Zambia President Michael Sata has launched a road construction and rehabilitation project named Link Zambia 8000
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Zambia capital to build US$12.2 million ring road
The Zambian government has announced plans to construct a US$12.2mn ring road around the capital Lusaka, in order to improve access and traffic into and around the city’s southern economic zone
Trans-Gambia bridge construction to begin by the end of 2012
Construction of the trans-Gambia bridge that will connect Gambia and Senegal will begin by the end of 2012
Uganda plans US$1 billion development scheme
Ugandas five-year National Development Plan, which is set to expire in the next three years, is likely to move the East African nation into the mid-level economic tier and dramatically improve living standards by 2015, writes John Muchira
Chinese funding for Rwanda highway project
China has announced funding of US$116 million for the Rusizi-Rubavu highway, which will run through the Karongi district in Rwanda and is expected to boost trade and tourism in the area