Articles Tagged with ''Africa''

Transportation

China Announces $7.6B Financing for Tanzania Rail Project

Thirteen bidders shortlisted for proposed public private partnership model

August 11, 2016

The standard-gauge line route stretches from Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean to land-locked Rawanda and Burundi and parallels the existing narrow-gauge line for much of the way before establishing new links to the interior.

African Development

Construction Begins on Major Cement Plant in Nigeria

Infrastructure Investment Drives Boom in Support Capacity

Shem Oirere

April 19, 2016

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The $1-billion cement plant joins a fleet of similar, Dangote Cement-owned plants that are either under construction or recently finished in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Zambia, Cameroon, Tanzania, Senegal and South Africa.

UK Firm Wins PM Contract for $1.55B East Africa Pipeline

Shem Oirere

March 29, 2016

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Turner & Townsend's scope includes cost estimates, schedule, risk and change management, performance measurement, report and document control, contracts administration and procurement management.

Turkish Company To Build Rwanda’s Peat-to-Power Project

Shem Oirere

February 22, 2016

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Turkish company Hakan Mining and Electricity Generation Industry Inc. has signed a power purchase and concessional agreement with Rwanda to design, build, finance, own, operate and transfer an 80-MW peat-to-power plant on the eastern African country’s marshland area of Gisagara, located on the border with Burundi.