Here are the top economic and real estate news for the week; February 12th, 2023 – February 18th, 2023.

• Fifth Wall Doubles Down On Its Commitment To The Middle East With The Addition – PR Newswire
• Lagos rallies private sector on investment, commits to infrastructural devt – Guardian
• Royal Exchange gets approval to raise N2.1b equity capital – The Guardian Nigeria
• Alaro City receives 62 clientele patronages – The Sun Nigeria
• President Ruto Allocates Sh100M Per County For Construction Of Industrial Parks – Nairobi Wire
• FBNQuest Trustees cautions investors on estate planning in 2023 – New Telegraph
• South Africa’s Energy Crisis Sparks Money Manager’s Solar Fund – Bloomberg
• 5 Tips For Sustainable Commercial Fitouts – Construction Review
• Meet the top 5 billionaires in Africa at the moment – Nairametrics
• Holcim’s 14Trees delivers largest 3D-printed affordable housing project – Yahoo Finance
• Marcus & Millichap : A Private Equity Real Estate Investor Bets Big on Self Storage – Market Screener
• Minister reels out aviation’s contributions to Nigeria’s economy – Businessday
• How Can You Increase the Energy Efficiency of a Domestic Property? – Construction Review
• Rack Centre Welcomes Workonline Comms To Nigeria – Leadership News
• Meet the inaugural cohort of the ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator program – Innovation Program
• Buhari signs Nigeria’s first business facilitation bill into law – Businessday
• Nigeria faces central bank-induced recession due to naira redesign policy – Zawya
• Russia’s flag carrier Aeroflot begins selling off European real estate – AeroTime
• Fidelity Bank welcomes Customers with Exciting Offers – Nairametrics
• Financial record-keeping platform Dillali raises funds to empower African entrepreneurs – Businessday
• BMTC in Bauchi State reduce fare to encourage traveling voters – Businessday
• Meet Africa’s billionaires for 2023 according to Forbes Africa – IOL
• Makarios Luxury Estate Berths At Ajah – Independent Newspaper Nigeria
• NGX lists TAJBank’s N10 billion Sukuk Mudarabah on its platform – Nairametrics
• UN rights office seeks to stay put in Uganda after being told to go – The East African
• Over 7 million properties identified for Property Tax collection – GhanaWeb
• Private equity firm TPG’s Q4 earnings drop 26% on lower asset sales – MarketScreener
• Nigerian leader defends currency swap as pain, protests grow – Greenwich Time
• Give every South African a property to call home: NFP leader – SABC News
• Clinify secures US $1.5M seed funding led by Thin Air Labs – Private Capital Journal
• Rise in Horn of Africa migrants a worry, says UN official – New Canaan Advertiser
• The P3 Car Park Project Officially Awards Construction Contract – Construction Review
• Naira crisis: Banks lose N5bn to attacks on facilities – Businessday
• Asset Finance: FCMB offers 100m to early-stage SMEs – Nairametrics
• IBM acquires StepZen to help developers build API with less code – Businessday
• Nigeria’s oil output rises to 1.6mbd says NNPC’s Kyari – Businessday
• 5 Reasons Why You Should Hire a General Contractor – Construction Review
• Nigerian businessman Dozy Mmobuosi sued in UK and US over debts  – Nairametrics
• Why Project Black, $1.45 billion investment fund, is perfect for N.J. – ROI-NJ
• I want to build new Ogun State — NNPP guber candidate, Oguntoyinbo – Businessday
• PennyTree in pact with VFD to offer seamless payment system to businesses – Businessday
• Naira scarcity: violence breaks out in Mile 12, Ojota part of Lagos, normalcy returning – Nairametrics
• Strengthen e-payment Platforms, PPC advises Banks – TechEconomy
• Transcorp Hotels appoints Obi Osakwe Non-Executive Director – Nairametrics

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