Engen Petroleum, an African downstream petroleum company with operations in 20 sub-Saharan countries, has begun to use Space Planning and Intactix Knowledge Base solutions in order to optimise management of its store planograms, fixtures, cluster data, product attributes, and performance data
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AfDB grant loan for Ghana thermal power plant expansion
The project is expected to reduce Ghana’s over-reliance on climate-vulnerable hydropower. (Image source: Ram Kumar/Flickr)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has sanctioned a loan of US$60 million for the expansion of the Takoradi II thermal power plant in Ghana
World Bank to fund controversial Ethiopia-Kenya power line
The Gibe III dam. (Image source: Salini Costruttori)
The World Bank has approved the funding for a major transmission line that would link Kenya to the Gilgel Gibe III dam site in southern Ethiopia
Chinese firms bid for Zimbabwe’s power expansion projects
Four Chinese power companies have submitted their bids for the Kariba South and Hwange Power stations’ expansion projects in Zimbabwe
South Africa warns oil firms to increase black ownership
A number of oil firms risk losing their licence to operate in South Africa after a government audit revealed their failure to adhere to state-mandated black ownership regulations