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Description: Construction of a luxury residential development in Ikoyi as part of the Lagos Mega City Initiative in Nigeria. LASG has conceived an initiative to provide the City of Lagos with world class residential, business, recreational and other facilities to position Lagos in line with the other mega cities of the World. LASG is looking for suitable entities to partner with it on a PPP basis to undertake the delivery of these facilities.

Status: Conceptual

Industry: Residential

Region: Nigeria

Sector: Public Private Partnership

Value: R 100 million+ 

Timing: 2017 onwards

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For additional components relating to this Project, please also see PPA 19114, PPA 19115, PPA 19116, PPA 19117, PPA 19118, PPA 19119, PPA 19120, PPA 19121, PPA 19122, PPA 19123, PPA 19124, PPA 19125, PPA 19126

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Description: Construction of a central business district in Marina Quays as part of the Lagos Mega City Initiative in Nigeria. LASG has conceived an initiative to provide the City of Lagos with world class residential, business, recreational and other facilities to position Lagos in line with the other mega cities of the World. LASG is looking for suitable entities to partner with it on a PPP basis to undertake the delivery of these facilities.

Status: Conceptual

Industry: Office & Commercial

Region: Nigeria

Sector: Public Private Partnership

Value: R 100 million+

Timing: 2017 onwards

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For additional components relating to this Project, please also see PPA 19113

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Description: Construction of a commercial building tower on Land Title No. Nairobi/ Block 31/219 at the junction of Upper Hill Road and Haile Selassie Avenue in Nairobi, Kenya. The project plot area measures about 1.002 ha. The project entails construction up a multiple use premise (45-storey building) that will comprise of two towers; one tower of approximately 212.40 meters (696.9 feet) high and another one of about 137.40 metres (450.8 feet) high and associated facilities like parking bays occupying the middle ground. The plot preferred for the development has an area of about 2.5 acres. The design for the commercial building tower provides for the construction of four components; a commercial component of about 30 000m² of total floor area, a residential component of about 10 000m² of total floor area, a hotel of about 15 000m² of total floor area and a retail component of maximum 15 000m². The hotel will be The Hilton Nairobi Upper Hill and the larger mixed-use development, which will include a residential, retail and entertainment complex, as well as an adjacent office tower, will be Africa’s tallest building, standing at 330m. Hilton Nairobi Upper Hill will comprise of an executive lounge and five food and beverage outlets, including a relaxing poolside bar, speciality smokehouse and grill restaurant, lobby dining area with landscaped deck and a boutique rooftop bar with unbeatable vista views of the Nairobi skyline on the 43rd level. The 255 guest-room hotel will be located in the shorter of the twin towers while the taller arm will be an office block. Estimated project value: US$ 194m. 

Status: Underway

Industry: Hospitality & Leisure

Region: Kenya

Sector: Private

Value: R 100 million+

Timing: Completion due by December 2019.

Notes: The 70-floor mixed-use twin tower development, called the Pinnacle Towers in Nairobi’s Upperhill area and will cost a whopping US$ 194m. It will encompass a 45-floor Hilton hoteland at 900 feet; the building will have the highest viewing deck in Africa. There will also be 200 residential houses ran by Hilton Hotel that will include one bedroom, two bedrooms, and three bedroom fully furnished luxury apartments. To this point, the developers have spent US$ 14m in the construction of the foundation and preparation stage. The development is projected to be complete by December 2019, although the 255-room hotel may be completed earlier.

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Description: Construction of a shopping mall and parking bays, as part of a mixed-use development in Lome, Togo known as WellCity. The new town is located north of the Greater Lomé National No. 1, Lome-Dapaong, 15 kilometres from the city center. Over 1 000 new villas and apartments are to be constructed. Included in this development will be a shopping mall, hotel, school and a clinic. The proposed development covers an area of 100 hectares connected by an expressway a mile to the National # 1. It is close to the new Police Academy and the new dry port development. 

Status: Awarded

Industry: Building

Region: Togo

Sector: Private

Value: R 100 million+ 

Timing: 2017 onwards

Notes: This development is going to be constructed over 4 phases. The first stage of construction which is the 200 villas is due for completion in 2020. Ultimately, there will be 1000 housing units constructed.

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For additional components relating to this Project, please also see PPA 19387, PPA 19389, PPA 19390 & PPA 19391

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Description: Construction of a five-star hotel for a new Radisson Blu Beach Resort Hotel located in Santa Maria, Cape Verde. The five-star beach resort designed with a modern minimalistic design will have 240 guest rooms, two restaurants, four bars including a roof top, wellness spa and an iconic swimming pool design with various pools and lounges leading onto a white sandy beach and ocean. The beach resort will offer the largest conference centre in Cape Verde islands with more than 1500 meters of dedicated meeting and event space. 

Status: Underway

Industry: Building

Region: Cape Verde

Sector: Private

Value: R 100 million+

Timing: Completion due by the end of 2019.

Notes: Construction has commenced on this beach resort hotel which is expected to be complete by the end of 2019.

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For additional components relating to this Project, please also see PPA 19351 + PPA 19349

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Description: Construction of residential apartments as part of Phase 2 for a mixed-use development in Rwanda. The proposed development is set on a prime 158 hectare tract of land in Gaculiro, Kinyinya Sector of Gasabo district, this high-end estate is adjacent to RSSB constructed Vision 2020 Estate and approximately 3 km from the proposed Central Business District (CBD) at Muhima and 6 km from Kigali International Airport. It will consist of over 4 500 units in different configurations ranging from luxury villas to apartments to be built in 4 phases over 8 years.

Status: Procedural

Industry: Building

Region: Rwanda

Sector: Private

Value: R 100 million+

Timing: 2017 onwards.

Notes: The first phase of the project is now complete, putting 504 spectacular properties on the market for home-owners to buy. Currently selling off the completed properties.

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For additional components relating to this Project, please also see PPA 18490, 18492, 18493, 18494, 18595, 18496 & 18497

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Description: Bridge Power Project, Phase 1, Ghana

Status: Underway

Industry: Infrastructure

Region: Ghana

Sector: Private

Value: R 100 million+ 

Timing: 2017 onwards

Notes: The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has cut the sod for the commencement of construction of the 400-MegaWatt Bridge Power project, the world’s largest LPG-fired power plant. Construction has commenced. Contract period has not been stated.

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For additional components relating to this Project, please also see PPA 19755

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Description: Construction of shopping malls for a new city near Cairo in Egypt. Eagle Hill is planning to invest US$80 billion in the construction of this city that will become the country’s new capital. The new city is meant for the low and middle income earners and will include an airport, shopping mall, hotels and amenities such as schools and hospitals as well as providing homes to low and middle-income buyers. The new city is still to be named and will be built near the Suez Canal.

Status: Awarded

Industry: Building

Region: Egypt

Sector: Private

Value: R 100 million+ 

Timing: 2015 onwards.

Notes: A project by Chinese state companies to help build a new capital for Egypt is back on track after running aground earlier this year in a dispute over contract terms. The Egyptian investment and housing ministries have begun talks to finalize an agreement with Shanghai-listed developer China Fortune Land Development under which the company is to invest up to $20 billion to build an upmarket residential district, an industrial zone, schools, a university and recreational centers in the new capital. the final agreement could be reached by year-end, with construction beginning the following month. Local Egyptian contractors have commenced on construction of Phase 1.

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For additional components relating to this Project, please also see PPA 15601, PPA 15602, PPA 15604, PPA 15605, PPA 15606, PPA 15607 and PPA 15608

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Description: The Grand Renaissance Dam hydropower project is located on the Abay River in the Beneshangul Gumuz region in Ethiopia envisages a plant with an installed capactity of 6000MW that will supply 15 693GWh/y. The major components of the project include: a 145m high roller-compacted concrete dam with a 1780m long crest; a saddle dam, 4800m long and 45m high; two outdoor powerhouses of 3750MW and 2250MW installed capacity each with a capacity of 375mW and a 500kV switchyard which will transmit power from the power houses to the grid.Construction of 123km access roads, camps, workshops and other civils works are also planned as part of the project. GPS Co-ordinates : 11°12′51″N 35°05′35″E Estimated project value $4.8 billion.

Status: Underway

Industry: Infrastructure

Region: Ethiopia 

Sector: Public Private Partnership

Value: R 100 million+

Timing: Completion is expected by the end of 2017.

Notes: The construction of the 6,000-megawatt, US$5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that began nearly seven years ago, is now close to completion. By the end of this year, the dam, which sits on the Blue Nile near the border of Ethiopia and Sudan, will begin generating electricity.

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