Construction company Drake & Scull International (DSI) has signed an agreement with Egypt-based company Carbon Holdings for the development of its Tahrir Petrochemicals Project (TPC), at the entrance of the Suez Canal in Ain Sokhna, Egypt
Energy
AfDB grants loan of US$1 billion for Angola’s energy sector
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted a US$1bn loan to Angola for the West African country’s Angola Power Sector Reform Support Programme
GE and partners to develop Ghana thermal power project
US-based General Electric and its partners, Endeavour Energy and Finagestion, have signed a joint development agreement for the Ghana 1000 project
US’ Ormat among firms chosen to build Kenya power project
Ormat Technologies announced that it has been awarded its first well head power plant project by Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company (GDC) in the Menengai geothermal field in Kenya on a Build-Own-Transfer (BOT) basis
Samsung launches solar-powered internet school in Rwanda
Samsung Electronics East Africa has launched the first solar-powered internet school (SPIS) at GS Kamabare School in Bugesera District, Rwanda