For construction and infrastructure stakeholders, Lamu illustrates the tension between the economic case for a major industrial project and the environmental, social and cultural conditions surrounding its location. T

The significance for Africa is not simply the number of data centres being constructed. These facilities create demand for the wider infrastructure systems that support them, particularly reliable electricity, transmission capacity, fibre networks, cooling and industrial services.

The award was disclosed on 22 September, just days before the planned September 30 groundbreaking. EIL previously provided PMC and EPCM services for Dangote’s refinery in Lagos.

The World Bank is therefore increasingly trying to act as a capital mobiliser, using standardised financing structures, regulatory reforms and risk reduction to bring institutional and private investors into projects that might otherwise struggle to reach financial close.

The planned 700,000-barrel-per-day facility would be the largest refinery in East Africa if completed. It is expected to supply petroleum products to Kenya and neighbouring markets, including Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The initiative comes as China's economic growth slowed to 4.3% in the second quarter of 2026, its weakest quarterly pace in more than three years.

The railway's regional value ultimately depends on the completion of Uganda's own Malaba–Kampala SGR connection, but the Kenyan works represent a significant step towards restoring the planned rail link between the Indian Ocean and landlocked East African markets.

Completion of both links would strengthen rail integration along the Northern Corridor and could shift more bulk cargo away from long-distance road haulage.

The Story: Low-embodied-carbon requirements are moving from sustainability guidance into procurement practice in major construction markets. In the United States, the General Services Administration has established embodied-carbon limits for concrete, cement and other construction materials used in qualifying federal projects. In Europe, carbon policy and construction-sector decarbonisation measures are also increasing pressure on cement and concrete producers to reduce embod

High electrical loads, liquid cooling, modular construction and increasingly constrained grid connections are making energy infrastructure and MEP engineering central to project delivery.

The 1,443 km East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), running from Kabaale in Hoima to Tanzania’s Tanga coast, is moving into its final construction stages.