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Case study #20: "Green Industrialization Leaders in Africa: What added value do they bring?"
New case study published by the Observatory: “Green Industrialization Leaders in Africa: What added value do they bring?”
Lire la suiteRailway equipment / South-Africa
South African rail equipment manufacturers Naledi Ringrollers and Gear Rail complete the list of “Leaders in Green Industrialization in Africa”.
Lire la suiteSolink EA Ltd. / Kenya
Solink EA Ltd. joins the list of the “Directory of Green Industrialization Leaders in Africa”.
Lire la suiteSolar panels / Nigeria
Dutch solar module producer Solarge to produce 1 GW lightweight panels/year in Nigeria. the manufacturing project is scheduled to begin in Q1/2024 for commercial operations to begin in 2025.
Lire la suiteSolar Panels / Nigeria
Auxano has commissioned a new 100 MW solar panel manufacturing unit in Ibeju Lekki (east of Lagos).
Lire la suiteBattery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Consortium / Africa
At COP28, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria and Togo officially expressed their interest in joining the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Consortium.
Lire la suiteSolar-powered water desalination plant / Tunisia
Inauguration of Desaltec-z1 at the Slim oil mill in Zarzis. The new plant desalts well water using the reverse osmosis process, powered by solar thermal energy.
Lire la suiteSolar Water Filter / Kenya
Kenyan start-up INNO-Neat Energy Solutions, founded in 2022, has designed “SafiSolar”, a solar water filter that makes water drinkable. The device is designed for rural areas.
Lire la suiteElectrically assisted bike / Morocco
Rail Transportation Equipment / Egypt
Alstom plans to install two rail equipment manufacturing units (signalling panels, control circuits, electrical braids + various types of mobile units for metro lines, streetcars, light rail, monorail and express trains). Location: Borg al-Arab.
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From 2024, BMW will manufacture the X3 hybrid model at its Rosslyn plant.
Lire la suiteHydrogen sector / Africa
The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center is bringing together stakeholders from Africa’s green hydrogen sector for a discussion on Wednesday, June 21st at 13:30 GMT (3.30pm french time)
Lire la suiteNigeria / 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.
Lire la suiteCameroon - Logistic Platform
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 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 suiteSouth-Africa - Metallurgy
New zinc smelter in South-Africa – 300,000 t/y of high-grade zinc (Mining Weekly – 03/21/2022).
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