The United Nations Development Programme UNDP has provided aid for a climate project being rolled out in Mbeere North Sub-County in Kenya’s Eastern region, which is expected to benefit more than 2,400 people
Power Generation
Kenya Power receives US$10mn loan for power upgrade

Kenya has plans to add 5,000MW to its grid by 2017 and authorities. (Image source: Joey Gannon/Flickr)
Kenya Power has secured a US$10mn loan from United Bank for Africa, as part of a five-year syndicated agreement to finance energy infrastructure in the East African nation
Kenya Power receives loan expansion facility

A US$10mn loan facility from UBA will boost the capacity of transmission lines. (Image source: Telecoms-wxin)
Kenya Power company has acquired a US$10mn loan facility from the United Bank of Africa (UBA) to upgrade its infrastructure to distribute 5,000MW by 2017
GE appoints Clarke Energy as diesel engine distributor

(From left) Peter Holliday, CFO Clarke Energy; Michael Smeeth, global key account leader at GE; Jamie Clarke, CEO Clarke Energy; Roger George, GE Waukesha Commercial leader; and Greg Columbus, Board Director at Clarke Energy in Australia. (Image source: Clarke Energy)
UK-based Clarke Energy has signed an agreement with GE’s Distributed Power business to be its first authorised diesel sales and services distributor for stationary power generation in Nigeria, Australia and India
Mineral explorers find 196mn metric tonnes of coal in Nigeria

With the newly-discovered coal reserves, 1,200MW of power could be generated. (Image source: Pixabay)
A group of indigenous mineral explorers have discovered 196mn metric tonnes of coal in western Nigeria’s Edo State