Venue: KICC, Nairobi – Kenya
Dates: 27 April – 29 April , 2014
Timing: 10 AM TO 06 PM
Business Visitors Only.
Exhibitors from over 22 countries and visitors from 11 African and 12 other countries have made Autoexpo the most prolific automobile, spares and accessories trade exhibition in Kenya and one of the largest fairs in Africa.
Africa, the market of the millennium has been gaining immense attention from global manufacturers and exporters seeking tie-ups with importers in Africa for automotive products & spares.
Kenyan Women Light Up Villages with Solar Power
Let there be light. And thanks to the efforts of rural women in one of the most remote corners of the Kenyan republic, lights turn on as night falls at the end of a sunny day.
Tucked away in the remote villages of Olando and Got Kaliech in rural Kenya, residents in this poor outpost in south-western Kenya today have light after darkness falls. The light is thanks to Phoebe Jondiko, Joyce Matunga and Phoebe Akinyi, the three solar “women engineers” who have literally switched on the lights in the two villages with a view to lighting up more villages in the remote Gwassi Division in Suba District.
Blessed with year-round sunshine, Kenya is quickly waking up to the realization that it can successfully tap into one of the vast natural resources on the planet – the sun. Solar energy has for a long time remained largely untapped in Kenya due to a combination of factors with the single biggest obstacle being the hugely expensive solar kits.
Dangote Cement Unveils Huge Growth Plans
DANGOTE Cement outlined massive expansion plans that would culminate in the firm becoming the continent's largest supplier of the product in the coming years.
The company, owned by Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote, said to be the richest man in the continent, plans to commission plants in several countries thereby 50 million tonnes per annum (mta).
Lighting Africa: A Spotlight on Development
Hundreds of millions of people across Africa lack affordable, reliable and effective lighting and struggle at homes, work, and schools.
When the sun sets on communities across the continent, darkness forbids even the most basic activities, such as cooking and reading. Development is stunted when students cannot study and businesses must close because of a lack of light.
Kerosene lamps and candles have proved poor solutions to these problems: they are often expensive, can be dangerous, and emit barely enough light to brighten a small room.
To address these issues, IFC and the World Bank Group have created the Lighting Africa initiative to develop commercial markets for safe, clean, and affordable lighting alternatives for the 500 million Africans who currently rely on dangerous, polluting and expensive fuel-based lighting.
Construction is booming
More than 322 mega construction projects, collectively worth more than $222 billion, are currently underway in Africa - 124 of which are in Southern Africa, valued at $83 billion.
This indicates the start of a construction boom on the continent with increased involvement of construction companies from the Brics countries, the second annual Deloitte report on African construction trends shows.
Companies from Europe and the US however still execute 37% of these projects, in many cases capitalising on former colonial ties. Chinese companies have a surprising low market share of 12% of the projects, although these are of higher value.
South African construction companies will find it hard to get a proper slice of the pie, because the competition is fierce and local mega public sector projects are draining their cash.
Savannah Cement appoints first CEO
DANGOTE Cement outlined massive expansion plans that would culminate in the firm becoming the continent's largest supplier of the product in the coming years.
The company, owned by Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote, said to be the richest man in the continent, plans to commission plants in several countries thereby 50 million tonnes per annum (mta).
$40 Million Steel Plant to Be Constructed in Ghana
Three African business giants, Jospong Group, Scaw Metals Group and Guma Group, on Wednesday announced investing US$40 million in the Ghanaian economy.
The investment is tailored at stimulating growth in the local steel industry to produce metals to service companies in the West African region, especially those in the mining sector.
