Williamson Tea has inaugurated East Africas largest solar plant at the Changoi Tea Farm in western Kenya
Energy
Work begins on 61MW Kenyan wind farm
Work on the 61MW Kinangop Wind Farm in Kenya has commenced with Aurecon appointed as the main project engineer by Kinangop Wind Park Ltd
Drake & Scull International to help develop Egypt's Tahrir Petrochemicals Project
Construction company Drake & Scull International (DSI) has signed an agreement with Egypt-based company Carbon Holdings for the development of its Tahrir Petrochemicals Project (TPC), at the entrance of the Suez Canal in Ain Sokhna, Egypt
AfDB grants loan of US$1 billion for Angola’s energy sector
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted a US$1bn loan to Angola for the West African country’s Angola Power Sector Reform Support Programme
GE and partners to develop Ghana thermal power project
US-based General Electric and its partners, Endeavour Energy and Finagestion, have signed a joint development agreement for the Ghana 1000 project