Despite significant strides in the telecom industry, which have been made in terms of technology and reach, the spread of network connection in rural areas around the world, remain the last frontier for the telecom…
Senegal Oil & Power Conference & Exhibition
Oil and gas hotspot in Africa will host a flagship conference in Dakar, May 27-28 2020; the Senegalese government has officially named Africa Oil & Power as the official organiser of this event; the conference…
Volunteer Time and Resources with the Kipeto Wind…
General Electric (GE) Employees Volunteer Time and Resources with the Kipeto Wind Farm Community in Kajiado, Kenya • The 100MW Kipeto wind power project will provide clean energy to the national grid as a significant…
Tangible solutions to Ethiopia’s energy and infrastructure challenges
Contributing to improving Ethiopia's energy infrastructure; German corporate collaborates with smaller company to implement a viable solution in Africa; creating jobs, providing training and developing local value chains In April 2019 Siemens signed a Memorandum…
Solar market firm partnering with telecom operators
Pay-as-you-go solar market leader, Greenlight Planet, partners with leading telecom operators in sub-Saharan Africa • Full-fledged sales and distribution partnerships have been launched with three leading telecom operators, Vodacom (Tanzania), Orange (Burkina Faso) and Telma…
Digitalisation to boost Reliability and Power Supply Efficiency
GE will modernize seven GE LM6000PC Aeroderivative gas turbines and install its Asset Performance Management (APM) digital solution at dangote cement plants in Obajana and Ibese, Nigeria; contract includes service agreement extension for additional 50,000…
Rosgeo to start operations in Equatorial Guinea
Joint Stock Company Rosgeo and the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding during the recent Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi. Sergey Gorkov, Director General and…
Empowering Africa to Make Energy Work
Under the second day’s theme of “Energy in Powering Growth”, panel discussions and talk sessions unpacked the challenges and opportunities in Africa’s power sector Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy of South Africa, Gwede Mantashe,…
GE executes Performance Improvement Package (PIP) in Nigeria
Nigeria's Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Boosts Power Plant's Output and Availability • PIP increases plant output by 15% per gas turbine; exceeding expected increase of 6%; Executed PIP will improve plant's availability and reduce maintenance cost…
Gabon continues to plot the path to a…
Gabon is among the top ten oil producers in Sub-Saharan Africa and has been an oil producer for more than 50 years. It reached its peak 12 years ago when oil production reached 370,000 barrels…
Democratisation of Innovation and what it means for…
By Sabine Dall’Omo, CEO of Siemens Southern and Eastern Africa Democratisation of energy is necessary to enable Africans to move into the digital age • Without technological constraints, more people from across Africa are free…
Growing off-grid solar market in Africa
ENGIE acquires Mobisol and becomes market leader in the off-grid solar in Africa • The group already has significant activities in African off-grid electrification segment ENGIE expands its decentralized energy offering in Africa through the…
Gas turbine upgrade ahead of schedule at Tanzania’s…
Upgrade of three GE’s LM6000PA and one LM6000PC Aero derivative gas turbines Improved Plant Efficiency and Reliability • Songas Ubungo Power Plant provides more than 20 percent of the grid connected power in Tanzania GE…
Kenya Airways Selects GE Aviation for Digital Flight…
Maximizing Airline Efficiency with the Most Accurate Data and Analytics; Kenya Airways adds to the 15,468 aircraft with GE Aviation’s digital solutions. Kenya Airways has selected GE Aviation for the Flight Operations suite of digital…
Floating LNG facility to provide circa 2.5 million…
BHGE to provide turbomachinery equipment for four FLNG compression trains for BP’s Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project; Award is second major contract for Greater Tortue development, expanding on BHGE’s contract for subsea production equipment;…