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fDi Intelligence, a Financial Times service, has recognised the success of Alaro City in the fDi Global Free Zones of the Year Awards 2020, which acknowledge the most promising free zones in the world. fDi Intelligence assessed free zones by growth rate, innovation, services, products and initiatives supporting companies in them. Alaro City was awarded […]

Indo-Ghana Industries Limited has selected Appolonia Industrial Park in Appolonia City, Greater Accra’s new city, for the expansion of its oxygen manufacturing business. The Indian-owned company manufactures industrial and medical gas for hospitals and companies and is currently located in the North Industrial Area in Accra. The new facility on one acre of land in […]

Axcon Energy Limited has kicked off construction of Appolonia City’s first solar power plant,  which will bring 5MW of renewable energy to homeowners and businesses within Greater Accra’s new city. The solar plant, located in Appolonia Industrial Park, provides additional capacity to Appolonia City’s dedicated power substation. “The new solar plant will satisfy load growth […]

Appolonia City, Greater Accra’s new city, has reached another milestone – more than 500 serviced plots have been sold in the Nova Ridge neighbourhood. Nova Ridge, a 90-acre gated residential community within Appolonia City, currently includes 700 fully serviced plots with clean land title for owners who want to build homes to their preferred specifications. […]

Ardent Energy and Harbour Point Marine, both Nigerian oil and gas infrastructure service companies, are expanding their operations in Nigeria by building new facilities in Alaro City, Lagos State’s new city in the Lekki Free Zone. Following January’s launch of the largest ready-to-eat therapeutic foods factory in Africa, built by Ariel Foods FZE, in Alaro […]

RTS Global Insurance Brokers Ltd, a leading insurance and re-insurance broker, will expand its business in Lagos with a move to Alaro City, Lagos’ new city in the Lekki Free Zone. The firm, which provides solutions for insurance and risk management, announced that it will build its new office in Alaro City to take advantage […]

Cold Solutions Kenya Limited, a leading temperature-controlled warehouse and logistics service provider, has announced that it will invest KSh 7.5 billion (USD 70 million) to construct state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled cold storage warehouses in the country. The cold storage facilities will be located in Nairobi and Mombasa. The firm will construct Cold Solution’s flagship facility in Tatu […]

Absa Bank Kenya has partnered with Tatu City to offer preferential mortgage finance rates to potential home buyers at the Special Economic Zone development on 5,000 acres, just 30 minutes from downtown Nairobi. The bank will provide home ownership facilities including construction loans, equity releases and LARIBA mortgages, as well as insurance products such as […]