Here are the trending economic and real estate news from the web in Africa for the week; May 14th, 2023 – May 20th, 2023.

• ARM Labs earmarks $50,000 as seed funding for startups – Businessday
• Fintech specialist e4 sold in R1-billion private equity deal – TechCentral
• Better Together: How SAP Expands Its Cloud ERP Portfolio Through Partnering – SAP
• Bolt commits €2.5 million to attract more female drivers in Nigeria, others – Nairametrics
• One of Cape Town’s Most Popular Vacation Rentals Selling for 160 Million Rand – Mansion Global
• Start-ups in Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt receive high praise for their innovation in tech – Business Insider
• The Brief: Infrastructure in informal settlements, rooting out bias in asset management – Impact Alpha
• Ghana: Collapsed Buildings – 2 Dead, 62 Injured in 4 Months – allAfrica.com
• Growthpoint’s Greenovate Awards include a PropTech category for 2023 – Property Wheel
• Kenya to extend SGR line to Uganda’s border – Daily Monitor
• China-Central Asia Summit to build BRI construction consensus: MOFA – CGTN
• Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio Turns Sod for the Construction of The 34 Military – Zawya
• Without mechanisation, food security in Africa remains a mirage —AATF boss – Tribute Online
• Canada names Nigeria largest trading partner, income source in S’Saharan Africa – The Guardian
• NDP concedes development has been negative, economic trajectory gloomy – YouTube
• Firm Allocates Lands To Customers At Freedom City Estate In Lagos – New Telegraph
• FG tasked on mass housing construction to tackle unemployment, others – Tribune Online
• Incoming govt must build, legalise construction of rental homes —Expert – Tribune Online
• Zanzibar to Build First Large Scale Solar Power Plant at $140 Million – Construction Review
• Lagos, Experts Set Agenda For State Urban Development Policy – Independent
• Lagos: Sustaining the gains of housing for all – The Sun Nigeria
• Five businesses harnessing Ethiopia’s local resources – How we made it in Africa
• Putin, Raisi oversee signing of deal on railway construction – CGTN
• Oil, gas industry contract value plunges by 48% in Q1 2023 – GlobaData
• Reftop Homes begins instant land allocation to customers – The Sun Nigeria
• Global warming: AfDB to help private investors increase contribution to climate finance – Businessday
• Africa: Resilience in the private equity market – PML Daily
• BIM Africa Summit 2023 Introduces Digital Construction in Morocco – Morocco world news
• Groundbreaking for New Cathedral in Kenyan Diocese “a gracious milestone”: Local Ordinary – ACI Africa
• Unfinished Business: Intellectual Property under the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement – Businessday
• AfDB Approves $15M Loan For To Support Infrastructure Financing In Nigeria – Brand Spur
• EIB Global Reports Record 2022 investment, Up 50% with Major Financing in Africa – Africa Global Funds
• Industrial estate firms hit by 400% energy price hike – BBC News
• NCDMB Highlights Promising Prospects For Investors In Nigeria’s Oil And Gas Industry – The Heritage Times
• Nigeria Begins Construction Of vaccine Hub – Info Guide Nigeria
• Sankofa Children’s Museum: Grand reopening serves as reintroduction to community – The Baltimore Banner
• Africa Data Centres announces construction of new facility in Accra, Ghana – The Chronicle
• Zealand Properties congratulates Hilda Baci with N5.7m worth of land at Yomade Heritage – Businessday
• AfDB approves $15m loan for Nigeria’s infrastructure financing gap – ICIR Nigeria
• Okun Ajah Land: Winhomes Global Alerts Public About Fake Estate Agents, Scammers – Independent NG

 

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