The Africa Report - With less than two months before kick-off, construction sites in Gabon are less hectic as workers put finishing touches to some of the country's biggest sporting projects. And Libreville's €370 million investment has benefited both local and foreign businesses.
Construction workers are moving to and fro, flattening pavements of future parking lots while tractors weave through mazes of equipment to provide the site with needed material. Work is in overdrive at the Stade de l'Amitié-Sino-Gabonaise, where the final of the joint Gabon-Equatorial Guinea African Cup of Nations will be played.
About 150 Chinese and 50 Gabonese workers are working day and night shifts at construction sites in Gabon's biggest stadium. At the height of works, at the now 22 month old construction site, there were close to a thousand workers- about 750 Chinese and 250 Gabonese. Built by Shanghai Construction Group, the stadium's construction saw the use of local labour instead of Small or Medium size enterprises...More
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