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LOCAL companies will benefit from a wide range of job and trade opportunities to be created as construction of the Bagamoyo Port begins next year, a top officer of Oman's State General Reserve Fund which finances the project has said.   Mr Mohamed Al - Tooqi, the SGRF Country Manager said in . . .

Dar es Salaam — Investors with Tanzania's two listed cement manufacturing firms are rubbing their hands in glee as the companies' boards of directors propose increased dividend payments from 2015 proceeds despite facing bitter competition from new markets entrants.   The board of direct . . .

Kabale — Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda has cautioned contractors not to delay completion of government projects, especially in the road sector.   Dr Rugunda, who was last Friday presiding over a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction and tarmacking of three feeder roads in Kaba . . .

Mombasa Cement Ltd plans to invest Ksh7.3 billion ($73 million) to expand the factory's production capacity.   The company is eyeing the market created by construction boom in East Africa and other countries in the larger region.   The investment in a new clinker and cement unit is exp . . .

Lagos — Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government will soon commence work on 31 major roads across the country in its drive to develop infrastructure and grow the economy.   The vice president stressed the need for collaboration among states of the federation in order to . . .