First Independent Mena Newspaper
Morocco and Ethiopia are examining the means to bolster bilateral trade and investments through establishing joint-ventures and win-win partnerships. This came at a meeting between head of the Moroccan exporters associations, Hassan Sentissi El Idrissi, and Ethiopian ambassador in Rabat Yeshi Tamirat. The two men discussed ways to develop economic relations, with emphasis on the […]
Zambia and Zimbabwe have shortlisted American, European and Chinese companies to build the Batoka Gorge hydro power plant. The consortium of General Electric and Power Construction Corporation of China, Salini Impregilo of Italy and a joint venture of Chinese firms Three Gorges Corporation, China International and Water Electric Corporation and China Gezhouba Group Company Ltd […]
Tullow Oil, a leading independent oil exploration and production company, aims to complete the construction of a $1 billion oil pipeline in Kenya by 2022. According to Tullow Oil Kenya Managing Director Martin Mbogo, the 821 km pipeline will transport around 80,000 barrels of oil per day from the Lokichar oilfields in Northern Kenya to […]
Several African and European officials as well as international experts commended the Blue Belt initiative, launched by Morocco at COP 22 in Marrakech, which aimed at establishing a platform for action to promote fisheries in Africa. The relevance of this initiative was highlighted at a high-level conference held on Tuesday in Agadir under the theme […]
Zimbabwe will need $7 billion by 2030 to cope with the effects of global warming, Washington Zhakata, the director of the water management and climate change at the Ministry of lands and Agriculture, told local media. Zhakata explained that these funds will initially be used to reorient the energy sector towards more environmentally friendly sources […]
Southern Utilities Limited, a member of LMI Holdings, Helius Power Company plans to build and operate a rooftop solar power plant in the Tema Free Zones Enclave in Ghana. The plant will be approximately 12 MW photovoltaic to be located on the 92,000sqm roof space of Mega Warehouse owned by the International Warehouse Company, a […]
China’s Poly-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Limited will build a 767 km gas pipeline between Ethiopia’s eastern Ogadem Basin and an export terminal on the Red Sea, Ethiopian Ministry of Mines and Petroleum said. Ethiopian and Djiboutian government officials agreed that Poly-GCL would begin construction of the pipeline project this year, the ministry said. Last April, […]
Renovation works on the hydropower plant of Nangbeto at the border of Togo and Benin will cost about $25 million, officials in charge of the management of the plant disclosed. The Beninese-Togolese joint venture, Communauté Electrique du Bénin (CEB), has appointed Voith to carry out the extensive rehabilitation and modernization works of the hydropower plant. […]
In Tanzania, Stiegler’s Gorge Dam, due to be built on a Unesco World Heritage site, will cost more than initial estimates, an independent study showed. The 2,100 MW hydroelectric dam at Stiegler’s Gorge, which has been cleared for construction by the National Environmental Management Council (NEMC) will cost twice more than estimated, according to Joerg […]
The Congolese government has inked an agreement with the pan-African investment platform Africa50 to mobilize funds for tripling the capacity of the Congo Power Station. The infrastructure, which currently has a capacity of 300 MW, should increase its capacity to 450 MW then to 900 MW by 2027. Increased production from the station could improve […]