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Qatar Airways finally receives Kigali airport construction bids

The bids are in more than two years after the state-owned carrier put out the call to tender. [...]

Published on 21/06/2024 at 05:40 GMT

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Consolidated Contractors Co
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Paul Kagame
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Qatari firm UCC to captain two co-winners of Rwanda airport project

Qatar Airways has clarified the roles of the various players involved in the construction of Bugesera International Airport. Urbacon Trading and Contracting will take the helm throughout the project, giving orders to Portugal's Mota Engil and Greece's Consolidated Contractors.

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Rivals obliged to team up as Qatar Airways awards contract for Bugesera airport

The companies Mota-Engil, UCC and Consolidated Contractors will have to work together on the new project, the largest ever financed by Qatar on the African continent.

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Rwanda
Qatar Airways and contractors hold final talks over Bugesera airport

A meeting was held last week in Doha between the likely constructors of the planned facility some 50 km outside Kigali.

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Two contenders neck and neck for contract to build Bugesera-Kigali airport

The deadline for submitting bids to build Rwanda's new Bugesera-Kigali airport is approaching, though the scale of the work has been reduced compared with the initial project. Qatar Airways will soon have to decide on a winning bid.

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Qatar Airways set to finalise award of contract for Bugesera-Kigali airport

The construction of Rwanda's Qatari-funded new airport is set to enter its final phase following the completion of earthworks by Portugal's Mota Engil. Five candidates are in the running to build it.

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Rwanda and Qatar Airways sign agreements on an investment partnership for the airport project, witnessed by Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Paul Kagame in Kigali, 9 December, 2019.

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Qatari sovereign fund hones its Africa strategy

Qatar's sovereign wealth fund is well used to investing billions of dollars in Europe and the United States, but it seems to be having more difficulty finding its feet in Africa. However, a recent tour across the continent by its representatives helped open up new perspectives and consolidate existing deals.

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Rwanda's President Paul Kagame is welcomed by Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, on 21 March 2023.

Rwanda
Last minute discussions impact UCC and CCC's bid for Kigali airport deal

The twists and turns of who will build the Rwandan capital's airport with Qatari funds are continuing.

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Qatar Airways chooses Kigali Airport manufacturer on the quiet

The Kigali airport build, Doha's flagship project in the land of a thousand hills, is estimated to cost some $1.5bn. Following a tense bidding process, Qatar Airways has now selected the consortium for the job.

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Qatar Airways' $2bn for Kigali airport build lures Turkish and Qatari groups alike

The airline's huge investment in the construction of the future Kigali airport, the largest ever made by Qatar in Africa, is turning heads in Istanbul. Qatar Airways has launched a call for tenders for which it should announce the winner within a few weeks.

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The Kigali (Rwanda) airport project was initially awarded to Mota-Engil in 2016.

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Rwanda
Qatar Airways finally receives Kigali airport construction bids

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Qatari firm UCC to captain two co-winners of Rwanda airport project

Rwanda
Rivals obliged to team up as Qatar Airways awards contract for Bugesera airport

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Qatar Airways and contractors hold final talks over Bugesera airport

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Two contenders neck and neck for contract to build Bugesera-Kigali airport

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