The Prime Minister Dr. Pierre Damien Habumuremyi has challenged Africans to come up with new innovations to promote the housing sector.
The Pan-Afrique meeting (Shelter Afrique 31st Annual General meeting) hosted in kigali on low income housing supply, is held under the theme “Financing Low Cost Housing in Africa: Meeting the challenges”.
The meeting aims at addressing housing needs of the populations.
Dr. Habumuremyi asked Africans to promote the housing sector through, new innovations, to reduce on the costs of construction materials and to reduce importation of construction materials such as doors and iron sheets.
The chairman of the board of directors of Shelter Afrique, Elias N. Mpondela said that participants will learn from experiences of other countries in providing low cost housing.
Rwanda’s Minister for Infrastructure Albert Nsengiyumva revealed that since Rwanda joined Shelter Afrique in 1987 it has received enormous funding to boost its construction sector.
Rwanda is yet to raise its stakes in Shelter Africa from US$34000 to US$2 Million.
Shelter African has 43 member countries. Annual General Meeting will approve the application by Cote D’Ivoire to join this growing body of countries keen to improve housing in Africa as its 44th member.
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