Construction of the US $2bn Kafue Gorge Lower Hydro-power Station in southern Zambia is soon to be complete. This is according to the Minister of Energy Mathew Nkhuwa. The billion dollar project started in 2015. It is is funded by the Zambian government and foreign financial institutions such as the Exim Bank of China, and is being constructed by China’s…
Construction of the US $2bn Kafue Gorge Lower Hydro-power Station in southern Zambia is soon to be complete. This is according to the Minister of Energy Mathew Nkhuwa. The billion dollar project started in 2015. It is is funded by the Zambian government and foreign financial institutions such as the Exim Bank of China, and is being constructed by China’s…
Zambia is set to commence construction of US $12m community dam Zambia’s Serenje District of Central Province. Zambia’s Central Province Permanent Secretary (PS), Chanda Kabwe confirmed the reports and said the dam project which is is coordinated under the name “Luombwa Irrigation Company”, will have a capacity of 83-million cubic metres of water when filled to the…
Zambia is set to commence construction of US $12m community dam Zambia’s Serenje District of Central Province. Zambia’s Central Province Permanent Secretary (PS), Chanda Kabwe confirmed the reports and said the dam project which is is coordinated under the name “Luombwa Irrigation Company”, will have a capacity of 83-million cubic metres of water when filled to the…
South Africa’s property firm, Emira Property Fund is investing close to US $600,000 in the total refurbishment of 9 800 square meter Denver warehouse facility in Johannesburg with the aim of bringing the industrial property to the forefront of modern business accommodation. Ulana van Biljon, Chief Operating Officer of Emira Property Fund confirmed the reports and said the major…
Rehabilitation of the strategic Tororo-Kamdini highway of Uganda is expected begin in February of 2019. This comes after the country was able to secure the projects funding worth US $157m from the World Bank. Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) station engineer, Lira regional office, MS Harriet Ogam confirmed the development, and said that the road from…
The government of Tanzania has set aside US $8.7m in the 2018/ 2019 fiscal year for the Lake Ngozi geothermal project in Mbeya region. The chairman of the Tanzania Geothermal Development Company (TGDC), Beatus Segeja confirmed the reports during his visit in Lake Ngozi and said the government was in collaboration with the country’s electric…
Kenya is set to construct two US $157m desalination plants in Mombasa. This in response to the water crisis that has interfered with the supply of clean drinking water in the county. Spanish company Almar Water Solutions company and Switzerland’s Aqua Swiss have been awarded the contracts to build the desalination plants. One of the plants which will be…
Nigeria is set to construct 30MW solar power plant in Kaduna State, following a signed agreement between DLO Energy Resources Group, a South African company wholly owned by black women and Kaduna State Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai for the project. “We are very happy to work on this project with our partners and the Kaduna State Government. This is…
The government of Tanzania has set aside US $8.7m in the 2018/ 2019 fiscal year for the Lake Ngozi geothermal project in Mbeya region. The chairman of the Tanzania Geothermal Development Company (TGDC), Beatus Segeja confirmed the reports during his visit in Lake Ngozi and said the government was in collaboration with the country’s electric…