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ATR August 2021 Cover_Layout 1 29/07/2021 13:44 Page 1 www.africanreview.com Europe €10, Ghana C1.8, Kenya Ksh200, Nigeria N330, South Africa R25, UK £7, USA $12 BUSINESS MANUFACTURING CONSTRUCTION MINING E-commerce is helping local Uganda to join e-mobiity New set of material specifications How to select cone crushers for the African businesses P18 revolution P20 for road builders P34 best crushing applications P52 AUGUST 2021 African Review of Business and Technology African Review P24 WEST AFRICA’S NEW POWER HUB Natural gas to play a key role in Ghana’s energy mix P33 MINI-EXCAVATORS August 2021 August The latest machines on offer for the African market P35 CONSTRUCTION & MINING BUYERS’ GUIDE 2021 Volume 58 Number 07 Volume P28 www.africanreview.com “Natural gas represents a viable solution to YEARS swiftly and permanently improve the 58 electrification rate in Africa.” SERVING BUSINESS IN Abdou Poulho Sow, Altaaqa Global Energy Services AFRICA SINCE 1964 S01 ATR August 2021 Start_ATR - New Master Template 2016 29/07/2021 14:00 Page 2 S01 ATR August 2021 Start_ATR - New Master Template 2016 29/07/2021 16:58 Page 3 Editor’s Note elcome to the August issue of African Review. Our cover story is about Ghana and how it is Wbecoming a West African power hub in the region thanks to its abundant natural resources and number of exciting developments underway, such as the Bridge liquified petroleum gas power plant in Tema, which is set to be the first of its kind, page 24. The e-mobility revolution has started in Uganda following the state-owned company Kiira Motors deciding to roll out a series of e-buses in a bid to reduce carbon emissions in the town of Jinja, page 20, and e-commerce is rising at a phenomenally successful rate in Nigeria thanks to online platforms, such as Jumia, and is becoming a lifeline for the survival of SMEs during the pandemic, page 18. We have highlights from the recent Powering Africa Summit and an exclusive interview from Abdou Cover picture: The Bridge liquified petroleum gas power Poulho Sow from Altaaqa Global Energy Services on the critical role natural gas is expected to play in the project, currently being built in Tema, Ghana. continent’s economic development in the future, page 26. © Mytilineos In this issue, we have included our special construction and mining buyers’ guide, page 35, and detailed Cover Inset: Abdou Poulho Sow, Altaaqa Global Services © Altaaqa Global Energy Services the latest mini-excavators to enter the market, page 33. Finally, this will be my last issue after more than four years. It has been a privilege editing the best Editor: Samantha Payne business to business magazine on the continent that connects companies with the right products and Email: [email protected] services in the market. I wish you all every success in making a difference to Africa’s development now Deputy Editor: Robert Daniels Email: [email protected] and in the future. Editorial and Design team: Mariam Ahmad, Prashanth AP, Fyna Ashwath Miriam Brtkova, Praveen CP, Manojkumar K, Unique Pattnaik, Rahul Samantha Payne, Editor Puthenveedu, Deblina Roy, Vinita Tiwari and Louise Waters Contributing editor: Martin Clark Publisher: Nick Fordham Sales Manager: Richard Rozelaar Email: [email protected] Contents Magazine Manager: Jane Wellman Tel: +44 207 834 7676 Fax: +44 207 973 0076 Email: [email protected] Business India TANMAY MISHRA 18 Many online platforms like Jumia have been crucial to the Tel: +91 98800 75908 survival of SMEs in Nigeria. In that regard, Paul Olele looks Email: [email protected] at the growth of e-commerce in the country, which is Nigeria BOLA OLOWO expected to rise to US$75bn in value by 2025. Tel: +234 80 34349299 Email: [email protected] UAE MURSHID MUSTAFA Manufacturing Tel: +971 4 448 9260 Fax: +971 4 448 9261 20 Ugandan state-owned Kiira Motors is planning to build Email: [email protected] 5,000 e-buses every year at its new factory in the southern P18 UK RICHARD ROZELAAR town of Jinja. It is hoped it will be a step in the right Tel: +44 20 7834 7676 Fax: +44 20 7973 0076 direction to reducing emission levels. Email: [email protected] USA MICHAEL TOMASHEFSKY Power Tel: +1 203 226 2882 Fax: +1 203 226 7447 Email: [email protected] 24 Ghana is shaping up to be the West African power hub of Head Office: Alain Charles Publishing Ltd, University House, the region thanks to its natural gas developments. 11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place, London SW1W 0EX, United Kingdom Currently it has enough generation capacity to support its Tel: +44 (0)20 7834 7676, Fax: +44 (0)20 7973 0076 economic growth until 2027. Middle East Regional Office: Alain Charles Middle East FZ-LLC, Office L2-112, Loft Office 2, Entrance B, Construction PO Box 502207, Dubai Media City, UAE, Tel: +971 4 448 9260, Fax: +971 4 448 9261 P20 34 Surface mining industry association, ASPASA, has worked Production: Srinidhi Chikkars, Dinesh Dhayalan, Swati Gupta and Nelly Mendes with the Committee of Transport Officials to produce a E-mail: [email protected] new set of standards for different types of materials to be Chairman: Derek Fordham used on roads. Barry Pearce, who heads up ASPASA’s Printed by: Buxton Press technical committee, explains how the new specifications have helped bring the industry together. Printed in: JULY 2021 ISSN: 0954 6782 Mining Paul Lilley, sales director for Terex MPS in Europe, Russia SUBSCRIPTIONS: 52 and Africa, advises how to select the best cone crushers for Rates for one year (11 issues): certain crushing applications. According to him, the goal is Europe €107, Kenya KSh3400, Nigeria N6600, South Africa R460, P34 United Kingdom £77, US$140 to efficiently and economically produce the target To subscribe: visit www.africanreview.com/subscribe products, conforming with the required specifications. For any other enquiry email [email protected] Textiles 58 A report from the Oxford Business Group shows how African sustainable fashion companies are making a difference in reducing their carbon footprint. The textiles and fashion industry is second-largest industrial polluter behind the oil and gas industry. Serving the world of business P58 S02 ATR August 2021 News North._ATR - New Master Template 2016 29/07/2021 13:47 Page 4 NEWS | NORTH Huawei and Mondia Pay enable digital RADISSON AFFIRMS payment options across Algeria and Tunisia MOROCCO EXPANSIONS Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) has signed a In an expansion that is set to add more than partnership with Mondia Pay, integrating Mondia 1,600 rooms to its portfolio, Radisson Hotel Pay’s digital payment services into the HUAWEI Group has confirmed the signing of seven AppGallery. Moroccon hotels, four of which opened in The agreement will provide Ooredoo Algeria and July. Orange Tunisia users with safe and convenient The new signings bring the group’s payment options through Mondia Pay’s services. Moroccan portfolio to ten hotels as part of its Huawei device users are now able to pay for their strategy to reach 15 hotels in operation or monthly subscription-based services, latest games, under development in Morocco by 2025. and favourite applications available on the Huawei Mondia Pay Image Credit: Elie Younes, executive vice president and The payment service has gone live with a number of AppGallery using Direct Carrier Billing services (DCB) mobile operators. CDO EMEA, Radisson Hotel Group, said, “We provided by Mondia Pay. are delighted to announce this portfolio of Mondia Pay aims to provide users in North Africa with secure, convenient, and contactless payment seven new hotels, as it not only accelerates options, and the company’s agreement with Huawei aims to get one step closer to fulfilling this aim. our growing presence in Morocco, but also The company is currently responsible for handling 2.1 billion global transactions every month reaffirms our commitment towards the The integration of Mondia’s payment options into the Huawei operating system is a result of a country and its future.” strategic partnership that was formalised in September 2020 and has since witnessed an increase of Radisson Blu Resort, a beachfront DCB coverage and IAP (In-App Purchase) kit capabilities for global developers. property consisting of 432 rooms, and “We are extremely proud of our continued partnership with Huawei Mobile Services, and to bring Radisson Blu Residences, a new-build 142- Mondia Pay’s fully integrated digital payment technology to serve the Africa region. We remain unit complex, both opened their doors in committed to delivering innovative digitalisation and payments solutions that enable the natural July in Al Hoceima. An additional Radisson progression towards cashless societies throughout the rest of Africa,” said Simon Rahmann, chief Blu Resort in Saïdia Beach, also opened its executive officer of Mondia Pay. 387 rooms for guests in July. Adam Xiao, managing director of Huawei Mobile Services in the Middle East and Africa, Huawei A further resort, Taghazout Bay Surf Consumer Business Group, said, “We are pleased to partner with Mondia Pay to provide Huawei Village, was the group’s final opening of AppGallery users in Algeria and Tunisia with seamless, safe, and secure payment options. This July 2021. partnership further cements our commitment to enable technology around the world and to provide Younes concluded, “Morocco is Africa’s Huawei users in Algeria and Tunisia with convenient access to services by Huawei Mobile Services.” number one tourism destination in terms of The service went live with multiple direct carrier billing services providers, such as Ufone Pakistan, foreign arrivals as a bridge between Europe Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat UAE, with plans already in place to continue the roll-out.