Africa's face will be defined by ten massive construction projects by 2022.
With each passing day, Africa's population grows, and the continent's growing middle
class continues to fuel demand for long-term social infrastructure.
Working on some of the largest construction projects ever completed on the continent,
which is attempting to accommodate the continent's rapidly expanding population, is currently
underway.
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Here are 10 mega construction projects that are set to change the face of Africa come
2022.
10.)
Grand Ethiopian Dam
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, formerly known as the Millennium Dam, is a gravity
dam under construction on the Blue Nile River in Benishangul-Gumuz in Ethiopia.
Work on the 6,000 MW dam began in 2011 and is now 70 per cent complete – way behind
the July 2017 completion date.
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa,
and the 7th largest in the world, once it gets completed.
It is estimated that the reservoir will take five to 15 years to fill with water.
The $4.8 billion facility is, however, facing criticism from rights groups who argue that
it has displaced nearly 20,000 people.
9.)
The Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project
Nigeria is undertaking construction of a mega hydropower dam as it seeks to boost its energy
production.
Dubbed Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project, the facility which has been planned for more
than three decades is one of the biggest construction projects in Africa.
The Mambila Hydroelectric Power Project, which is being undertaken by China’s Sinohydro
Corp at a cost of $5.8 billion, will be connected to three dams across the Donga River in Taraba
State, Nigeria.
The facility will have a total installed capacity of 3,050MW of electricity.
8.)
Modderfontein Mega City
Modderfontein Mega City is a Chinese-funded $8 billion city that is being built in Modderfontein,
Johannesburg-South Africa, as a hub for Chinese firms investing in Africa.
The 1,600-hectare metropolis, to be known as Modderfontein Mega City, is designed by
the Shangai Zendai Group and is the company’s first venture estate.
Work for the proposed Modderfontein Mega City, whose groundbreaking was held in 2015, is
expected to be completed in the next 15 to 20 years.
The Modderfontein Mega City, which is one of the biggest construction projects in South
Africa, will include commercial, industrial and residential components.
7.)
Kenya Standard Gauge Railway
Kenya is building a 969-kilometre standard gauge railway from Mombasa to Malaba at a
cost of $9.9 billion, in what is billed as one of the largest infrastructure projects
in Africa.
The first phase of the project, which spans 472km from Mombasa to Nairobi, has been completed
at a cost of $3.27 billion; while phase 2A – from Nairobi to Naivasha (120km) has been
completed at a cost of $1.5 billion.
On the other hand, phase 2B of the railway – from Naivasha to Kisumu (270km) will cost
$3.8 billion; while phase 2C, a 107km extension from Kisumu to Malaba, will consume $1.31
billion.
The project is currently facing financial troubles.
6.)
Bagamoyo Port
Tanzania has embarked on the construction of a $11 billion mega port at the Swahili
historical town of Bagamoyo as it races to become a regional economic powerhouse.
Majorly funded by China, Bagamoyo Port is expected to handle 20 million containers a
year by 2045, making it the largest such facility in East Africa.
The project is a tristate venture between Tanzania, China, and Oman.
State-owned China Merchants Port is building the port while an Omani sovereign wealth fund
will establish a 1,700-hectare special economic zone adjacent to the port.
The project has since been suspended.
5.)
Lagos-Calabar Railway
The 1,400-kilometre Lagos-Calabar railway, which will be built at a cost of $10 billion,
is without doubt one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Africa.The project, which was
initially contracted to a Chinese company, is being eyed by Ameri Metro Inc., based in
the U.S., after the Chinese failed to raise the funds.
On completion, the Lagos-Calabar railway will connect the cities of Port Harcourt, Uyo and
Aba – thereby enhancing movement of goods and services in the region.
4.)
Dangote Oil Refinery
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is building a huge oil refinery in Ibeju Lekki
district, on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria at an estimated cost of between $12 billion
and $14 billion.
With a capacity to process 650,000 barrels of crude a day, Dangote Oil Refinery will
be one of the world’s biggest oil refineries when it begins operations in 2022.
The refinery, which is expected to generate 9,500 direct and 25,000 indirect jobs, will
produce Euro-V quality gasoline and diesel, as well as jet fuel and polypropylene.
While Dangote took on a $3.3 billion syndicated loan, which Standard Chartered Plc arranged,
about 60 per cent of the Dangote Oil Refinery will be self-funded.
3.)
Konza Technology City
Kenya has embarked on construction of a $14.5 billion technology city in Machakos County
in a bid to attract technology talents and investors to drive its economic growth.
Konza City, which is located 64 kilometers south of the capital Nairobi, is modelled
around the US Silicon Valley – hence the moniker “African Silicon Savanna”.
The smart city targets business process outsourcing, software development, data centers, disaster
recovery centers, call centers, light manufacturing industries, and research institutions.
Konza has so far attracted several wealthy investors including a leading Korean university,
although the slow pace of the project is raising concerns among its key stakeholders.
2.)
The City of Cairo, Egypt's New Capital
Construction of housing units in a new, yet-to-be-named, administrative capital of Egypt has been completed
but delivery will be within a year once key facilities have been installed.
Constructed 45 kilometers east of Cairo, the smart city has 21 residential districts and
25 commercial districts.
The city will have a recreation park double the size of New York City’s Central Park,
90 square kilometers of solar energy farms, and several artificial lakes.
Other key features include a technology park, 40,000 hotel rooms, a theme park four times
the size of Disneyland, 2,000 educational institutions, 1,250 mosques, 663 hospitals
and clinics, and a new international airport.
Transfer of government ministries, foreign embassies, parliament, and presidential palaces
is expected to take place by end of 2022 at a cost of $45 billion.
The total cost of the venture is yet to be disclosed, but the city is indeed one of the
biggest mega projects in Africa.
Situated nearly 45km east of Cairo, Egypt’s New Administrative Capital has already taken
shape and played host to several glitzy events.
Relocation of some 50,000 state employees is planned to begin within a few months.
The first phase of construction work has been underway for the past five years, with $20bn
of investments pumped into an area spanning 16,800 hectares (ha) (ha).
When all three phases are complete, the fully-developed new capital should be able to accommodate
up to 6.5 million people on 70,000 hectares.
China State Construction Engineering Corporation won a deal in 2017 to build 20 big towers
there and they are due to be completed by next year.
The building boom is also a boost for Orascom Construction, a local company that signed
$1bn in projects in the last quarter of 2020, with almost two-thirds of them in Egypt.
1.The Grand Inga Dam.
The Grand Inga Dam, a proposed hydroelectric dam at Inga Falls on Congo River in the Democratic
Republic of Congo, is by far the biggest construction project in Africa.
The dam is designed to have an average output of 39,000 MW annually, nearly twice as much
as the Three Gorges dam in China – making it the world’s largest hydropower scheme.
The Grand Inga Dam is expected to cost an estimated $100 billion, including the cost
of transmission lines needed to carry its power across the continent.
It was anticipated that the project would begin in December 2016.
However, in July of that year the World Bank withdrew its funding following disagreements
over the project.
These are only a few mega projects set to change the face of Africa.
Egypt, an African nation is one of the lead countries which has undertaken risky projects
to realize a change.
Several building projects in Egypt will support investments in the infrastructure and petrochemical
sectors and are expected to drive growth across the construction value chain.
The building boom will establish 37 new smart cities and supporting infrastructure
Egypt's new capital construction work has been underway for the past five years, with
$20bn of investments.
Egypt's construction industry has been expected to rebound with a growth of 10.7 percent this
year.
Several building projects in Egypt will support investments in the infrastructure and petrochemical
sectors and are expected to drive growth across the construction value chain.
Egypt was one of only a few emerging market economies whose GDP continued to grow in 2020,
according to JLL, a global commercial real estate services company.
Egypt tracked a stronger construction projects awards value from Q1 to Q3 2021 compared to
the same period in 2020.
The residential sector was the busiest market with significant awards associated to the
new capital and the north coast developments.
The building boom will establish 37 new smart cities and supporting infrastructure, including
a high-speed rail link from Ain Sokhna to Alexandria
We have come to the end of our list of top 10 mega projects that will change Africa’s
face in 2022.
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