft loan of $81 million (approximately Rwf72 billion) to fund the project.

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Rwanda: Nyamagabe rehabilitation centre to be opened in September

The first phase of the centre will be completed in September and will accommodate 1,000 people.The second phase will be completed in 2021. The entire project is worth Rwf4.2 billion.

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Rwanda: Financiers revived stalled Nyamirambo affordable housing project

Pan African housing financier Shelter Afrique, BRD revive Nyarugenge district’s US$130 million low cost housing Project. The project upon completion will accommodate 14,000 people in addition to creation of   hundreds of temporary and permanent jobs.

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Rwanda: RSSB-led Consortium to construct 10,000 homes in Kinyinya worth US$200 million

The building partners assembled by RSSB are using rapid construction technology in the form of precast manufacturing and construction to save on cost and time with intentions of passing the reduction to end users. RSSB will be able to deliver truly affordable housing stocks in the market in next 3-4 years. The mixed use development project is estimated to cost US$200 million.

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Rwanda: New investor injects vigor into Kigali Innovation city with $400m kitty

The project located at the Kigali special economic zone sits on a 70 hectare plot and is valued at about $2 billion. It is designed to accommodate world-class universities, technology companies, biotech firms, and commercial and retail real estate facilities.
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DRC
Au moment où la RDC peine à réguler son marché local, le bois s’impose à nouveau comme une matière première essentielleLe bois fait son grand retour sur le devant de la scène alors qu’on le croyait démoder par le béton, le verre et le métal, le bois s’impose à nouveau comme une matière première innovante, résistante et écologique.

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Burundi
Makamba : La misère des « sans adresse » de NyakaziSur une parcelle d’environ 20 m sur 15, une hutte sert de cuisine en face de la maison principale. Ces habitations sont dans un état vétuste. Trois se sont déjà écroulées. D’autres présentent des fissures.
Le village abrite plus de 4000 personnes réparties en 200 familles. Elles vivent dans des conditions précaires.

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Rwanda
Former high-risk zone dwellers benefit from Rwf1bn model villageThe village has a community hall, poultry projects, kitchen gardens, ECD centre that has received 120 children, and a health post.

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Rwanda
Will the $100m project to redevelop Kimironko market finally take-off?The whole project will be implemented on all the 102,000 square metres, comprises between 120 and 180 apartments, a three-star hotel and create over 10,000 jobs.

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Rwanda
Keep Land Idle At Your Own RiskPublished in official gazette in October 2018, the law determining the sources of revenue and property of decentralized entities provides in its article 20, that any undeveloped plot of land is subject to additional tax of one hundred percent (100%) to the tax rate.

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DRC
Goma: l’Etat relance le projet d’amélioration de la sécurité de l’aéroportLes travaux de construction d’un segment du mur de clôture de l’aéroport international de Goma de 3416m de longueur sont prevus et financés par la Banque mondiale

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Rwanda:
Strong coordination recommended for the success of ongoing Master Plans review processesThe National Technical Advisory Committee is currently overseeing the review process of Secondary City Master Plans and should be empowered to extend its mandate and lead this coordination even for new plans for Satellite Cities, District Towns, Emerging urban centres together with other sectoral plans.

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Rwanda :
Government and private sector to work in synergy for the development and upgrading of informal Settlements in City of Kigali
Rwanda National Urbanization target is to have 35% of urban population by 2024 and create 1.5 Million decent and productive jobs in close collaboration with all stakeholders. A joint commission composed of representatives from the government, private sector, civil society, development partner was created to come up with a detailed business case that will be a win-win solution for all parties.

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Rwanda housing finance project
The primary beneficiaries of this project are Rwandan households which are unable to access long-term housing finance. The project expectsto focus primarily on loans for homes in the 10–35 million price segment, 19 a price range considered affordable to households with monthly incomes ranging between RWF 200,000 and RWF 700,000, the primary target segment which may qualify for mortgage loans under the GoR’s strategy on affordable housing finance (2018).

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DRC: Kinshasa : Les architectes invités à s’affilier au nouvel ordre national des architectes récemment installé

Kinshasa : Les architectes invités à s’affilier au nouvel ordre national des architectes récemment installé

Conformément à la nouvelle loi organique portant fonctionnement de l’ONA (Ordre national des architects, tout architecte qui ne se fera pas enregistrer sur le tableau de (ONA) en Mars 2019, ne sera plus considéré comme architecte.

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Bukavu : Début des démolitions des maisons pour libérer l’espace du Marché transfrontalier modern (DRC)

Bukavu : Début des démolitions des maisons pour libérer l’espace du Marché transfrontalier modern

Comme le début des travaux devrait déjà commencer dans un délai très bref, la mairie de Bukavu a  commencé des travaux de dégagement de terrain ; qui ont consisté à démolir des constructions anarchiques sur le site qui devra abriter les infrastructures du projet, notamment un marché moderne ayant un parking.

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Station d’épuration des eaux usées de Buterere Les riverains dans la tourmente (Burundi)

Station d’épuration des eaux usées de Buterere Les riverains dans la tourmente

Les propriétaires des maisons construites dans l’espace réservé à la seule station d’épuration des eaux usées de Buterere ont jusqu’au 20 octobre pour dégager. L’ultimatum a été donné pour la première fois par le CNS. D’autres institutions ont également relayé ce message. Les concernés sont désemparés.

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Nord-Kivu : Bientôt l’électrification de certaines artères principales de Goma par énergie solaire.(DRC)

Nord-Kivu : Bientôt l’électrification de certaines artères principales de Goma par énergie solaire.

Pour Mme Lee, présidente de la firme l’Entreprise Global Trade and Finance, les domaines d’électrification celui de l’habitat et minier sont dans les viseurs de sa firme qui, outre l’électrification publique la desserte domestique sera également prise en charge.

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Villages of Tomorrow – New Housing Models for Rural Lands, Kigali, Rwanda

Villages of Tomorrow – New Housing Models for Rural Lands, Kigali, Rwanda

Worldwide, as urban regions and populations grow, rural areas often get left behind, struggling to improve housing conditions, preserve local community, and maintain agricultural environments. In such a context, how may urban planners, designers, and architects improve village life through design? Can we promote village development plans and rural housing models that straddle modernity and technological advancement, while being rooted in vernacular typologies, local culture and geography? Working within this context, based in the country of a thousand hills, Rwanda, this workshop explored new village house prototypes that built upon current building practices, local crafts, and community needs, to optimize for climatic and spatial performance. more

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. Bâtiments et Travaux Publics (Burundi) / French

Burundi – Bâtiments et Travaux Publics

La politique du Gouvernement est d’arriver à construire ses propres bâtiments grâce à son budget annuel d’investissement. Ce même budget va être mis à contribution pour financer d’autres infrastructures comme les barrages hydroélectriques, les hôpitaux et surtout la transformation de la ville de Gitega en capitale politique du pays (siège du parlement, des ministères et logements des fonctionnaires).

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City mayor upbeat over Busanza housing project

City mayor upbeat over Busanza housing project

The Savannah Creek Development Company has planned to invest $56million (about Rwf 47.6billion) to develop the Bannyahe slum into a decent residential estate. Of the $56 million, $12 million (about Rwf 10 billion) will be invested in building housing units in Busanza for former slum residents in exchange for their expropriated properties.More..

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Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA)

Rwanda Housing Authority is a public institution based in Rwanda with its head office in Kigali city. It an agency under the ministry of infrastructure, legally established by law no 40/2010 of 25/11/2010

Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)

Rwanda Standards Board (RSB)

KK 15 Rd, 49;

PO Box: 7099 Kigali-KicuKiro,

Tel: +250 252-582945/586103,

Hotline: 3250

FONERWA

ADDRESS
 Inyota House, Gasabo District
Kigali City, Rwanda
P.O.BOX 7436 Kacyiru
info@fonerwa.org
PHONE NUMBER
(+250) 252 580 769

GETRA

is a construction company founded in 1999 to participate in infrastructure construction in Burundi.
Phone: +257-22 24 27 49
Fax: +257-22 24 11 65
Email: info@getra.b

Kigali City to relocate 13,000 households

Kigali City to relocate 13,000 households

Relocation of city residents from high-risk zones to properly planned settlements is a major component of the master plan, which is under its second implementation phase (2018-2025). More info