{"id":21114,"date":"2013-12-23T21:42:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T20:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=21114"},"modified":"2013-12-23T21:42:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T20:42:18","slug":"made-in-africa-foundation-presents-vision-to-ugandan-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/made-in-africa-foundation-presents-vision-to-ugandan-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Made In Africa Foundation Presents Vision To Ugandan Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ozwald Boateng OBE, international designer and co-founder of the Made in<br \/>\nAfrica Foundation and Chris Cleverly, CEO, alongside David Adjaye OBE,<br \/>\narchitect of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington and the Nobel Peace<br \/>\nCentre, Oslo, presented their vision to the Government of Uganda on the<br \/>\nFoundation&#8217;s lead project: the urban regeneration of 160 acres of the<br \/>\nNaguru-Nakawa areas of Kampala, Uganda.<\/p>\n<pre>(Photo:<a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20131219\/659527-a\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20131219\/659527-a<\/a> )\r\n     (Photo:<a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20131219\/659527-b\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20131219\/659527-b<\/a> )<\/pre>\n<p>In line with its purpose to advance major infrastructure projects in<br \/>\nAfrica, the Made in Africa Foundation has provided financial support for<br \/>\ncompletion of Master Plans and Feasibility Studies for the Project. This<br \/>\nhas allowed the project to achieve momentum and attract private sector<br \/>\nfunding for commencement of construction of what will be the largest<br \/>\nplanned urban redevelopment project ever undertaken in Africa.<br \/>\nWorking closely with the developer, Irish billionaireBrian Comer of Comer<br \/>\nGroup, and influential Ugandan Prince Hassan Kimbugwe, the Foundation has<br \/>\nenabled the building of the first of 1,000 affordable homes of the first<br \/>\nphase of the development to begin.<br \/>\nMade in Africa Foundation co-founder, Nigerian Oil and Gas entrepreneur<br \/>\nKola Aluko, said: &#8220;For the Made in Africa Foundation to have made such a<br \/>\nsignificant contribution to a project of this importance is a remarkable<br \/>\nachievement and is a testament to our belief in making things happen,<br \/>\nrather than just talking about them.&#8221;<br \/>\nCommenting on the Presentation, Boateng said, &#8220;This project has been able<br \/>\nto advance dramatically due to the funding provided by the Made in Africa<br \/>\nFoundation. So many projects in Africa get stuck at the first hurdle, but<br \/>\nthe Naguru-Nakawa project has now achieved major milestones, including<br \/>\nattracting the talents of world-renowned architect, David Adjaye, who has<br \/>\nproposed an iconic office campus employing thousands of Ugandans which<br \/>\nwill form the center-piece of the New Kampala. We are very proud of what<br \/>\nthe team on the ground have achieved.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe Naguru-Nakawa project will eventually provide in excess of 3,500<br \/>\nresidential units, a church, school, offices, hotels, shopping malls,<br \/>\nrestaurants and leisure facilities: in short, a satellite town that will<br \/>\nprovide a model to be replicated across Africa.<br \/>\nBackground:<br \/>\nThe Made in Africa Foundation is a charitable foundation set up to provide<br \/>\n&#8220;first mile&#8221; finance for Master Plans and Feasibility Studies for<br \/>\ntransformational and large scale infrastructure projects in<br \/>\nAfrica.http:\/\/www.madeinafricafoundation.co.uk<br \/>\nKola Aluko, Co-Founder of the Made in Africa Foundation, is the CEO and<br \/>\nExecutive Director of Atlantic Energy, a leading private upstream oil and<br \/>\ngas company in Nigeria.http:\/\/www.atlanticenergy.com<br \/>\nDavid Adjaye OBE is one of the leading architects of his generation. Born<br \/>\nin Tanzania, raised in Uganda of Ghanaian parents. His iconic buildings<br \/>\nare to be found in London, Washington, Moscow, New York, Oslo andDenver.<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.adjaye.com\/<br \/>\nThe Comer Group run by Luke and Brian Comer is one of the largest private<br \/>\nproperty companies in UK,Ireland and Germany. http:\/\/www.thecomergroup.com<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ozwald Boateng OBE, international designer and co-founder of the Made in Africa Foundation and Chris Cleverly, CEO, alongside David Adjaye OBE, architect of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington and the Nobel&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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