Scientists from participating countries – Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo – were trained by the Agency to carry out a detailed examination of groundwater using nuclear-based techniques
Manufacturing
JCB develops leading single drum soil compactor
JCB has unveiled the 116D single drum soil compactor, a high-performance roller designed for infrastructure construction and maintenance, general construction and landscaping projects. Initially available in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, the 116D delivers low fuel consumption, high compaction performance and improved operator comfort
Liyu steel striving to connect China's steel structure with the world
The project for Chinese Embassy in the Republic of Namibia, fabricated by Tianjin Engineering & Construction Corporation Steel Structure Branch Company (TECC), has attracted broad attention in both China and Africa, especially for the Republic of Namibia
Kenya to build Volvo truck manufacturing plant worth US$24mn
Volvo group, a Swedish multinational manufacturing company, will construct a truck manufacturing plant worth US$24mn at Mombasa in Kenya, with an aim to expand the company’s truck manufacturing business in the East African region
Agip sign deal for desalination plant in Kenya
Aziena Generale Italiana Petroli (Agip) has signed a deal worth Sh20mn, to construct a desalination plant in Lamu County, Kenya