Approved to establish a 42.5 MW solar facility at the Seven Forks Hydro Stations in Eastern Kenya, KenGen is looking to increase its generating capacity.
The business anticipates that the solar photovoltaic (PV) plant will increase revenue diversity and optimize space for value addition around its current hydropower projects.
It will be erected on an 80-hectare KenGen-owned plot of undeveloped land. The company claims that the land is per.... Read more »
Posted on : Thursday , 30th May 2024
According to The Rural Energy Agency (REA), the nation's small-scale power producers and developers have generated and added more than 30 megawatts to the national grid.
Advera Mwijage, the Director of REA for Renewable Energy Technologies, made this revelation in Dar es Salaam during a conference aimed at advising small-scale power producers of renewable energy projects on how to submit applications for funding to support project development and investment. .... Read more »
Posted on : Thursday , 30th May 2024
According to Davis Chirchir, cabinet secretary for energy and petroleum, the amount of electricity produced went from 2,351 MW to 3,312 MW. At the same time, the number of customers connected to the electricity increased from 6.78 million to 9.21 million, meaning that both on- and off-grid connectivity rates increased by 75%.
According to the CS, 415,032 barrels of crude oil were produced, transported by truck, and delivered to the Kenya Petroleum Refinerie.... Read more »
Posted on : Thursday , 23rd May 2024
President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA) members were recently led by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to Nairobi, where she announced a number of business agreements with American companies as well as a historic partnership with Kenya to support digital upskilling, enable data flows and utilise artificial intelligence. The agreement, which is the first of its type with an African country, expands on the United States' cooperation with friends and .... Read more »
Posted on : Friday , 17th May 2024
200 solar power kits from the Lighting an African Family (LAAF) project will be presented to three schools in Lamu County.
Donations of solar panels, batteries and lights will support education without the constraints of erratic electrical supplies.
The solar power kits were given to the Manda Manewi Secondary School and the Manda Airport Primary and Secondary Schools on Lamu Island as part of a project started by Bluetti, a global producer.... Read more »
Posted on : Friday , 17th May 2024
In order to validate occupational standards in crucial sectors for the expansion of the industrial economy, more than 100 experts and delegates from Tanzanian government institutions, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions, and industry representatives started a two-day meeting in the Morogoro Region, eastern Tanzania, on Thursday.
The National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NACTVET) has prepared the occup.... Read more »
Posted on : Monday , 13th May 2024
East African packaging solutions company Dune Packaging Ltd. has announced a collaboration with Ascent Rift Valley Fund II ("Ascent"), the region's SME-focused private equity fund.
Ascent wants to help Dune Packaging innovate, grow into new markets and strengthen its environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials as part of the deal.
CEO of Dune Packaging Rohin Chandaria said he was excited about the relationship: "We are happy to have A.... Read more »
Posted on : Wednesday , 8th May 2024
Kenya-based BURN Manufacturing, a well-known manufacturer of clean cookstoves, has received more than $12 million in capital, primarily to expand the reach of its clean cooking products across the African continent.
This grant is the outcome of Key Carbon Ltd.'s successful follow-on carbon project investment programme. Key Carbon Ltd., formerly known as CNR "Carbon Neutral Royalty," is now spearheading the effort to fund BURN's growth.
Significa.... Read more »
Posted on : Wednesday , 8th May 2024
The country's Centre for grape producing, the Dodoma regions, has seen a growth in the number of wine processing firms opening up shop. This trend has given grape producers hope.
Due to an absence of a guaranteed market for their produce, most grapes in the vines rotted in recent years, which worsened financial losses for the grape growers.
In order to do this, the government has been working to provide favorable conditions and policies that wil.... Read more »
Posted on : Wednesday , 8th May 2024
Longer lifespans are associated with higher cancer incidence. East Africa is seeing rising cancer rates due to a number of factors, including a move away from traditional, protective diets and pollutants in the food, water, and air.
Over the past four years, the Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project (TCCP) has attempted to make improvements in this regard. Through a collaboration between the Institut Curie, the Government of Tanzania, the Bugando Medical Center, the Agence Fr.... Read more »
Posted on : Tuesday , 7th May 2024
The 25th BUILDEXPO KENYA 2024 is back in Nairobi from the 05th to 07th June 2024 at the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC). This year the event is bigger than ever with exhibitors from 43 countries. The annual international trade event will be inaugurated by Mr. Juma Mukhwana, the Principal Secretary, for the State Department of Industry, Ministry of Investments, Trade, and Industry, Govt. of Kenya on the 05th of June at 11 AM. The inauguration will be attended by ambas.... Read more »
Posted on : Friday , 3rd May 2024
The President of the Republic of Kenya, His Excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto, is set to tap financial support from the United States of America during his visit that he is poised to make to the capital of US Washington DC in the coming month for the upcoming New Nairobi Airport project is set to help the capital of Kenya, Nairobi, attract more international passengers to places like the US, the United Kingdom (UK), and also the Middle East. This ambitious plans of constructing New.... Read more »
Posted on : Friday , 3rd May 2024
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