With seven of the world’s fastest growing economies located in Africa, it should not be a surprise that the continent’s energy demands will only surge in the coming decade. Hence plenty of opportunities exist for clean energy companies as investors worldwide realize Africa, with all of its risks, is a booming market. To that end, California-based Solar Reserve, together with numerous partners, has completed and launched the Jasper PV Project in South Africa.
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Posted on : Thursday , 8th January 2015
WASHINGTON - By 2018, a large solar power plant in the Tunisian part of the Sahara desert may start sending power to energy-hungry Western Europe. The company running the plant says once it is fully operational it will generate almost twice as much electricity as an average nuclear plant and supply two million homes in Europe.
According to the European Commission’s Institute for Energy, just 0.3 percent of the Saharan Desert's intense solar energy can provide E.... Read more »
Posted on : Thursday , 8th January 2015
Kenya has taken some major steps to boost its renewable energy production recently, according to reports. However, confusion about projects and the government’s ambiguous energy policy is overshadowing excitement.
Kenya’s renewable energy ambitions have attracted growing attention in recent months. There has been a strong uptick in interest in the country’s wind energy potential in particular. Last year, Kenya’s Ministry of Energy and Petroleu.... Read more »
Posted on : Thursday , 8th January 2015
CHERANGANY MP Wesley Korir is to build an eight-lane 400m tartan track at Suwerwo village in his Trans Nzoia County.
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Posted on : Thursday , 8th January 2015
Kenyan cement manufacturer Savannah Cement has confirmed plans to invest more than US$198.3mn in the installation of its second milling plant near Kitengela town in Kajiado County to meet the growing demand in the East African nation
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Posted on : Thursday , 8th January 2015
Uganda must capitalise on its potential in organic agriculture; improve product quality and packaging to capture a larger share of the American export market.
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Posted on : Thursday , 8th January 2015
VENTURES AFRICA – Falling crude oil prices have put several economies across Africa at risk. And has once again shown how critical the agricultural sector is to any economy, particularly that of Africa.
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Posted on : Thursday , 8th January 2015
Fundraising by Africa-focused private equity has rebounded after the global financial crisis, buoyed by support from the international development finance institutions. Now, the industry hopes to unlock billions of dollars held in African pension funds to dramatically increase the resources available for investment.
Posted on : Thursday , 8th January 2015
A scale weighing China's outward direct investments across the globe currently tilts heavily toward Asia, at a whopping 70 percent of total volume by 2013, most of which was poured into Hong Kong.
Posted on : Thursday , 8th January 2015
Poised to make sweeping economic reforms at a major development conference in March, Egyptian leaders played up their existing cooperative ties with China during a recent visit to Beijing.
Posted on : Thursday , 8th January 2015
International PV developer, Sonnedix, is joining forces with institutional investor, JP Morgan Asset Management, in a new joint venture to pursue emerging solar project opportunities worldwide.
The JV, Sonnedix Power Holdings, will hold 17 already built PV projects totalling 117MW in France, Italy, Spain, Thailand and Puerto Rico.
Posted on : Wednesday , 7th January 2015
Rwanda is planning to construct a new petroleum storage facility that will have capacity to store 21 million liters – a move that will help boost the overall national reserve that currently stands at 30 million litres.
The new facility will also aid in the country’s transportation and importation sectors in the industry.
Posted on : Wednesday , 7th January 2015
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