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Nigeria / Main manufacturers of photovoltaic panels in Africa
The three main manufacturers of photovoltaic panels in Africa are ART Solar (South Africa Durban factory), Sunprism (Egypt) and Borno (Nigeria)
Lire la suiteEgypt / Solar concentrators
Absolicon will install a solar collector production line for Creative Power Solutions. Start-up expected in 2024.
Lire la suiteEgypt - Railway manufacturing
The National Egyptian Railway Industries Company (NERIC) will begin manufacturing electric locomotives at its East Port Said factory by the end of 2022 (Entreprise – 21/02/2022).
Egypt - Electric buses
The Egyptian Minister of Transport has signed contracts with two of the country’s public companies for the manufacture and procurement of 100 locally produced electric buses (Ecofin – 06/12/2022).
Lire la suiteTogo - Solar panels
A young self-taught entrepreneur (Lallé Nadjagou) manufactures intelligent solar panels, called “Solar Tracker” and “Panel Cleaner”. The panels are made from materials that are allowed to be recycled (Our Voice – 05/12/2022 – Togo).
Lire la suiteNigéria - Port of Lekki
The new port of Lekki has officially opened its quays. It is intended to relieve congestion in the port of Lagos and Tin Can. Located 65 km east of Lagos, the port of Lekki was created from scratch (Ports et Corridors-08/11/22).
Lire la suiteSenegal / Solar kits
The French company Lagazel has set up a new workshop to manufacture solar kits at Thiès (Sénégal).
Lire la suiteAfrica / Investment in renewable energy
Investment in renewable energy in Africa is at an “alarming” level despite the continent’s enormous potential, according to a report by the consulting firm BloombergNEF (Le Monde – 10/11/2022).
Lire la suiteGhana - Project "One District - One Factory" (1D1F)
125 factories have already broken ground under the One District – One Factory (1D1F)
Lire la suiteElectric minibuses - South-Africa
GoMetro, MiX Telematics, HSW, ACDC Dynamics are working to deploy electric minibuses in the Stellenbosch Municipality (Western Cape Province) by January 2023.
Lire la suiteMali-Assembly plant for computers and tablet computers.
Danew Talla Electronics, a joint venture formed by Danew (France) and Talla télécom (Mali), is planning an assembly plant for computers and tablet computers. Production to begin by September 2022.
Lire la suiteAlgeria - Solar panels production
The company Zergoun Green Energy starts up a solar panel production plant, at Ouargla. Production capacity: 180 MW of solar panels/year. A similar installation is under construction by the Algerian company Milltech (100 MW of solar module production capacity).
Lire la suiteMorocco-Port of Tanger Med
In the 2022 edition of the World Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) published by the World Bank, the port of Tangier-Med ranks sixth in the world.
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Egypt - Electric Vehicle
Stellantis will build in Egypt an electric vehicle manufacturing plant.
Lire la suiteNigeria - Electric buses
Partnership between Oando Clean Energy Limited (Ocel) and the Lagos Metropolitan Transport Authority (Lamata) to introduce electric buses in the economic capital. Eventually, the agreement will enable the development of electric mobility in several urban areas such as Kano and Enugu.
Lire la suiteAfrica - Ports
Container Port Performance Index: The port of Tangier-Med ranks sixth in the world.
Lire la suiteEgypt - Electric equipment manufacturing
Egypt: Elsewedy Electric will build a center for electric motors at the request of Chinese manufacturer Wolong Electric, and a medium-voltage coil insulation system to improve the quality of electrical products (Zawya / Elsewedy – 29/04/2022).
Lire la suiteMorocco - Healthcare sector
Partnership agreements were signed linking Banque Populaire to the Moroccan Medical & Biomedical Industries Cluster, and the Banque Populaire with the Moroccan Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry and Innovation.
Lire la suiteNigeria - Solar-powered electric buses
Entrepreneur Mustapha Gajibo will produce solar-powered electric buses starting in June 2022, with unit capacity of 12 seats.
Lire la suiteKenya - Textile
In Kenya, commissioning of a new textile factory by the company MAS Intimates.
Lire la suiteZambia / DRC - Lithium
MoU between Zambia and the DRC to create a joint value chain for the manufacturing of cathode precursor materials for lithium-ion batteries for electric cars.
Lire la suiteAfrica - SME financing
The first “Academy of SME Financing” in Africa has been launched on May 9th, 2022.
Lire la suiteKenya - Waste treatment plant
VR Holding AB (Sweden) is implementing the construction of a solid waste-to-energy plant in Kenya.
Lire la suiteIvory Coast - Port of Abidjan
Container traffic at the Autonomous Port of Abidjan amounted to 787,314 TEUs in 2021, up 3.6%.
Lire la suiteAFSIC - United-Kingdom
“AFSIC 2022 – Invest in Africa” will be held in London on 10 and 11/10/2022
Lire la suiteGhana - Healthcare sector
Atlantic Life Sciences Ltd starts a new production plant: vaccines, anti-snake serums, eye drops, inhalation anesthesia products, syrups, tablets and capsules.
Lire la suiteSub-saharan Africa - Mini grids
The Observatory’s case study entitled “Promoting a third generation mini-grid design/manufacturing industry in Sub-Saharan Africa” is now online (April 2022).
Lire la suiteDemocratic Republic of Congo - Plastic recycling plant
The OK Plast company put into service a plastic recycling plant at Kinshasa. Investment: 15 million euros. This is the second OK Plast plant of this type in Africa after the one in Nigeria. Capacity: 50 tons per day.
Lire la suiteEgypt - Car parts manufacturing
Egypt: Yazaki Europe Ltd (Japan) plans to build a plant producing braided wires and cables for automobiles.
Lire la suiteNigeria - Port of Lekki
The port of Lekki (90 km east of the Tin Can terminal) is more than 81% completed. It will have three container berths, a dry bulk terminal and three liquid bulk berths. Completion of the works is scheduled for September 2022
Lire la suiteSouth-Africa - Metallurgy
New zinc smelter in South-Africa – 300,000 t/y of high-grade zinc (Mining Weekly – 03/21/2022).
Lire la suiteCôte d'Ivoire - Industrial economic Center of San Pedro
The industrial center of San Pedro will be the third in operation after those of Yopougon and Akoupé Zeudji, as part of the PASI-CI agreement.
Lire la suiteWorld Container Index" (Drewry)
The “World Container Index” (Drewry) ocean freight index has begun a decline since mid-October 2021.
Lire la suiteHelicopters - Uganda
Launch of the activities of a maintenance, repair and overhaul factory for military helicopters in Uganda.
Lire la suiteTesla graphite procurement - Mozambique
Tesla is looking to Mozambique to reduce its dependence on China for graphite procurement.
Lire la suiteCar sales in Egypt
New vehicle sales in Egypt have surged to more than 200,000 units per year
Lire la suiteKenya - Electric buses
Opibus, a Swedish and Kenyan-owned green mobility company, is developing environmentally friendly bus models for public transport.
Lire la suiteAfCFTA negotiations
AfCFTA negotiations on rules of origin have already reached agreement on more than 80% of products.
Lire la suiteChinese lending to african countries
Beijing’s lending to low-income and middle-income countries is provided on less generous terms than loans from OECD-DAC
Lire la suiteDegree of Prosperity
Over the period 2011-2021, several African countries have improved their world rank in terms of prosperity
Lire la suiteNigeria - GDP
Nigeria’s GDP stood at USD 432bn in 2020, confirming the country’s position as the largest economy in Africa
Lire la suiteAlstom - Maroc
Astom Maroc is creating a new production line for on-board transformers.
Lire la suiteLagazel - Benin
Benin: the company Lagazel (Saint-Galmier – Loire) inaugurates a workshop for manufacturing solar lamps and kits in Porto Novo (Benin).
Lire la suiteCar manufacturing sector in Ivory Coast
Official inauguration of the local assembly unit of new vehicles of Sotra Industrie (Ivory Coast)
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