East Africa Energy & Infrastructure: Uganda’s East African Crude Oil Pipeline is nearing completion, reaching about 80–84% by mid-2026, with officials targeting commissioning in July and first oil exports by October—an 1,443km electrically heated line linking Uganda’s Albertine Graben to Tanzania’s Tanga port. Nigeria Housing & Land: Nigeria’s housing ministry says it will provide land nationwide for mass affordable housing projects, inviting credible investors to partner under the Renewed Hope agenda. Nigeria Property/Justice: An Abuja court hearing resumes as Woodcoate Properties and AK Culture & Media seek to restrain EFCC from probing a disputed Katampe Extension property lease tied to about ₦156m (plus alleged ₦63m demand). Nigeria Engineering Regulation: President Tinubu calls for tougher, preventive engineering regulation and tiered sanctions to curb infrastructure failures and protect public safety. South Africa Water & Debt: Northern Cape’s Kai !Garib municipality faces worsening water outages and quality complaints while drowning in R1bn debt. South Africa Property Finance: Business Partners seeks leave to appeal a ruling that put two Western Cape developers into business rescue rather than liquidation. Kenya Industrial Skills: Kenya pushes industrial research and innovation via KIRDI to build the technical workforce needed for major investments, including Dangote’s planned Lamu refinery. Ghana Community Policing: Adentan police urge residents to partner with law enforcement to protect lives and property, stressing landlord and tenant checks and reporting suspicious activity.