Ethiopia’s Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric power project began power generation, APA can report on Monday.The Dam, highest Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) dam in Africa, will have a total installed capacity of 1,870mw.
This will increase Ethiopia’s power generation capacity by 234 percent, according to Alemayehu Tegenu, Cabinet Affairs Minister, and former Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy.
The power will provide an important contributi.... Read more »
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China is targeting Kenya’s ports of Mombasa and Lamu in expanding its global influence through trade and connectivity. The Port of Mombasa is the busiest in East Africa and serves Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Port of Lamu, whose construction is underway, is part of the larger transportation corridor between Kenya, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda. When completed, the corridor will be named LAPSET and is expected to fac.... Read more »
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The designated trading zones will be established in the first quarter of 2016, the Industrialisation ministry has said. They are expected to help investors cut down on key cost drivers such as transport, with the hope that surplus funds would go towards value addition.
The focus of the new policy on SEZs is that goods be produced closer to raw material sources and investors handed preferential terms on matters such as licensing. “The ministry plans to roll out .... Read more »
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Nairobi — Kenyan and Norwegian investors had discussions on a wide range of potential fields for joint trade and investment engagements recently writes KENNEDY ABWAO.
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KENYA'S investments in Tanzania have reached 1.685 million US dollars in 518 projects creating 55,762 jobs. The Executive Director of Tanzania Investment Centre, Juliet Kairuki, revealed this in Nairobi recently in Tanzania-Kenya business forum during an official state visit of President Jakaya Kikwete to Kenya.
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AGRICULTURAL investment is one of the most important and effective strategies for economic growth and poverty reduction particularly in rural areas where the majority of the poor live.
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Uganda is the most improved economy in the East African region in terms of creating a conducive environment for trade and investment, according to the latest Global Competitiveness ranking.
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The graphite from ASX-listed junior Magnis Resources’ Nachu graphite project in Tanzania is demonstrating very good crystal properties in the ore and the products derived from it, attaining high specifications in a range of applications.
With natural graphite, the quality of the flake in ore is an important determinant in the quality of products generated from it, a quality inherent in Nuchu’s graphite.
With the granting of a Special Mining Licence .... Read more »
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During the just concluded Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) expo at Gikondo in Kigali, many visitors crammed around one stand marvelling at 'magical' stoves.
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THE State Procurement Board has finally awarded tenders for solar power projects with a combined output of 300 megawatts to three firms. The long awaited solar projects, each with capacity for 100MW, were awarded to Intratrek Zimbabwe (Gwanda), ZTE Corporation (Insukamini) and Number 17 Metallurgical China (Munyati).
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Implementing its second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II) in the coming five years, Ethiopia will endeavor to boost its power generation to at least 17,000 MW, said Ethiopia’s President Mulatu Teshome.
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Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has officially inaugurated a 535-kilometer Mtwara to Dar es Salaam gas pipeline built with a 1.225-billion-U.S.-dollar concessional loan from the Export-Import Bank of China.
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