KenGen’s Kindaruma Unit II has been handed over to the company after an upgrade by project contractors Andritz Hydro of Austria and Irans Farab Company
Energy
Zimbabwe to receive funds from India for power station refurbishment
The Indian government will partly finance the refurbishment of three thermal power stations in Zimbabwe which will cost the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) US$300mn
AfDB grants third round of loans for Kenya-Ethiopia power project
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a third round of loans, worth US$115mn, for construction of the power transmission line between Ethiopia and Kenya
CNACG to invest US$3.5bn in Zimbabwean power plant
Chinese firm, Guangdong Bureau of Coal Geology, plans to invest at least US$3.5bn in building a 1,200MW thermal power plant in Zimbabwe
China to fund construction of Cote d'Ivoire dam
Daniel Kablan Duncan, the prime minister of Cote dIvoire, and Zhang Guoqing, Chinese ambassador to Cote dIvoire, have signed a loan agreement for the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the countrys Soubré region