Hit by delays and shoddy work, Kinshasa's urban housing project falters
A real estate dream that is in taking water, Congolese investors at open war against the French manager of a company established in Bermuda: ten years after its launch, the Cité du Fleuve marks the failure of a high-end urban housing project. The promoters of the Cité du Fleuve promised at its launch ten years ago a "haven of peace" away from the urban chaos of the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the largest city in French-speaking Africa with an estimated population of at least 10 million. Planned to be built on 25 km2 on land reclaimed from the Congo River, the houses a...
Source: africanews.com