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KenGen Awards Contract Valued at $1.3 Billion to a New Zealand Based Company
Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has awarded a contract valued at $1.3 billion to Sinclair, Knight, Merz (SKM) Ltd., a New Zealand based firm. The project, a 280-megawatt geothermal power plant is Kenya’s biggest geothermal power project to date. Financing for the three year project is provided by multiple donors including the Government of Kenya, [...]
World Bank Uncovers Major Deficiencies in Africa’s Infrastructure
An infrastructure study released today finds that Africa has the weakest infrastructure in the world, but ironically Africans in some countries pay twice as much for basic services as people elsewhere. This study argues that well functioning infrastructure is essential to Africa’s economic performance and that improving inefficiencies and reducing waste could result in major [...]
African Linkages for African Growth: Promoting New Trade and Investment Flows The Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) is pleased to announce its flagship Africa Investment Forum (AIF) to be held on 21th-22th September in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Forum provides a platform to bring investors and projects together to enhance African trade and investment, and to build [...]
Privatization of Nigeria’s State Telecoms Company NITEL Underway
According to Reuters, there are now 13 investors interested in the purchase of at least 75% of Nitel, the state telecoms company which has been undergoing this privatization process for several years. The Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) is evaluating both local and international bids from as far away as Spain and India. Nigeria is [...]
Kenya Building Africa’s Largest Wind Farm
Kenya recently announced plans to build the largest wind farm in Africa. As energy demands increase and blackouts continue to be commonplace accross the continent, African Governments and private companies alike are constantly looking for new energy technology solutions. Kenya through its main power company KenGen is positioning itself as a leader in the use [...]
Liberia Woos Chinese Investors
The Liberian Government is taking a proactive approach towards attracting foreign direct investment to their country. Just last week, a high level delegation led by Vice President Joseph Boakai went to China. The delegation held a series of discussions with Chinese officials aimed at further strengthening trade ties between the two countries. During discussions with [...]
ICT Policy and Regulation in Africa
There are several multilateral organizations that have been active in promoting and providing governments with technical and capacity building assistance. UNECA has been particularly active in providing support. UNECA calls these ICT plans National Information and Communication Infrastructure (NICI) policies and plans. According to the the UN Economic Commision for Africa (UNECA), as of June 2008, there [...]
South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe
A few countries in North Africa are connected to the SEA-ME-WE cables that connection South East Asia, Western Europe and the Middle East. SEA-ME-WE 2 has landing points in Africa in Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria. SEA-ME-WE 3 has landing points in Africa at Djibouti (Djibouti), Egypt (Suez & Alexandria)and Tetuan (Morocco). SEA-ME-WE 4 is the [...]
While many countries now have some internal fiber networks, there is only one trans-continental fiber cable system serving sub-Saharan Africa running from Portugal round the west coast of Africa to South Africa and onwards to Malaysia. This submarine cable system is called South Africa/West Africa Submarine Cable/South Africa Far East (SAT3/WASC/SAFE) cable system. This cable [...]
An Improved Connectivity Infrastructure
Connectivity and access to new technologies has been a major barrier to growth in Africa the past. The connectivity landscape varies to a large degree over the entire continent. However, these are facts that are rapidly changing. There are major multi lateral, bi-lateral and private sector initiatives that improve connectivty to voice and data networks. [...]
