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New wealth stirs Dubai-style boom in Zanzibar

New wealth stirs Dubai-style boom in Zanzibar

SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY SHINY - and green - new towers are coming to Zanzibar as the semi-autonomous island sets out to lure investment and luxury travellers to its shores and build its economy beyond the tourism that has been a lifeline for decades. The Burj Zanzibar, the world’s tallest green building, is the latest headline-grabbing and record-setting project earmarked for construction on the island. The announcement comes a little over a year after the construction of the Zanzibar Domino Commercial Tower, a spiralling skyscraper on a man-made island off the west coast of the archipelago, was announced. In…
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