Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) PLC has signed US$6,452,933 contract with Djiboutian Office of Geothermal Energy Development) (ODDEG) to drill three geothermal wells in the country

ASN has started the construction of Africa-1, a subsea telecom system to connect Africa, the Middle East and Europe

Abengoa, a multi-national infrastructure company working in the energy and water sectors, has contracted the engineering project solutions team at Ingersoll Rand to design a tailored compressed air system for the Agadir-Chtouka desalination plant in Morocco, with the latest CompAir technology

The Liebherr R 9800 Excavator is built to outperform all competitors in the ultra class mining market

Caprari Digital House, a dyanamic and innovative virtual space, is Caprari Group's answer to a historic moment in which the way we live and work is changing drastically across the globe

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) is providing a US$965,000 grant to Morocco's Société d'Ingénierie Energétique (SIE), a move that is set to support its transition into the first Super Energy Service Company (ESCO) initiative in Africa

SunBrush mobil, a market leader for solar cleaning equipment, and Infinity, the Egyptian solar project developer, have opened a service base at the Benban Solar Park near Aswan, Africa's largest solar power plant

Cat Lift Trucks has added 3.0t and 3.5t 72V models to its EP-CB four wheel electric counterbalance forklift range

The World Bank has approved a US$50mn grant from the International Development Association (IDA) to improve access to electricity in Sierra Leone and enhance institutional capacity and commercial management of the sector

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has signed a framework agreement with the government of Tunisia, represented by the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Investment Support, to increase trade flows and build trade capacity

IVECO has supplied 160 Trakker, models AT380T38H 6x4 rigid trucks and AT720T42TH 6x4 tractor trucks to Phibela Industrial, a leading company based in Ethiopia for edible oil (with 1.6 million litres per day), oilseeds crusher, specialty fats and oleo chemicals manufacturer

Stephen Barnes, head of Power and Infrastructure, and Rentia van Tonder, head of Power at Standard Bank Group talk on the importance of decentralised projects in supporting South Africa's power supply. The full article has been published in the latest issue of African Review

The GSMA's Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan Africa 2020 report is now available*. Akinwale Goodluck, Head of Africa, GSMA, talks to Phil Desmond about some of the topics the report discusses, including the pandemic, mobile money, IoT, the future of smartphone adoption and, of course, a continent adopting 4G and gearing up for 5G. The full article has been published in the latest issue of Communications Africa.

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