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Africa: Tanzania, Mozambique Top Africa's Oil, Gas Table

 Africa's energy industry could boom in the coming years, with Mozambique and Tanzania set to emerge as new frontiers if they can attract enough badly needed investment, a report said recently. Six of the top 10 global discoveries in 2013 were made in Africa, with more than 500 companies now exploring across to the continent, according to a study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Large gas finds in Mozambique and Tanzania would make the world.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 13th January 2015

President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya Meets with Wang Yi: talks on mutual development of either country

On January 10, 2015, President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya met with the visiting Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the State House in Nairobi. Kenyatta said Chinese Foreign Minister’s first visit to Kenya at the beginning of the new year fully signifies the all-around friendly and cooperative relations between Kenya and China. Both Kenya and China are committed to promoting equality, fairness and development, and determined to defend national.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 13th January 2015

Kenya Power forecasts Kh15bn profit

NAIROBI – KENYA Power, the energy utility, is convinced it will record a Sh15 billion pre-tax profit in the 2014/2015 financial year, a senior official has said. The company, which in the past 22 years had not given its shareholders the highest return, would seek to break the new ground by making the profit. According to Kenya Power’s Managing Director, Ben Chumo, the forecast was based on a good performance by the power retailer.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 13th January 2015

Italians invest in Uganda Solar Energy Project

 Kampala — A Ugandan-Italian consortium Simba Telecom/Building Energy SPA and the consortium of Access/TSK Electronica of United Arab Emirates and Spain will invest $38million in two Solar Power Energy projects in Eastern Uganda. The two consortium companies will generate 20MW of electricity, each generating 10MW in Soroti and Tororo districts in Eastern Uganda. The United Arab Emirates and Spanish consortium of Access/TSK.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 13th January 2015

Kenyan government to construct 300, 000 housing units for staff

The government of Kenya through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is planning to put up 300, 000 houses for civil servants by 2017. The social housing project will see the country alleviate housing needs by civil servants, some of which – like the police – have been reported to live in deplorable conditions. The government will start construction of 10, 000 units this year according to the director of housing.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 13th January 2015

Kenya, China Partnership to Focus On Industrialisation

Nairobi — China's engagement with Kenya is set to expand with a new focus on industrial development and technology transfer. This was the message China's Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi delivered to President Uhuru Kenyatta today at State House, Nairobi, at the start of the Chinese Minister's eight day tour of Africa. Mr Wang said his mission was to strengthen the existing bilateral co-operations between Kenya and China and chart new.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 13th January 2015

Africa: What Tech Will Take Off in Developing Nations in 2015?

'Light' will be the buzz word next year. The UN has proclaimed 2015 the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies, with the goal of raising global awareness of how such technologies can help development by providing solutions to challenges in energy, education, agriculture and health. But besides light, developing nations are struggling with many other issues that researchers and technology companies are trying to address. Better.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 13th January 2015

Egypt signs six new oil and gas exploration deals

 Egypt has signed six new oil and gas exploration contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars with foreign and Egyptian companies, the oil ministry said on Friday. The agreements provide for the drilling of some 41 discovery wells in the western desert and Gulf of Suez, the ministry said in a statement via the official news agency. Among the major companies selected are Shell, ENI, BP and Canada's TransGlobe Energy.   Egypt has.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 12th January 2015

Nashvillian's solar device helps vendors in Africa

  Nashville resident Mawuli Tse has brought solar power to more than 600 homes in urban parts of Ghana and nearby countries through his company, Solar Light. Now, he is using energy from the sun to help those in more rural communities — this time through street vendor umbrellas and a mobile phone charging kit. With the help of a $100,000 grant from the United States African Development Foundation and General Electric, Tse is.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 12th January 2015

Oil and Gas industry showing better appreciation for local content participation – SBC

 A research by Schlumberger’s strategic management consulting arm Schlumberger Business Consulting (SBC) says there is a better appreciation by the oil and gas industry of the need for local content participation.   This follows the outcome of a local content forum by SBC dubbed “Optimizing Local Benefits from Oil & Gas Projects”   that brought together E&P operators, regulatory bodies, EPC contractors,.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 9th January 2015

Menengai geothermal to save nation Ksh 13 billion

Kenya will save about Ksh 13 billion annually once the 105 MW geothermal power plants start to operate in Menengai, Nakuru by end of 2015.    The project run by the Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has now awarded three IPPs land where they will put up power plants. The company is also constructing a major steam gathering pipeline that will distribute the steam from wells to turbines.   “We now have three new investors.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 9th January 2015

Will 2015 be the year of solar power across Africa?

In January 2015, South Africa’s Minister of Energy will announce another doubling of the renewable energy capacity in the country. The Republic is struggling with regular blackouts due to breakdowns in its aging fleet of mainly coal power plants. The Government has decided to accelerate and expand the solar and wind programs for two reasons: Wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) are not only competitive with coal and gas in.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 9th January 2015



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