Africa’s telecoms market is in a state of flux, and some operators are seeing huge potential. Orange, for example, is to build a $50 million headquarters in Ivory Coast, and has launched in Sierra Leone. Yet others are pulling back. Orange launched its brand in Sierra Leone after buying out Airtel,...
Africa’s telecoms market is in a state of flux, and some operators are seeing huge potential. Orange, for example, is to build a $50 million headquarters in Ivory Coast, and has launched in Sierra Leone. Yet others are pulling back. Orange launched its brand in Sierra Leone after buying out Airtel,...
Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate is leading a US $4.5m borehole drilling project under the Command Water Harvesting Program. The program will see four boreholes drilled in each constituency. The Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri said work was already underway with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority...
Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate is leading a US $4.5m borehole drilling project under the Command Water Harvesting Program. The program will see four boreholes drilled in each constituency. The Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri said work was already underway with the Zimbabwe National Water Authority...
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to commission Kariba South power expansion project’s first unit on 24th December, 2017. The unit will feed 150MW onto the national grid. The project has been undertaken by Chinese state-owned hydro-power engineering and construction company, Sinohydro. It began in September 2014, as part of Zim-Asset,...
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to commission Kariba South power expansion project’s first unit on 24th December, 2017. The unit will feed 150MW onto the national grid. The project has been undertaken by Chinese state-owned hydro-power engineering and construction company, Sinohydro. It began in September 2014, as part of Zim-Asset,...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $324-million in loan support to two renewable energy projects in Morocco and Côte d’Ivoire that are expected to significantly increase power supplies and boost economic growth in those countries. The loan support is in line with the AfDB’s New Deal on Energy for Africa,...
Egypt’s ministry of power will offer tenders in the first quarter of 2018 for the development of solar power plants with a cumulative capacity of 500MW. Arab and international companies presented their offers to the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) to establish 100-200MW...
Egypt’s ministry of power will offer tenders in the first quarter of 2018 for the development of solar power plants with a cumulative capacity of 500MW. Arab and international companies presented their offers to the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) to establish 100-200MW...
The renewable energy sectors of Ivory Coast and Morocco have both received a boost to further develop their planned projects. The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $324 million in loans to support renewable energy projects in these two countries, which are expected to significantly increase power supplies and keep economic...
