Angola produced 1.7 million barrels of oil per day in July

 Angola produced 1.7 million barrels of oil per day last July, Petroleum Minister José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos announced on Wednesday in Luanda. The production figure shows a growing tendency toward achieving the production target of 2 million barrels of oil per day in 2015, Botelho de Vasconcelos said during a seminar on dispersants and on-site burning. Cited by Angop news agency, he specified that more than 99 percent of Angolan production is offshore, with.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 19th August 2014

Kenya: American Firms Told to Bid for Energy Projects

American companies should compete to develop power projects if Kenya is to get a bigger chunk of funds under Power Africa, according to Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir.   Power Africa is an initiative by the American government to help double access to electricity in Africa countries. It is initially focusing on six countries including Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia.   The initiative received a boost during the recent.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 18th August 2014

Opportunities for UK oil and gas companies in Africa

LONDON, 13 August 2014 / PRN Africa / — UKTI's event in Glasgow during the Commonwealth Games highlighted support available to help UK business access export opportunities in east and west Africa.   UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) ran an oil and gas seminar at the British Business House (BBH) in Glasgow during the Commonwealth Games. 80 delegates took part in the seminar, including guests from east and west Africa.   Opportunities in Africa  Nigeria is by.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 18th August 2014

Dangote Cement set to expand production plants

Dangote Cement Plc plans to expand its cement production plants to Africa, Middle East and Latin American countries. The company hopes that it will, through the planned investment, rank among the top ten global cement manufacturers and also help Nigeria to earn foreign exchange.   According to the Deputy General Manager of Production at the Ibese Plant, Sunday Adondua, Dangote Cement is currently operating in fourteen African countries. He added that as Dangote consolidated.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 18th August 2014

Nigeria seals $17m water construction deal with China s CGC

Nigeria’s Cross River State has signed a $17 million contract for the construction of Ogoja Water scheme with a Chinese firm CGC.The State Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr. Etowa Elemi, signed the contract on behalf of the state government while the Managing Director of CGC Nigeria Limited, Mr. Ye Sejiun, signed on behalf of the Chinese company.   Speaking at the signing ceremony on Friday in Calabar, the state capital, Governor Liyel Imoke said that the provision of.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 18th August 2014

Louis Berger to oversee Yaounde-Douala highway segment construction in Cameroon

Louis Berger, a $1 billion global professional services corporation, has recently signed a five-year project management contract financed by local funds for the construction of the first segment of the Yaoundé-Douala highway in Cameroon. The total construction value of the project is almost €7million.   The road segment will connect Cameroon’s government and diplomatic hub in Yaoundé to the country’s economic center and deep water port in Douala..... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 18th August 2014

PET Recycling Plant worth US $33.06m in Gauteng, South Africa.

Plastic Packaging manufacturer and recycler Mpact has signed an agreement with Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to construct a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant worth US $33.06m in Gauteng, South Africa.   This announcement was made by the company recently when it was releasing its financial results for the past six months ended June 30.   Commissioning of the new recycling plant is expected to take place in the second half of 2015 and Mpact.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 18th August 2014

South Africa to let solar power plants worth $197m

An Italian company called TerniEnergia has won a contract to engineer, procure and construct two solar power plants in South Africa.   The installed capacity of the plants will be 148.5MW.  A 66MW plant will be built at the Tom Burke solar plant, located near the northern boarder with Botswana, and a 82.5 MW plant will be based in Paleisheuwel in the south-west, 190km from Cape Town.   The contract has to be closed by the South African government before.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 18th August 2014

Swala Oil & Gas debuts on DSE

Swala Oil & Gas is now listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) becoming the first public-owned oil and gas company in East Africa SwalaThe former president of Tanzania Alhaji Ali Hassan Mwinyi rings the bell officiating the first trading day of Swala Oil & Gas on the DSE. (Image source: Swala Oil & Gas)   The Tanzania-based company is the 20th to list on the DSE and the second to list under the enterprise growth market (EGM), an equity market specifically.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 18th August 2014

Mobile-Pack will participate at The Big 3 Africa 2014.

Mobile-Pack will participate at The Big 3 Africa 2014.   Big 3 Africa is not only focused on Hardware and Bathroom & Kitchen, but also on Interiors and Hospitality.    Mobile-Pack allows your cleaning operations to follow suit. This stylish solution to traditional housekeeping trolleys brings ease, order and visual appeal to guest room cleaning.  Tailored to the service industry, their room attendant trolley’s sleek design combines function and form.... Read more »

Posted on : Monday , 18th August 2014

Oil and gas boom in East Africa countries promises riches

 Analysts at Standard Bank say Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Mozambique that have recently made discoveries, have the potential to fundamentally transform their economies through investments in road, rail, power and industrial infrastructure. “Over and above the traditional oil and gas regions in Africa, notably West Africa, East Africa has essentially been a forgotten desert in terms of upstream oil and gas exploration over the last 40.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 15th August 2014

JKT shows vegetable preservation system

Vegetable farmers in the rural areas have a reason to smile, thanks to a new traditional cooling technology that has been introduced by the Tanzania National Service (JKT).   A Warrant Officer 2, who is also in charge of JKT pavilions at Nzuguni grounds, Simon Uggi, told the ‘Daily News’ in an exclusive interview at Nzuguni grounds, where Nane Nane exhibitions are underway, that the tradition cooling system can preserve vegetables for seven days.   The.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 15th August 2014