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Latest Construction sector features, company profiles, and executive interviews from across Africa.

Latest Construction Corporate Stories

Vharanani Properties : Building Happy Communities

Operating with a mission to restore people’s dignity through infrastructure development since 2001, Vharanani Properties continues to deliver high-end projects with collaboration and teamwork at heart.

Tilisi Developments : Infrastructure Inspired

Tilisi has a unique business model: building world class infrastructure, then providing fully serviced land parcels for investors to purchase and develop, enabling the transformation of a promising suburban Kenyan plot.

Pharos Architects : The Sustainable Pragmatist

For Andrew Gremley and Pharos Architects Ltd, sustainability must add practical and pragmatic value to a building, the firm pioneering a number of sustainable firsts in Kenya and South Sudan

GAPP Architects & Urban Designers : The Architecture of Collaboration

People lie front and centre to GAPP’s approach to architecture and urban planning, the South African firm working across borders having played a lead role in many of its home nation’s landmark buildings

Dangote Cement Ethiopia PLC : Building a Brighter Future

Dangote Cement and its flagship Mugher plant have transformed Ethiopia’s construction capacity in the past half-decade, delivering 2.5 million tonnes of high-quality building materials to the local market every year.

Daffonchio Architects : The Qualitative Architect

With a hands-on approach to all projects, Daffonchio Architects is looking to expand its reach abroad as it continues to deliver landmark designs in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Bamburi Cement Ltd : The Infrastructure Enabler

With best-in-class products, intuitive investments and crucial employee and community empowerment practices, LafargeHolcim’s Bamburi Cement in Kenya is striking the perfect balance between quality and sustainability.

Aleem Manji Architects : Great Design Meets Great Service

Aleem Manjis Architects continues to take on ambitious developments in Kenya, remaining steadfast to its belief that every design must be backed by equally attentive service.

World of Windows : One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Maintaining a mantra that bespoke is best, World of Windows has risen from humble entrepreneurial beginnings to become a major player in Africa’s construction industry, delivering best-in-class façades.

FWJK : The Value-Driven Visionary

FWJK is disrupting the property development market with a revitalised approach to real estate that’s been dubbed co-development at cost. David Williams-Jones, the man behind the method, tells all.