Kenya: Huge Southend Mall demolished (With Photos)
A huge mall that is built on riparian land has been demolished. The Ksh 1 billion Southend Mall was flattened Wednesday morning spearheaded by a multi-agency task force comprising of environmental body NEMA, road agency KURA and...
Ethiopia’s Assela I Wind Farm construction set to begin
Construction of Assela I Wind Farm in Ethiopian is set to begin after MPs endorsed the concessional loan deal, signed between ministry of finance and officials of Denmark’s biggest bank Danske Bank group in...
Roko Construction starts work on huge hotel in Uganda
Ugandan firm Roko Construction has begun reconstruction work on Uganda Hotel Tourism and Training Institute(UHTTI) in what officials say is aimed at "enhancing skills among the tourism sector’s labor force to meet world class...
US denies politics in lucrative road deal in Kenya
The US has denied claims that a Sh300 billion road deal in Kenya awarded to Bechtel was political.
Through its Kenyan embassy the US has also rejected claims that no competitive bidding was done for...
Mombasa port secures Sh35b to build container terminal
Kenya ports Authority(KPA) has secured a Sh35 billion loan from the Japanese government for the construction of the second phase of the second container terminal at Mombasa port.
Construction work at the port will begin...
Is solar energy the ultimate solution for Africa’s power woes?
Solar energy could be what Africa needs to tackle its enormous power problem, delegates attending the PowerGen Africa conference have been told.
Nyasha Bamhare CEO of Zimbabwe-based renewable energy firm Samansco has said that this...
Masdar to develop 5 GW of renewable energy projects in Africa
Masdar has demonstrated its commitment to helping African nations in their clean energy transition by signing agreements at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2023 with three countries – Angola, Uganda and Zambia – to...
Energy transition central to Africa’s economic future-report
An integrated policy framework built around the energy transition could bring a wave of new sustainable energy investment to Africa, growing the region’s economy by 6.4 per cent by 2050, results of an analysis...
East Africa to benefit from China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Various East African countries along China's Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) have the potential to provide major opportunities for investment, a new report released Wednesday has shown.
The report, Belt and road: Opportunities and Risk:The prospects...
Construction starts on El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in Egypt
Construction has begun in earnest on El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant in Egypt the first such project in the country.
Alexey Likhachev, ROSATOM Director General, and Dr. Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy...
