And because of the tight finances, truly large-scale housing projects are rare. Building quality homes in Africa also involves a fiendishly complex set of tasks—from buying land and wrangling ...

Whilst not a silver bullet, Building ... shops and even homes. Schneider Electric’s EasyLogic range, for example, was developed specifically for emerging markets in Africa, the Middle East ...

Moderating the dialogue between the traditional and the modern in the search for a new architecture for Africa ... and we need new buildings. But if we choose to build our homes, offices, schools ...

"South Africa doesn't have many old houses. When I arrived in Yangshuo, I saw these beautiful buildings, perfectly suited to local people's life and the climate and environment here. Local people ...

Among its most recent and most impressive designs is a start-up hub called Norrsken Kigali House ... building, the African Leadership University. The university’s goal is to develop Africa ...

The building now houses several shops, a library, communal eating spaces and even a makeshift movie theatre where a resident cat spends its days curled up in a broken pleather armchair in the corner.

The President of the African Development Bank , Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, says the bank is building a formidable powerhouse around investments in Africa, that will deliver transformative impacts on ...