Infrastructures

[Monitor] President Museveni commissioned more than a dozen infrastructure development projects, including five roads, four markets, two power substations and a water transport vessel all worth at least Shs1.3 trillion in the last 50 days of last year. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Construction of Sh247 million Kirubia Stadium in Tharaka-Nithi County will be completed in two weeks according to Sports Kenya Chairman Fred Muteti. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News] Arusha -- PLANS are underway to relocate the Arusha-Minjingu highway to facilitate Arusha Airport operations. Part of the stretch will now feature in the envisioned Kisongo-four way lane, Arusha Airport Manager Elipid Tesha said on Saturday. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News] Dodoma -- THE government has spent a whopping 16.43bn/- in renovating education infrastructure of the country's nine technical schools, including employing 150 teachers, it has been stated. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) will next week commission the first four of 24 new hospitals that have been under construction by the entity since last year. (AllAfrica)

[This Day] A new report by the pan-African credit rating agency, Agusto & Co, has backed the decision of the federal government to sell assets to fund critical infrastructure. (AllAfrica)

[GroundUp] Uitenhage -- Toilets, piping, basins, light bulbs, ticket machines have been stolen, and at De Mist station in Uitenhage weeds are growing waist-high. (AllAfrica)

[Govt of SA] Rise in Vaal Dam overtakes last year's levels, impacts positively on the IVRS (AllAfrica)

[Nation] A dam that was meant to benefit more than 30,000 villagers from Nyodia, located in the outskirts of Naivasha town, is now a white elephant after it was abandoned before completion. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has ruled that the newly refurbished Kinoru Stadium in Meru County which cost Sh900million cannot host international matches as intended due to poor playing surface. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Maverick] Despite Eskom's suspension of load shedding on Monday night, the power utility's three-month outlook for demand and generation capacity indicates a high likelihood of continued load shedding until mid-April. (AllAfrica)

[GroundUp] Villagers who were displaced by the construction of the Nandoni Dam had been waiting 22 years to be compensated. Some of them finally received their offers from the Department of Water and Sanitation but say the offers are too low to cover what they lost. Archive photo: Bernard Chiguvare (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust] Ogun State Government says it has initiated plans to renovate and build new sporting facilities in Moshood Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta and Dipo Dina International Stadium, Ijebu-Ode. (AllAfrica)

[This Day] In a bid to add aesthetic values and rid school environment of miscreants, the Ekiti State Government has begun the demolition of dilapidated structures in 532 primary schools across the state. (AllAfrica)

[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom has suspended loadshedding as the generation capacity has improved following the return of some generators to service. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Court cases, debts, lack of political goodwill and competing interests among sugar millers conspire to delay the revival of the collapsed sugar sector, resulting in a long, tortuous wait by farmers from the western Kenya's sugar belt. (AllAfrica)

[Observer] President Weah did not hide his shock and disbelief at what he saw when he visited some public schools around Monrovia recently. He openly chided Education Minister Ansu Sonii for being responsible for the abjectly poor conditions under which students are learning. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald] When President Mnangagwa announced on November 24, 2017 that Zimbabwe would pursue an engagement and re-engagement drive to establish and re-establish good relations with all countries of the world, many people thought it was empty talk. (AllAfrica)

[New Times] The construction of the Ellen DeGeneres campus which is close to Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park in Kinigi sector of Musanze district is at 50 percent. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Maverick] It is time for a new kind of leadership to emerge -- leadership that thinks globally and locally, tenaciously guided by both a pragmatic and visionary modus operandi, leadership that blends strength with humility, leadership that does not amass power for the sake of power. (AllAfrica)

[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom is currently implementing Stage 2 loadshedding as the country's power system remains constrained and vulnerable. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] The government has disbursed funds for the re-construction of schools destroyed by floods in Baringo, Kisumu, Elgeyo Marakwet and West Pokot counties. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Susan Anyango has not used the newly-completed Likoni floating bridge since it was early this month. (AllAfrica)

[LINA] Buchanan -- Grand Bassa County Representative Matthew Fairplay Joe has called for swift Legislative inquiry into the allegation of "Tariff Increment" by local seaport operator ATM Terminals. (AllAfrica)

[African Arguments] The long negotiations between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia on the terms under which the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will be filled and operated have shown little sign so far of agreement. (AllAfrica)

[Zimbabwe Independent] INDUSTRY experts have decried the decision by the central bank to increase the export retention threshold to 40% as it will affect production targets of manufacturers at a time the government is prioritising productivity. (AllAfrica)

[This Day] The Lagos State government is to borrow N192 billion this year to finance infrastructure development in the state. (AllAfrica)

[SAnews.gov.za] Eskom has announced it will implement Stage 2 loadshedding from Thursday midday until Sunday evening. (AllAfrica)

[GroundUp] Nomonde Gwedashe has been living in Westville for more than ten years. On Monday, her home was among 1,000 shacks to get electricity from the municipality. Photo: Joseph Chirume (AllAfrica)

[This Day] TThe Kwara State Governor, Mr. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has commenced the construction of 700 kilometres of roads at the cost of $60 million. (AllAfrica)

[East African] For a long time, vehicles have largely been the domain of men. (AllAfrica)