Tanzania recently awarded a $1.92 billion contract to Turkish firm, Yapi Merkezi, to design and construct a 422-km (262-mile) high-speed electric railway line which is part of a major 2,561 km network project that will connect the east of the country to the north. However, the government has involved the military in the construction of…
The Japanese company Tohoku Electric said on Monday it has signed a sales and purchase agreement to buy up to 280,000 metric tonnes a year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year from Mozambique. The gas will come from the LNG project developed by the consortium headed by the US company Anadarko in the northern…
The Japanese company Tohoku Electric said on Monday it has signed a sales and purchase agreement to buy up to 280,000 metric tonnes a year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year from Mozambique. The gas will come from the LNG project developed by the consortium headed by the US company Anadarko in the northern…
The Government of Tanzania has set aside US $13.4m for the construction of the modern Sumbawanga Airport in Rukwa Region, and is set to kick off with immediate effect. Regional Tanroads Engineer, Eng. Masuka Mkina confirmed the reports and said that affected residents, 97 in total have already been compensated and issued a one month notice to…
The Government of Tanzania has set aside US $13.4m for the construction of the modern Sumbawanga Airport in Rukwa Region, and is set to kick off with immediate effect. Regional Tanroads Engineer, Eng. Masuka Mkina confirmed the reports and said that affected residents, 97 in total have already been compensated and issued a one month notice to…
Uganda’s President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned the US $129m new Nile bridge in Jinja Uganda. “I’m happy the work is done. We did best quality assurance and rigorous quality control and tested the construction materials with state-of-the-art equipment, both within and abroad in Singapore and Japan. The bridge is an excellent piece of engineering,” said Eng…
Uganda’s President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned the US $129m new Nile bridge in Jinja Uganda. “I’m happy the work is done. We did best quality assurance and rigorous quality control and tested the construction materials with state-of-the-art equipment, both within and abroad in Singapore and Japan. The bridge is an excellent piece of engineering,” said Eng…
The government of Uganda has commissioned a new solar power plant in Gomba region in line with the country’s push to focus on renewable energy. Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, who commissioned the mega project confirmed the reports and said that the government is focusing on renewable energy to boost its ambitious hydroelectricity power generation. Also Read: 9%…
A whopping US $1tr is needed by the Nigerian Government to help modernize its energy infrastructure. This was confirmed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during the opening ceremony of the National Energy and Climate Change summit at State House. Osinbajo, who was represented by the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, said the federal government…
Morocco is planning to invest a whopping US $40bn in the energy sector which includes a liquefied natural gas project by 2030. Confirming the reports was Minister of Energy, Mines, and Sustainable Development, Aziz Rebbah who said that US $30bn will be devoted to renewable energy projects and that the investment will create great opportunities for…