China built Africa’s disease-control headquarters in Addis Ababa after a US retreat. The pandemic-born institution now houses its laboratories in a donated building.
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Property
A Gift in Glass and Concrete: The AU Headquarters and the Politics of Being Built
China funded the African Union’s US$200 million home in Addis Ababa. Its 99.9-metre tower honours African unity – and raises a question about who builds the continent’s institutions.
Building the Plant: The Construction Bill Behind Uis’s Lithium Ambition
A high grade is worthless without a plant to treat it. At Uis the construction came first.
Building on Goreangab: Inside the N$270m Mall Oryx and Safland Raised
A 14,500 square metre centre on a site no formal developer had touched – the Goreangab build is a template for the underserved node.
Building in the Namib: The Construction Bill Behind Etango’s Uranium Plan
A funded orebody is only the start; the engineering task is a heap-leach plant on remote desert ground, built to expand.
Terminal Pressure: The Swiss Route Adds Weight to Hosea Kutako’s N$5bn Rebuild
A twice-weekly wide-body adds passengers to a terminal the state already plans to rebuild for up to N$5 billion.
Building the Next Tax Base: Namibia’s US$2.9 Billion Mine Construction Pipeline
This year’s N$7.8 billion came from mines built years ago. The next record is a construction question.
Building for the Few: The Remote Construction Behind a Luxury Tourism Bet
High-value tourism is won on lodges in places with no road, no grid and no water – the hardest builds in Namibia.
Land at Scale: The N$1 Billion Endowment Behind 20 Million Hectares
Strip away the wildlife and this is a property story – one funding structure standing behind a fifth of the country.