KENYA:
India Grants 28.8 Million Dollars to Rivatex to Modernize Its Textile Factory: "In Kenya, the textile company Rivatex East Africa Limited has received an envelope of 28.8 million Dollars (3 billion shillings) on behalf of the Indian government to modernize its Eldoret-based plant in the province of the Rift Valley, reports Business Daily Africa. To carry out these works, the company will be accompanied by the firm Lakshmi Machine Works (LMW), India's leading manufacturer of textile machinery. "The modernization of our plant should make it possible to revitalize the textile and cotton industry in Kenya and generate jobs," indicates the company in a statement. In addition, the financial support should enable the company, which currently produces only 10,000 bales of cotton per year, for an installed capacity of 70,000 bales, also to increase its productivity and gain competitiveness..."
KenGen, Confident in Achieving Universal Access to Energy by 2020: "KenGen is increasingly convinced of achieving universal access to electricity in Kenya by 2020. The country currently has an electrification rate of 69.4%, and this figure is in a constant increase, revealed the national company in charge of electrical supply. In fact, 1.2 million households were connected to the national network during the current budget year, reveals Xinhua. "With the progress accomplished so far, we are confident that we will achieve universal access to energy by the end of 2020," affirms Ken Tarus, the Director of KenGen, the national company in charge of electrical supply. According to the official, the government is now concentrating its efforts on rural areas to ensure that the positive impact on economy is truly global. Special attention is also devoted to the accessibility of the proposed energy..."
Huawei Plans to Increase Its Investments in the Country: "During a meeting with the press, held on last June 17, Dean Yu, the General Manager of Huawei Kenya, has revealed that the technology company is planning an increase in its investments in the country. Its objective is to consolidate its position as a provider of ICT solutions. The investments will be devoted to both broadband infrastructure and transfer of skills. In the field of infrastructure, the construction project of the Cloud Government platform is highlighted. During his visit to Huawei headquarters in Beijing, China, last May, the President of the Republic, Uhuru Kenyatta, signed an agreement with the Chinese company. The Cloud platform will improve data sharing among government agencies and will contribute to the acceleration of Kenya's transition towards a knowledge-based economy..."
TANZANIA:
Walkabout Finds Buyers for Lindi Graphite: "The mining company Walkabout Resources has concluded memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the sale of 75% (30,000 tons/year) of initial graphite production to its Lindi project in Tanzania. The final agreements will be signed, by the end of 2017, with the delivery of graphite to begin in 2018. The first MoU was concluded with the Chinese company Jixi Puxiang New Materials Company, and deals with the delivery of 7,500 tons of graphite per year, while the second concerns the sale of 10,000 t/y of concentrate to a Sino-European trading house. 12,500 tons of graphite will be delivered to Georg H. Luh GmbH, a German mining company specializing in the graphite trade, in the context of the third levy agreement..."
BURKINA FASO:
AFD and AfDB Will Launch an Ambitious Solar Energy Program in January 2019: "The French Development Agency (AFD) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have committed to launch in January 2019 an ambitious solar energy program in favor of Burkina Faso, APA learned Monday, with the ministry in charge of energy..."
More Than 33 Billion CFA Francs for the 2017-2018 Wet Crop Season: "As a result of cooperation between the World Bank and the Government of Burkina Faso, this financial support will make it possible to intensify 2017-2018 agricultural production. The official ceremony for the submission of co-financing agreements and the distribution of inputs and agricultural equipment for the current wet season was chaired in Manga (capital of the south-central region) on Saturday by the Head of State, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. The co-financing agreements concern the 3rd phase of the 2nd National Program for Territory Management (PNGT2-3) in favor of the 302 rural communes and the 13 regional authorities of Burkina Faso. For the current crop year, 14 billion 145 million 22 thousand 630 CFA Francs will be injected into the construction of manure pits, market gardens, input shops, boreholes, and educational and commercial sanitary infrastructures..."
"Water and Sanitation" Component of the PNDES: More Than 2,000 New Forages and 54,400 Family Latrines Planned in Rural Areas: "Access to water and sanitation is a daily struggle for most countries of the world. According to the 2006 report of the World Health Organization (WHO), 1.1 billion people, i.e. 17% of the world's population, do not have access to drinking water and 2.6 billion, i.e. 42% of the world's population, lack access to adequate sanitation. The countries of the South, including Burkina Faso, are the most concerned by this problem. In 2016, at the national level, the rates of access to water and sanitation were 72.4% and 19.8% respectively..."
Crédit : IMPERIUM MEDIA
