Lafarge Africa Plc and Shelter Afrique, a Pan-African housing and development institution, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for facilitating access to affordable housing for low income group in Nigeria. The agreement has been signed for an initial period of four years and will begin with the development of already identified sites in Abuja. As per the MoU, the areas of cooperation include provision of assistance to define the best construction technologies for use in affordable housing and microfinance projects as well as supply of cement and concrete products for projects.