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GENSET BUYERS’ GUIDE P34 elcome to our special construction issue. We hope to see some of you in Munich this month at Wbauma – the world’s most popular event for suppliers of construction machinery and equipment. To see a preview of technologies and products at the show, please turn to page 52. The mining sector continues to drive demand for diesel gensets in Africa, especially in remote

P16 locations and tough working environments. The strongest sales of gensets were in the mid-range between 375-750 kVA in 2018, according to latest research by Powergen-statistics, page 30. A full list of

SEE US AT THE SHOW genset suppliers can be found in our unique guide on pages 34 to 44. YEARS “Independents are leading the way in opening up new frontiers across Africa” 55 SERVING BUSINESS IN NJ Ayuk, founder and CEO of Centurion Law Group AFRICA SINCE 1964 Finally, don’t forget to look at the top SUV and electric models, which were on display at the 89th Geneva Motor Show. The Mitsubishi 2020 ASX and Miserati’s Levante Trofeo are both solid choices for Cover picture: Hitachi’s ZW220 wheel loader © Hitachi people looking to use as everyday vehicles or to show off their adventurous side, pages 20-21. Cover Inset: NJ Ayuk, founder and CEO of Centurion Law Group. © Centurion Law Group

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African Development Bank releases African ENI VENTURES INTO SOLAR Economic Outlook 2019 in seven languages IN TUNISIA AND PAKISTAN The African Development Bank has published In an effort to promote sustainable highlights of its flagship publication African development, Eni has begun the construction Economic Outlook (AEO), in local languages, of two solar projects in Tunisia and Pakistan. ensuring their reach to new stakeholders at the With a presence in Tunisia since 1961, the

local levels. Adobe Stock Image Credit: ADAM photovoltaic project is situated in the Amharic, Pidgin English, Yoruba and Zulu are Tataouine Governorate, with all energy among the most widely spoken languages on the produced being used onsite in order to continent. It follows the successful launch of the reduce gas consumption and avoid around highlights report in Arabic, Hausa and Kiswahili for 6,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions the 2018 edition. each year. The solar plant is expected to be The main objective of the AEO highlights in local completed by the end of this year, in The African Development Bank has released an African languages is to ensure accessibility to the economic outlook report in seven local languages. agreement with the State Company information it contains, promoting inclusiveness, Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières widespread coverage and relevance of the publication within stakeholder communities at the district (ETAP), an active player in the advancement and local levels. of renewable energy projects across the The highlights report follows the main 2019 AEO report in January, which focuses on regional country. Boasting a 5MW peak capacity and integration – one of the Bank’s High 5 priority areas – and explores how it can spur economic built at the Eni-operated ADAM oil prosperity in Africa. To achieve this objective, the report highlights certain actions that need to be concession, the project hopes to create a taken. These include reducing tariffs and non-tariff barriers, increasing labour mobility, integrating cutting-edge hybrid electricity production financial markets and enhancing cooperation for regional public goods. system with battery storage devices in order “The special theme this year is regional integration for Africa’s economic prosperity, not just for to enable efficient integration with the trade and economic cooperation, but for the delivery of regional public goods. Having these highlights existing turbines. in the different languages ties in with that, by promoting greater inclusiveness,” said Celestin Monga, Likewise, the Pakistan photovoltaic project the bank’s chief economist. of Bhit will be built in close proximity to the Following the debut of regional economic outlook reports for the five African regions last year, Eni-operated Bhit gas field and is expected to regional AEOs have been completed for 2019. Each report is a stand-alone document, zooming in on provide around 20 Gigawatts-per-hour each region’s macroeconomic and structural issues as well as regional integration. annually with a peak capacity of 10MW. In Central Africa, the focus is on regional integration and fragility. In East and North Africa, the Output energy will be used onsite to reduce political economy of regional integration is considered. Southern Africa looks at regional integration gas consumption and avoid an estimated and private sector development, while in West Africa, regional integration and structural 140,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions transformation are the focus. in the next decade. Built through Eni’s subsidiary Eni New Energy Pakistan, the project is expected to be completed by AL RAJHI PAIRS WITH TEMENOS FOR A FACE-LIFT October, allowing the shutdown of one of Al Rajhi, Saudi Arabia’s second largest bank, has paired up with banking software company Temenos to the existing turbines in order to cut down on power its digital transformation journey. Through the collaboration, Al Rajhi hopes to enhance its Islamic operational costs. lending and financing capabilities, opting for a complete online revamp with the help of Temenos T24 Eni says these projects are among the first Transact, as well as other digital-oriented solutions. of their kind globally. With high hopes of The signing ceremony, which took place in Riyadh on 26 February, was attended by Waleed Al Mogbel, creating value with the gas saved in the Deputy CEO at Al Rajhi, Colin Jarrett, head of Global Development at Temenos, and Jean-Paul Mergeai, process, the company hopes to strengthen its managing director Middle East & Africa at Temenos. With a network of over 570 branches across Saudi position within its operating countries − Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan and Malaysia, Al Rajhi is the largest Islamic bank in the world, boasting US$97bn in technically and economically − through assets. The bank now will able to provide service to more customers at a faster rate through adopting renewable energy installations to promote Temenos’ software, supporting its growth ambitions while maintaining its traditional Islamic values. sustainable development.

BRIEFS Algeria reaches top 10 list of countries hacked Averda launches waste treatment services in Tangier Four African countries made the list of top 10 After years of operating in Morocco, Averda countries by share of users attacked by has been given a 20-year contract to launch mobile malware in 2018, according to advanced waste treatment services across research by Kaspersky Lab. Nigeria came 3rd Tangier City. During this time, engineers plan with 37.7 per cent, Algeria was 5th (35.06 to develop and install a new waste treatment per cent), Tanzania reached 8th place (31.34 facility; as well as carry out the construction of per cent) then Kenya with 29.7 per cent. “In an organic waste composting centre, a 2018, mobile device users faced what could sanitary landfill, and a gas recovery and have been the fiercest cybercriminal leachate treatment units within the city in Image Credit: Averda Image Credit: Image Credit: Adobe Stock Image Credit: onslaught ever seen,” said Viсtor Chebyshev, order to benefit communities and boost the Four African countries were affected Averda has released preliminary plans for by mobile malware in 2018. security expert at Kaspersky Lab. a waste treatment facility in Tangier. local economy.

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East African manufacturer prepares for IVECO INAUGURATES Industry 4.0 with HANA Database migration SHOWROOM IN NAIROBI A leading manufacturer in East Africa plans IVECO, in partnership with its dealer Global to speed up its operational processes by Motors Centre (GMC) has inaugurated a moving its data to a cloud platform to showroom and service centre in Nairobi. improve product deliveries to customers. The ceremony was hosted by Farooq Sheikh,

Alkane Patel, the chief information Bidco Africa Image Credit: managing director of GMC and by Marco officer at Bidco Africa, which has operated Torta, area manager for East Africa at IVECO. in Tanzania, Madagascar, Uganda and Located on the ICD Road, next to Kenya over the past 30 years, said it was a Mombasa Road, the new IVECO showroom fundamental response to their growing and service centre has been designed to business. provide IVECO customers with the ‘3S’ He said, “With the world on the cusp of approach: sales, service and spare parts. The the Fourth Industrial Revolution, we wanted to Bidco Africa operates across Tanzania, Madagascar, showroom welcomes visitors in a Uganda and Kenya. migrate our data to an in-memory computing comfortable and eye-catching environment. platform that could seamlessly integrate with legacy and non-legacy systems to enable us to make The workshop is staffed with qualified accurate business decisions quickly and at scale. We had started using SAP technologies in 2010 and service technicians and well-stocked with felt it was the right time to make the shift to the SAP HANA Platform.” Bidco Africa, with the support of spare parts to offer efficient support. its implementation partner, Seal Infotech, completed the migration to SAP HANA in two months. Satya Devaki, the associate director at Seal Infotech, said that the implementation team managed to complete the entire landscape migration in record time, including time needed for testing. “We achieved the migration of production systems data and processes in 24 hours after a rigorous testing and Quality Assurance process.” Patel and his team also needed to provide real-time visibility over critical business and operational data, regardless of geographic location. “Whether for our operations in Kenya, Uganda or Madagascar, we needed to stay connected to on-the-ground data and get an accurate view over the total business at

any point in time. SAP HANA has real-time capabilities that will enable us to run our largest reports on- Iveco Image Credit: demand, while our overall data size has been reduced three-fold, greatly reducing backup times. Vitally, we now have complete visibility over the market dynamics impacting our various operations, IVECO and Global Motors Centre have inaugurated a new showroom in Nairobi. and can make informed business decisions based on accurate, real-time information.” Bidco Africa is the leading manufacturer of fast-moving consumer goods in East Africa, with 50 brands GMC was appointed as IVECO’s dealer in across categories including edible oils and fats, hygiene and personal care and food and beverages. Kenya in 2017 and assembles the Eurocargo medium truck and the Trakker heavy tipper version at its assembly plant in Mombasa. TRILLIONS LOST TO GENDER INEQUALITY, SAYS ECA IVECO and GMC plan to start production of the new Stralis X-Way truck designed for “When you have women in positions of leadership, business does better and there’s more innovation, more construction logistics at the Mombasa facility value creation and more profit,” said Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the Economic Commission of later in the year. Africa (ECA). Speaking at the launch of the Global Health 50/50 2019 Report — titled Equality Works — in GMC also sells and provides assistance for Addis Ababa on the eve of the International Women’s Day, she said the world’s economy loses US$160 trn the line-up of IVECO Daily light duty vehicles, in wealth due to gender inequality. offering an extensive product offer ranging She said political empowerment is one of the areas in which the least progress in closing gender gaps has from 3.5 tonnes to 7 tonnes GVW, available been made, adding, “we know that policy and politics are where decisions that affect women are made.” in 4x2 and 4x4 configuration. Songwe pointed out that gender gap in health and survival has reduced by 96 per cent. Meanwhile, in the IVECO and GMC are currently supplying areas of economic participation and education, progress in bridging gender gaps stands at 58 per cent and specialised heavy vehicles to Kenya’s 95 per cent respectively. Government.

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Macron’s climate change rallying cry at eco summit Ethiopian Airlines black boxes probed after crash French President Emmanuel Macron rallied Investigators in France have begun analysing the delegates at the One Planet Summit on 14 flight recorders found at the wreckage of Ethiopian March in Kenya to tackle climate change Airlines flight 961, which claimed 189 lives on together. Macron first launched the summit in board, according to The Guardian. 2017 and attended alongside his host, President A spokesman for France’s bureau of civil aviation Uhuru Kenyatta. “We need to put biodiversity at safety (BEA), said, “First we will try to read the the heart of each of our actions. We make new data,” adding that the first analyses could take commitments and invent a new model together. between half a day and several days. US President Image Credit: Adobe Stock Image Credit: Image Credit: Pierre Metivier/Flickr Pierre Image Credit: President Macron urges summit Thank you for this One Planet Summit in Flight recorders from the ETH961 Donald Trump has grounded all Boeing 737 Max delegates to act against climate change. Africa,” Macron said. “We all must act.” were being investigated. aircraft following the tragedy on 10 March.

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Tool kits for midwives in Zambia wins NEW WATER TREATMENT innovation prize SOLUTIONS IN MBOMBELA A Zambia-based entrepreneur was announced as Veolia Water Technologies South Africa has the winner of Pitch@Palace Africa 3.0, hosted by supplied three potable water treatment The Duke of York at St James’s Palace in London, plants (PWTP), aiming to alleviate last month. Mbombela’s water constraints. Muzalema Mwanza won the most public votes Nishaal Rooplall, project engineer at for her pitch about social enterprise, Safe Veolia Water Technologies South Africa, said Motherhood Alliance. It provides tool kits for that the solutions focus on providing a cost- midwives in Zambia delivering babies in under- effective alternative to in-ground plants. resourced clinics or at home births. “These plants are packaged and movable Each kit includes basic items like a scalpel, by nature and can be transported elsewhere sanitary pads, a hygienic sheet and cotton swabs, if the city’s water requirements change,”

a list often given to prospective mothers to Engineering of Academy Royal Image Credit: Rooplall added. provide themselves when they arrive at hospitals to Pitch@Palace Africa has been providing a platform for Water Techno Packages are designed to entrepreneurs since December 2015. give birth. Inspired by Mwanza’s own experience of supply treated water to isolated communities giving birth to her first child, Safe Motherhood Alliance now produce thousands of kits each month, and in compliance with SANS 241 and WHO selling them through twenty clinics directly to prospective mothers and midwives in an effort to reduce requirements. infections among newborns. First project Chelmis Thiong’o, from Kenya, came second with Sign-IO, a smart-glove that tracks and translates In the first project Veolia installed a sign language movements into speech in real time. The team behind Sign-IO were also selected as packaged PTWP to the Makoko Village, a winners of the public vote, the platform’s People’s Choice Award. Third place was presented to Anne remote village situated 30 minutes from the Rweyora from Uganda with Smart Havens Africa, a social enterprise which aims to end housing poverty city. The PTWP is equipped with clarification through the development of sustainable, eco-friendly affordable housing for women. and sand filter technologies to treat 0.75 The event’s winning entrepreneur will take part in Pitch@Palace Global 4.0 at St James’s Palace on megalitres of potable water per day. 11 December. The event aims to bring together entrepreneurs from all Pitch@Palace events that take Second project place through the year. In the second project, Veolia upgraded the Pitch@Palace Africa is a collaboration between the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for existing 30-year old water treatment plant at Engineering Innovation and Pitch@Palace, an initiative founded by The Duke of York in 2014 as a the Mshadza Village, another remote village platform to accelerate the work of entrepreneurs. The initiative aims to support entrepreneurs by outside the city of Mbombela. providing them with the opportunity to access mentors and advisers, distribution systems and supply In this installation, raw water was diverted chains, connections and investment. from the old plant to Veolia’s packaged PTWP where it used clarification, sand filtration and carbon filtration GE TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE IN technologies to treat one megalitre of potable water per day. SOUTH AFRICA Third project GE Healthcare has launched Versana Premier in South Africa as part of the Versana ultrasound family, Veolia supplied a containerised water which provides solutions for general practice clinics, physical check-up centres, community health clinics treatment plant that is set to treat 58 cu/m and other facilities offering basic medical care. per hour of potable water for the estate. It Part of GE’s new Versana Ultrasound range, affordable care Versana Premier is designed to making features clarification, sand filtration and healthcare accessible to all. It comes with the local product and clinical training to help healthcare carbon filtration technologies. professionals gain comfort and proficiency with the system to enhance patient care. The Mbombela water treatment plants are “As players in South Africa’s healthcare industry, each one of us has a responsibility to lead the way in operated locally and Veolia remained on site improving the quality of healthcare and support the country’s vision in achieving Universal Health Coverage to provide operator and best-practice (UHC) for all,” said Graham Maritz, general manager, GE Healthcare Southern Africa. training for all three installations.

BRIEFS

SA’s solar plant starts operation Namibia to promote bilateral relations with Kenya Engie, a French multinational electric utility company, said commercial operation for the Namibia and Kenya have joined hands to strengthen 100MW Kathu Solar Park in South Africa was their economic ties. achieved on 30 January 2019. As reported in the African Daily Voice, Benjamin The solar park will provide 179,000 homes to Langat, Kenya’s ambassador to Namibia, said that the communities within the John Taolo Gaetsewe countries are improving the bilateral relations through District Municipality, Northern Cape and the continental African free trade agreement, with an

South Africa with clean and reliable energy, United Nations Photo/Flickr Image Credit: aim to boost intra-continental trade. Image Credit: Engie Image Credit: Kathu is the first concentrated solar power saving six million tonnes of CO2 emissions Hage Geingob, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will be visiting (CSP) development for Engie. over the next 20 years. President of Namibia. Namibia to explore further development opportunities.

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Vista Bank partners with Temenos for BANKING SUMMIT FOCUSES growth-focused digital revamp ON DIGITISING SERVICES On a mission to improve customer-centered More than 40 of West Africa’s banking banking in Africa, Vista Bank has selected industry leaders are headed to Lagos, Nigeria Temenos Infinity and Temenos T24 as its software to attend the Future Banking Tech West company, supporting the challenger bank as it Africa Summit on 23-24 April. undergoes a digital transformation. With automated banking systems, tailored With the help of Temenos Infinity, a digital credit facilities and crypto-currencies on the front office; and T24 Transact, a core banking rise, stakeholders are scratching their heads product, Vista Bank is upgrading its IT systems in over how best to achieve financial inclusion.

order to meet the needs of retail and commercial Adobe Stock Image Credit: Therefore the Future Banking Tech West customers. Alongside this software, the bank has Vista Bank hopes to become the financial institution of Africa Summit, which is the first of its kind, choice through innovative banking. also selected the advanced analytics and reporting, focuses on innovation in regulation and risk and compliance modules as well as the Temenos Payments Hub product. improving credit facilities in an effort to Established in 2015, VistaBank’s digital approach to banking caters to members of the public and increase financial inclusion across central SMEs to put customers at the steering wheel of their own financial journey. Through adopting Thermos’ banks in the region by next year. Taking into regional model bank approach, Vista Bank will be able to cater for regulatory requirements during its account the experiences of other banks in expansion, focusing primarily on local functionality and best practices. Clients will also be able to take similar regions, the summit, which will be advantage of digital channels when conducting banking transactions in order to streamline service attended by ministries of finance, banks and provision and meet customer expectations. telecommunications, FinTech and With 43 networks across Sierra Leone, Guinea and The Gambia, the bank will be able to introduce e-commerce operators in West African products and services quickly and support its plans to expand into the West African Monetary Union countries, will feature a range of showcases and the Central African market, with plans to gain a presence in 15 countries by 2025. Vista Bank will and panel discussions to give industry be able to take advantage of Temenos’ commitment to invest 20 per cent of revenues into research and leaders further insight into how best to development every year − the highest in the industry. achieve growth. “As a challenger bank we are investing in our technology to ensure that we provide cutting edge The Central Bank of West African States products and services to our customers,” said Simon Tiemtore, group chairman at Vista Bank. “I am (BCEAO) members include Mali, Senegal, Côte delighted that, through our partnership with Temenos which leverages their 25 years of industry d’Ivoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, expertise, we now have a more sophisticated, innovative, cloud-native banking platform. Niger and Togo. “This will help us realise our vision of building a truly pan-African financial institution group that A 2018 survey by McKinsey’s found that will add value to the African economy and promote financial inclusion. Temenos is our trusted almost 40 per cent of all African banking strategic technology partner and our customers will reap the rewards of its innovative API-first, cloud- customers preferred digital channels for native and cloud agnostic software.” transactions – a statistic amplified by Africa’s status as the second leading banking CONTINENTAL TRADE AGREEMENT UNDERWAY market in terms of growth and profitability. Stanley Jacob, chairman of the eBusiness Experts from the Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) and African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) met in Industry Heads committee in Nigeria and Libreville, Gabon in order to review guidelines for the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). head of consumer distribution for The meeting saw specialists review current production and trade, competitive issues faced by businesses Ecobank Nigeria, said, “Technology in and strategic actions to boost priority sectors to produce guidelines suitable to support 30 countries banking and payments has evolved expected to implement the trade agreement. significantly and Nigeria as a major actor has ATPC believes the agreement has the potential to lower tariff revenue in the short-term, but states issues become the critical factor to be considered such as climate change and new technologies need to be taken into consideration moving forward. in setting the pace in creating digital ideas, David Luke, coordinator of the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) said, “Country strategies will not be innovation and the application of enterprise developed from scratch. African countries have in place a number of well-grounded knowledge products payment systems to transform businesses and frameworks, national development plans, trade and export policies that will inform the AfCFTA strategies.” and lifestyle.”

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Dangote: Africa’s richest man BBOXX customers in Togo receive subsidy for With a net worth of US$17bn, Nigerian solar energy businessman Aliko Dangote has been labelled the BBOXX customers in Togo are set to receive a richest man in Africa, according to the Bloomberg monthly subsidy of 2,000 FCFA (US$4) to spend on Wealth Index. Dangote is one in six Africans solar energy, marking the government’s first subsidy ranking in the world’s 500 richest people, with for solar energy payments in Africa. Determined to most billionaires from the continent gaining their install 300,000 solar homes by 2022 to largely urban wealth by coming into possession of oil blocks. areas, the subsidy is encouraging people to opt for Roughly half of Nigeria’s 190.9 million population clean solar energy instead of kerosene, in keeping Image Credit: Adobe Stock Image Credit: Image Credit: Dangoote Group Dangoote Image Credit: Dangote owns a cement live on less than US$1.90 a day, making Dangote’s BBOXX has been operating in with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal of production plant in Kogi State. considerable fortune all the more startling. Togo since December 2017. affordable, reliable energy for all.

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POWER-GEN AFRICA/DISTRIBUTECH APRIL Cape Town, South Africa JULY 8 - 14 www.powergenafrica.com 9 - 11 BAUMA 23 - 25 IFAT AFRICA Munich, Germany Johannesburg, South Africa BUILDEXPO RWANDA www.bauma.de www.ifat-africa.com Kigali, Rwanda 16 - 17 expogr.com/rwanda/buildexpo/

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NEWS | BULLETIN

JUMIA TO BE FIRST AFRICAN START-UP JOINING ISLAMIC BANKING SET TO GROW IN AFRICA

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

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Moody’s has predicted a 10 per cent rise in Islamic banking assets in the next five years.

Islamic banking assets are set to increase 10 per cent over the next five years in total African banking assets, according to Moody’s Investors Service. Sudan and Djibouti so far exhibit meaningful levels of Islamic banking assets as a proportion of total banking assets, at 100 per cent and 20 per cent respectively. There are more than 80 Islamic financial institutions in Africa, many of which have been licensed in the last five years. The greatest Jumia claims to be Africa’s only e-commerce business. numbers are in northern Africa, especially Sudan. Nigeria, Senegal and Kenya have implemented banking, legal and regulatory frameworks to spur Jumia, Africa’s largest e-commerce company, has been listed on the New growth in their Islamic banking sectors. York Stock Exchange. Nigeria’s only Islamic bank, Jaiz Bank, has grown its assets by 519 per The IPO is reportedly a landmark move for e-commerce and tech cent over the last five years, expanding its branch network from just three companies on the continent. branches in 2013 to 33 and serving 230,000 customers across the country. The company is valued at US$1bn and cites itself as “the only e-commerce According to Moody’s, Africa’s large Muslim population, which is business successfully operating across multiple regions in Africa.” predominantly unbanked or underserved, are expected to provide a solid However, last year Jumia’s losses of US$195.2 mn outweighted its foundation in which Islamic banking assets can grow rapidly. revenue of US$149.6mn. In addition to Islamic financial institutions, a number of well-established conventional banks across Africa have set up Islamic departments in which they provide Shari’ah-compliant products. These include Absa Bank of South Africa, Ecobank Chad and Sterling Bank Plc of Nigeria. DP WORLD INTRODUCES MOBILE HARBOUR CRANES AT BERBERA PORT

The Port of Berbera is the official seaport of Somaliland’s capital.

Image Credit: DPImage World Credit: DP World, one of the leading global port operators, has commissioned first mobile harbour cranes (MHCs) at the Port of Berbera, Somaliland. The port will provide shoreside crane support, which will be improving vessel operations. The US$12mn investment on the three new cranes is expected to double productivity at the port, reducing vessel turn-around time, stabilising operations during monsoon season and providing secure conditions at the port. Suhail Al Banna, CEO and managing director of DP World Middle East and Africa, said, “The three mobile harbour cranes being commissioned are strategically important for the development of the Port of Berbera. They will enable more ships to be served at and increase the flow of trade to both the country and the region.” “As construction work for the expansion of the port progresses, we are witnessing a transformation in the capacity of this major infrastructure asset, benefitting people here and across the Horn of Africa,” Al Banna added. With this investment, DP World aims to provide an alternative gateway to international markets that is beneficial to Somaliland people. In the port, DP World introduced container handling equipment, vehicles and systems.

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EVENTS | NEWS

Securex West Africa set to be biggest edition yet in Lagos

Businesses will be able to find out how to protect their assets at the next edition of Securex West Africa 2019 – the region’s largest exhibition for security, fire and safety. Adobe Stock Image Credit: Taking place at the Landmark Centre on Victoria Island in Lagos, on 16-17 April, the eighth show is set to be the biggest edition to date with over 3,000 attendees and more than 80 of the industry’s leading brands expected. Among the exhibitors that will be attending this year, include Afrisec, Aluroll, Chiguard Services Nigeria, Net Global System, Kontz Engineering, Mitobi Integrated

Services and Gil Automations. Securex West Africa 2019 is set to be the show’s biggest edition to date. Sheldon Blom of Stafix Electric Fence and Security Centres, which 2019 will also see the return of methods of cyber protection from say will be a good opportunity for was one of the exhibitors last the West African Cyber Security growing threats posed by the business owners to explore year, said, “Securex is a great Summit (WACSS), a full-day Internet of Things. crossover interests in fire and opportunity to showcase your conference for up to 300 cyber Additionally Firexpo will be safety measurements. brand and company, to interact security professionals in the running alongside Securex West with various people from all region, which will focus on Africa as a dedicated fire and For more information visit aspects of security, globally.” analysing the most effective safety pavilion, which organisers www.securexwestafrica.com

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PROFILE | REPORT

An artist’s impression of the Coral South FLNG vessel, the world’s fourth-largest FLNG project. Image Credit: Image Credit: Eni

Top trends shaping the energy sector in 2019

NJ Ayuk, founder and CEO of Centurion Law Group, once listed in Forbes Magazine as one of the top 10 most influential men in Africa, shares the trends and developments to watch out for in the oil and gas industry this year.

fter a year of rebound and oilfield project, where Savannah With both countries struggling to newest and arguably one of the recovery, Africa’s old and new Petroleum’s US$5m early production implement their new Hydrocarbons upcoming entrants – Ghana – Ahydrocarbons markets have scheme is set to start anytime soon; Codes, the success of these rounds holding its 1st formal licensing an opportunity to further entrench and the opening up of Kenya’s South will tell if investors have been round set to close in May which has the continent’s position as the Lokichar Basin by Tullow Oil, where convinced by policy reforms reportedly got the attention of 16 oil world’s hottest oil and gas frontier FID is also expected before year end developed over the past two years. companies, including majors in 2019. However, the new year also amid rising tensions with the Two bigger African producers and ExxonMobil, BP, Total and ENI. As a brings a new set of dynamics and Turkana local community. also OPEC members, Nigeria and hopeful new East African offshore challenges set to influence the Angola, will launch landmark and frontier, Madagascar is also putting future of the industry, from A year to confirm Africa as a out-of-the-ordinary bidding rounds 44 concessions on offer until May, presidential elections to global exploration hotspot this year. Nigeria will auction its gas none of which has ever been megaprojects developments, amid Ongoing bidding rounds in major flare sites under the Nigerian Gas tendered or explored before. intensifying international existing and new African Flare Commercialisation competition. hydrocarbons markets will tell if Programme, and Angola will hold its Africa’s struggling FLNG Africa further confirms its position Marginal Fields Bidding Round, industry New frontiers opening up as the world’s new exploration result of a new May 2018 policy After the start of commercial Independents are leading the way in hotspot and manages to attract enacted by President Lourenço, and operations at Golar LNG’s Hilli exploring and opening up new necessary investment in its oil and to be launched at the Africa Oil and Episeyo FLNG vessel in Cameroon in frontiers across Africa. This year will gas acreages. Power conference in Luanda in June 2018, hopes were high that be critical for the advancement of Among well-established African June. With the Nigerian Petroleum Equatorial Guinea would soon move new exploration and production producers, OPEC members Gabon Industry Bill yet to be signed and forward with its own Fortuna FLNG development projects from West to and Congo-Brazzaville each have the ink still fresh on Angola’s new project, set to be Africa’s first deep- East Africa. Developments to watch ongoing bidding rounds. Gabon’s policy regime, both rounds will also water FLNG development. While notably include Senegal’s SNE field 12th shallow and deep-water be critical in assessing investors’ Fortuna was to be game changing development, Woodside Petroleum licensing round is set to close this interest for both countries’ business for the gas industry of Equatorial has finalised the FEED contract for month and Congo-Brazzaville’s environments. Guinea and the rest of the the first phase; Niger’s Amdigh License round phase II in June. Also attracting interest is the continent, the development of the

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REPORT | PROFILE

US$2bn project has stalled due to a energy projects set to transform the African nation on the global LNG lack of financing. And the clock has future of the industry. map. Following the launch of the been ticking since. The lack of On the upstream side, the recent Coral South FLNG project by ENI in progress on this plan has been so inter-governmental cooperation June 2017, a FID is expected in for slow that operator Ophir Energy has agreement between Senegal and the Anardarko-led Mozambique LNG been denied the extension of its Mauritania, and BP’s FID on its project, an onshore LNG license to operate block R, which Group Centurion Law Image Credit: cross-border Greater Tortue development initially consisting of contains the giant Fortuna gas Ahmeyim development, bodes well two LNG trains totaling 12.88MTPA discovery. While Equatorial Guinea’s for the future of West Africa’s to export the gas extracted from the FLNG aspirations look more hydrocarbons industry. The project offshore Area 1, estimated to uncertain than ever, 2019 will tell if aims at extracting the 15Tcf of gas contain a whooping 75Tcf. the country can find the right NJ Ayuk, founder and CEO of estimated to be held in the Tortue Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest partners to put the project back on Centurion Law Group. gas field, at a depth of 2,850m. petroleum producer, Nigeria, is also Africa’s FLNG map. facility. It became the third African However, the ability of both Senegal moving forward with massive oil Meanwhile, new entrants in FLNG project to reach FID after and Mauritania to work out their development projects in 2019. Last Africa’s hydrocarbons stage are Cameroon’s 2.4MTPA Hilli Episeyo differences to ensure a more year already saw the launch of making remarkable advances and Mozambique’s 3.4MTPA Coral sustainable development of their Total’s $3.3bn Egina FPSO in Nigeria, towards the development of their South FLNG. offshore reserves and facilities where production officially started own FLNG industry. On December around the MSGBC Basin is a factor in the first days this year and is set 21st last year, BP finally announced Mega projects on the move to watch out for. to peak at 200,000 bopd. FID is now its FID for phase 1 of the cross- Africa’s comeback on the global oil African mega gas projects are not expected on Shell’s Bonga Southwest border Greater Tortue Ahmeyim and gas map is not only due to the the sole property of the continent’s offshore field in Nigeria early this development between Senegal and vast natural resources found in its West coast, with Mozambique year, a multibillion-dollar Mauritania, which involves the soil and waters, but also to the moving forward with two landmark development whose production is installation of a 2.5MTPA FLNG continent being home to mega projects putting the southern expected to reach 180,000 bopd. ■

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COMMERCIAL FEATURE

Remittances in Africa: A quiet revolution, from household to handset

s a young boy in Benin, as a student in Paris, as a professional in New York, and as Aan entrepreneur in South Africa, I have been on every side of the remittances experience. Like millions of Africans on the continent and in the diaspora, I know well the frustrations and urgency of sending and receiving funds from abroad. The frantic phone calls to check if the money had been received. The days-long wait for bank transfers. The agonising and expensive trip from the village to the city, followed by endless queues at the pick-up counter. Today, as the founder and CEO of MFS Africa, I am proud to be Mobile payments are revolutionising remittances. part of a revolution in remittances. MFS Image Credit: Africa Remittances are a big business, with big impacts and big hurdles: remittances to sub- sent to these countries (37 per cent). That is why it time, accessible, and secure transfers to and from Saharan Africa will reach US$47bn in 2019, is critical that we reduce remittance costs for mobile wallets. Partners who are connected to according to the World Bank. Families rely on Africans – whether at home on the continent or in the hub can enable their customers to send and remittances to support education, household the global diaspora. Our mission at MFS Africa is receive money from any other connected partner, expenses, healthcare, and other needs that to connect every African consumer to the global trusting that all connected networks are improve lives and drive economic development. digital economy, starting with the ability to make compliant, licensed, and vetted. But sub-Saharan Africa remains the most simple cross-border payments. MFS Africa is driving a revolution in digital expensive place to send money, where the Mobile payments are revolutionising payments that extends beyond remittances. MFS average cost is 9.4 per cent, over 32 per cent remittances, and remittances are revolutionising Africa is reducing remittance costs by higher than the global average. mobile payments. Most readers will be familiar connecting mobile money systems to each other with mobile money, the bankless mobile payment and to money transfer companies globally, innovation that was developed and perfected in through a single API. And by offering a “one stop MFS Africa is driving a Africa. Mobile money makes remittances easier, shop” to reach mobile wallets across Africa, MFS cheaper, more transparent, more secure, and Africa enables possibilities in digital financial revolution in digital more accessible than traditional money transfer services beyond money transfer. From e- services. Instead of travelling to and queuing at commerce to microfinance, disbursements to payments that extends banks or counter services, recipients can receive crowdfunding, interoperability is the key to the funds directly onto their mobile phones. attaining scale. Our hub model makes beyond remittances ” While counter services deliver the full amount in interoperability a reality, connecting more than cash, mobile money allows the recipient control 180 million mobile wallets and tens of millions of MFS AFRICA and discretion – using a private PIN, they can bank accounts across the continent. decide how much to withdraw and how much to Today, when I send money back to my mother Sending money within Africa is even more keep in the wallet for later use. Receiving funds in Benin, it is as simple as a few taps on a expensive – up to 20 per cent in some corridors. onto the mobile wallet also means the beneficiary mobile phone. She is then able to use that That is right – the poorest countries are paying can immediately make payments and transfers money to pay for services locally on mobile the highest prices to send money. And they are within the mobile money ecosystem. money, and she can even send money to cousins sending quite a lot. We tend to think of But it can be complex and costly for money in Senegal, or to friends in Côte d’Ivoire. I am remittances in terms of flows from the “north” – transfer companies to connect to each of the proud to be part of the technological revolution the developed countries where migrants go in dozens of mobile money networks across the in payments in Africa that solves real problems pursuit of opportunities for work and education – continent. High fragmentation of networks and that I know from personal experience. I am also to the “south” – the former colonies that largely platforms make it expensive and daunting for proud that our solution to the remittance “export” labour to the global north. In reality, money transfer companies to enter this space. challenge has become a springboard for further there is nearly as much money sent among MFS Africa simplifies this by connecting mobile revolutions in Africa’s digital economy. ■ developing countries (34 per cent of global wallet, banking, and other payment systems remittance stocks, per the World Bank) as there is across the continent to one API – enabling real- by Dare Okoudjou, founder and CEO of MFS Africa

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GENEVA MOTOR SHOW | REPORT

Luxury cars from the Geneva Motor Show 2019 The finest quality cars were showcased at the 89th Geneva Motor Show on 7-17 March. Here is an overview of the latest brands in the executive market.

MASERATI - LEVANTE TROFEO The Levante Trofeo is equipped with one of the most powerful engines ever fitted in a Maserati road car: • A 3.8-litre Twin Turbo V8, calibrated to mate perfectly with the Q4 Intelligent All-Wheel Drive system, providing it with a new crankcase design, specific crankshaft assembly, new oil pump and auxiliary belt and a different wiring layout. • In terms of 0-100km/h acceleration, it stops the chronometer at 4.1 seconds, while the maximum speed is close to 300 km/h. • It is fitted with the eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox • The car will be initially available in Morocco and Egypt, followed by South Africa at a later date. Image Credit: Maserati Maserati Image Credit:

‘IMAGINE BY KIA’ It is Kia’s first fully electric four-door passenger car: • The layout of the powertrain created a chassis architecture that is distinctly different to that of a vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine. It’s a layout that has been exploited to maximise cabin space and create an airy and spacious interior. • Twenty-one individual ultra high-resolution screens curve their synchronised way across the top of the dashboard in a layout. • The doors – rear-hinged at the back for greater access – are swathed in a metallic fabric and leather, visually splitting the cabin into two distinct upper and lower levels. • It boasts two capacious loadbays: a ‘frunk’ front trunk and a traditional rear storage area accessed through the glass hatch. • The wheels are shod with bespoke Goodyear 255/35 R22 Intelligrip

EV concept tyres. Kia Image Credit:

MERCEDES-BENZ CLA SHOOTING BRAKE Attractive, intelligent – and, at the same time, practical: The Mercedes-Benz CLA will be available in a shooting brake body type from September. Features: • At 871 millimetres, the boot opening is wider than in the previous model (635mm). • The tailgate can be opened contactlessly with easy-pack and hands-free access. • An Adaptive Damping System is available on request. • A range of diesel and petrol engines with manual or dual clutch transmission, front-wheel or all-wheel drive 4MATIC are available. Image Credit: Mercedes-Benz Image Credit:

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REPORT | GENEVA MOTOR SHOW Image Credit: Jeep Image Credit: Image Credit: Mitsubishi Image Credit:

MITSUBISHI 2020 ASX The Mitsubishi ASX is a compact SUV designed for the city, offering wide-ranging versatility, making it a solid choice from everyday use to JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE S-LIMITED exciting adventures: Grand Cherokee S-Limited will offer all the presence of Jeep’s legendary • ASX is powered by a 2.0L MIVEC 16-valve engine equipped with a five- muscular sports styling, without the thirsty petrol engines seen in the speed manual transmission or the INVECS-III CVT with six-speed 6.4-litre V8-powered Grand Cherokee SRTsystem: Sports Mode. Two and four-wheel-drive versions are available. • Powered by Jeep’s proven 237bhp, 2987cc V6 CRD diesel engine with • It features a RISE impact safety body and a Forward Collision new-generation, 1,800-bar injectors and MultiJet II technology Mitigation (FCM) braking system. developed by Fiat Powertrain. • The new styling makes the bonnet deeper, adding to the presence • Interior of the new S-Limited features a leather-wrapped heated projected by the front end steering wheel and ventilated sports-styled Nappa leather seats. • It uses LED rear combination lamps (except indicators) in a sharp- • Bright, racing-style pedal pads add to the sporty, performance- looking design that stretches across the width of the car and oriented look inside the cabin. accentuates the wide stance. • It went on sale in March.

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NEWS | BUSINESS

Absa Group reports increase in 2018 earnings Absa Group, one of Africa’s largest financial services providers, reported an increase in revenue and earnings for 2018, a year of almost unprecedented corporate activity as the group repositioned itself as an independent bank after splitting from Barclays. Normalised headline earnings increased four per cent to R16.1 billion compared with 2017 and revenue increased four per cent to R75.7 billion. Shareholders will receive a final dividend of R11.10 per share, a four per Absa Group Image Credit: cent increase from the final 2017 dividend. “Despite a challenging backdrop, we are particularly pleased with our improved momentum as we embark on our new growth strategy. This was evident in our gross loans to customers which increased by 13 per cent,” said Jason Quinn, Absa Group financial director. In its largest business, retail in South Africa, lending momentum outpaced the market showing good new business growth across home loans, vehicle and asset finance and personal loans. Absa also gained market share in deposits which grew by 11 per cent with strong growth in fixed and notice deposits. “Last year was a year of almost unprecedented activity for Absa Group as the business was re-set as an independent bank after Barclays reduced its shareholding to a minority stake in 2017,” said René van Wyk, CEO of Absa Group. René van Wyk, CEO of Absa Group, said 2018 was a year of “almost unprecedented In July 2018, the group started trading as Absa Group and launched the activity” for the company. new brand in South Africa. Since then, the company has introduced Chatbanking on WhatsApp, enabling customers to conduct basic banking; a business has been re-set,” said Van Wyk. “The strong leadership team and mobile banking saving app called Timiza, which was kickstarted in Kenya; structure that was put in place over the past year can now deepen the and the group was first in South Africa to launch Samsung Pay. efforts within their business units to deliver against our ambitious “With major changes bedded down in 2018, the framework for the growth strategy.”

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NEWS | POWER

JUMEME implements first phase of Lake PERKINS APPOINTS SECO Victoria hybrid solar mini-grid project POWER AS DISTRIBUTOR IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA RP Global, a majority shareholder of JUMEME Rural Power Supply, has announced that Perkins Engines Company has appointed Seco construction of the first phase of its solar-hybrid Power an authorised Perkins distributor for mini-grid project in Tanzania is in progress. In 21 countries in West and Central Africa. Seco

this first scaling phase, 11 new mini-grids are Jumeme Image Credit: Power, which is part of the Secodi group, will being constructed to bring 24/7 electricity supply provide sales, parts and service support to to 80,000 people. Built on a cluster of islands in Perkins customers. Lake Victoria, these solar-hybrid mini-grids, A regional headquarters in Mauritius will equipped with battery storage technology, will be complemented by regional offices first in electrify 20 villages. The EU provided the co- the Côte d'Ivoire, then in Senegal and JUMEME aims to build up to 11 more mini-grids to financing for the project through the ACP-EU electrify 23 additional villages. Cameroon. In addition, Seco Power will serve Energy Facility. Commissioning is due in June. customers and second level dealers from In the second scaling phase of the project, JUMEME aims to build up to 11 more mini-grids to facilities in multiple places throughout the electrify 23 additional villages, bringing energy services to more than 160,000 people. service area. Leo Schiefermüller, director of RP Global Africa, commented on the development conditions in the Seco Power has distribution country, “Besides the existing legal framework and the favourable solar resources, our decision to responsibilities for the following countries: invest in Tanzania is a direct consequence of the low electrification rate in the country. Solar hybrid Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda, Benin, Democratic mini-grids are the least-cost electrification option, especially in rural areas, and the pay-as-you-go Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso, Niger, business model of JUMEME makes electricity consumption for the customer affordable.” Togo Guinea-Bissau, Senegal Chad, Morocco, JUMEME’s first mini-grid system, which has been in operation since 2016, confirms the great Mauritania, Cameroon, Gambia, Gabon, potential for increased rural economic growth when clean energy starts powering people’s lives and Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Mali, Liberia, business ventures. This is especially true for women, who are provided with new means to gain Central African Republic, and Congo. economic independence by founding electricity-reliant businesses. Access to electricity will also enable Owned by the Fetis family, Secodi was the installation of irrigation systems and water pumps, thereby reducing the impact of droughts. established in 1978, and over the years has “Many of the remote communities in Tanzania are still without access to electricity. So far, our expanded its offering to become the regions of operation show some of the lowest rural electrifications rates in Tanzania, ranging between appointed Perkins distributor in France, 3 per cent to five per cent. The population is dispersed across distant villages and small towns making Finland, Estonia and Spain, as well as in it hard to connect them through the grid. By 2023, JUMEME could supply high quality and reliable Turkey through Power TK. electricity to one million Tanzanians, making this company the largest mini-grid operator in sub- “I’m excited to be working with Seco Power Saharan Africa, if the political and regulatory situation improves for investors,” concluded across these major countries in West and Schiefermüller. Central Africa,” said Jaz Gill, vice president of global sales, marketing, service and parts at Perkins. “I’m confident Seco Power, which GERMANY-AFRICA DEALS MADE AT ENERGY FORUM can leverage the experience of the Secodi The 13th German-African Energy Forum set the stage for German and Africa businesses to expand their distribution group, will deliver a consisent economic ties, do deals, create jobs and combat energy poverty. The forum was in Hamburg from March 27 and quality service for our customers.” to 28 and organised by the Afrika-Verein der deutschen Wirtschaft. Yannick Billy, CEO of Secodi said, “We’re African governments and companies networked and discussed deals with leading German and European pleased to have been appointed to manage companies and investors such as ABB, Siemens, Allianz, Voith, Lucas Nülle, Inzag and Gauf Engineering. Perkins distribution activities across West Under the theme “Realising & Financing Africa’s Energy Revolution”, the forum highlighted areas for and Central Africa. This is a natural growth investment opportunities and energy cooperation including smart energy systems and renewable energies. path for Secodi as we’ve been supporting our “African countries must continue creating an enabling environment for German investors. It is critical for French and Turkish customers in Africa. job creation. Germany is a major partner for Africa, and German technology and know-how will be key in Product support and a local presence, have addressing Africa’s energy challenges,” said NJ Ayuk, executive chairman at the African Energy Chamber. been our drivers to meet customers’ needs.”

BRIEFS

Azuri and FirstBank partner to bring solar to millions US$5mn support for Malawi

Azuri Technologies, a leader in pay-as-you-go solar USAID in support of the US government-led technology in Africa, and FirstBank of Nigeria ‘Power Africa’ initiative, launched a “Solar Home Limited announced a partnership that will help System Kick-Starter Programme for Malawi” to deepen financial inclusion in Nigeria while bringing expand energy access in the country. Power Africa affordable, reliable and clean power to millions of will commit US$5mn of support to the programme, Nigerians. Azuri’s solar home TV product will be with US$1.5mn going towards results-based

Image Credit: Azuri Technologies Image Credit: co-branded and co-marketed by FirstBank and grants for SHS companies. Starting in early 2019, Simon Bransfield-Garth CEO of Azuri. Pay-as-you-go customers will be able to pay Adobe Stock Image Credit: the programme will offer support to applicants: Azuri (left) and on the right is Tunde Power Africa has committed Owolabi, Group Executive, Retail for their solar via FirstBank’s Firstmonie agent US$5mn to the solar home system results-based grant finance, operational support Banking Group (Lagos and West). network and mobile payment solution. programme in Malawi. and access to working capital financiers.

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POWER | REPORT

Moving into hybrid solutions Altaaqa Global Energy Services has joined forces with Greencells Group to provide cost-effective, reliable and sustainable hybrid power for mines. African Review caught up with Steven Murdock, sales director, Global Mining and Nalen Alwar, business development director, sub-Saharan Africa to talk about this partnership that will allow the company to offer mine operations a technology that provides optimal efficiency and significant operational savings.

Tell us about your new we have expanded our product partnership with Greencells offering from high-speed to Group – what does this mean for medium-speed engines, gas turbines Altaaqa Global Energy Services? and now in cooperation with Steven Murdock: Our partnership Greencells, we can provide thermal with our sister company Greencells and solar hybrid systems. Group puts us at the front of the queue in providing hybrid solutions. What makes Altaaqa Global Traditionally, we used to offer Energy Services unique? power plants running on diesel, HFO SM: We can go anywhere on the or gas, but the market preference planet within reason. We are part of

has progressively moved towards Services Altaaqa Global Energy Image Credit: the Zahid Group, a global green technologies. In order to serve Nalen Alwar, business development Steven Murdock, sales director, conglomerate and a trusted partner the market’s evolving power director, sub-Saharan Africa. global mining. of internationally renowned brands, requirements, the Zahid Group objectives are also having an hybrid solutions make sense and therefore have strong financial decided to acquire a 50 per cent influential effect on what towards reduction of input costs in support. The group has more than a stake in Greencells, which is a technologies need to be in the order to be competitive in the global century of history in the energy and leading global solar PV and EPC marketplace. Hybrid solutions arena. interrelated business segments that solutions provider. enable end-users to operate within SM: Global mining houses are about include mining and oil and gas. We both cost and environmental efficiency, cost-control and expense belong to the Zahid Energy Group, How do these hybrid solutions constraints. Incorporating cleaner reduction. Where we are able to which also includes Greencells; work? sources of energy are key towards assist them in reducing costs, in Altaaqa Alternative Solutions KSA, SM: These hybrid solutions enable achieving triple bottom line turn, makes them an efficient Saudi Arabia’s leading provider of fossil fuel generators to operate at objectives of profit maximisation producer of whatever mineral it is total utility solutions, and lower loads, thereby significantly and operating responsibly for that they are mining. Operations and Maintenance reducing the costs related to fuel sustainability of both the Alternative Solutions (OMAS), which usage, operation and maintenance. environment and people within and How do hybrid power plants fit in specialises in the design, They generate solar power but once outside of the mining operations. with the rest of the company's installation, operation and the capacity drops or becomes energy services? maintenance of mechanical and intermittent, the generators power Why are hybrid solutions SM: It complements it. We are electrical systems. While we are all on to take up the load. important for mines and utilities moving from being a temporary experts in our fields, we can come to consider to reduce their power provider of gas and diesel together and use our expertise in What's driving this change operating costs? generators to now offering power creating hybrid solutions. towards these technological NA: Hybrid solutions can reduce plants on a short-, medium- and solutions? tariffs so that companies can long-term through a variety of Would you like to add SM: I don’t think it's a surprise to become competitive, which fits in financial and contractual anything else? anybody that the world, not just the with our goal of trying to deliver the arrangements, such as the Build- We are not just technology partners, mining sector, is looking towards lowest total cost of energy for Operate-Own-Transfer (BOOT) we have physical assets with power renewable solutions to help the customers. The customer can reduce model. On the technological side, plants located across the world. ■ environment. Turning to hybrid their cost structure to be able to solutions allows mines to improve operate regionally and globally, Greencells Group develops utility-scale solar projects globally. The company their environmental footprint. This especially in the mining builds more than 1.3 GW of capacity in more than 100 individual projects in 25 move towards renewable technology environment where companies are countries. It has built a substantial presence expanding into the US, Asia Pacific is market-driven; if you don’t go faced with stiff global competition. and the Middle East including the supply of the mounting system and where the market goes you will soon Without a hybrid solution you are construction services for the world’s largest solar power plant, the 1.2 GW find it harder to compete. not going to help the customer with Sweihan project in Abu Dhabi, which is currently under construction. Nalen Alwar: Climate change their cost strategies and for now,

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POWER | COMMENT

What’s next for Africa’s energy sector? The last 20 years have seen a shifting energy landscape across the African continent, but what lessons can be learnt for the future?

fter a disappointing decade in The Africa Energy Forum was clients, need to be more inventive the 1990s, where very little held in June last year. about bringing the private sector Anew capacity was added, the into other parts of the business, past decade and a half has seen including distribution and around 20 GW of new generation transmission. Private transmission capacity (excluding South Africa), is commonplace in Latin America, concentrated in Nigeria (4,6 GW), for example, and there is no reason Côte d’Ivoire (0,8 GW), Sudan (3 GW), why it cannot be a feature of Cameroon (0,7 GW), Ethiopia (2,2 African economies. Even across GW), Zambia (0,7 GW), Ghana borders; if a railway line can be (1,7 GW), Senegal (0,7 GW), Kenya built across Malawi to Nacala in (1,3 GW), Uganda (0,6 GW) and Mozambique, there is no reason Angola (1,1 GW). for a transmission line to be While the current macroeconomic publicly-funded. environment is turbulent for many Against this background it is

developing countries, in the long EnergyNet Image Credit: clear that IPPs can continue to term, Africa will continue to grow. It solar, wind and storage are clearly developers, bankers and investors make an important and growing will offer investment returns that the energy products of the future. who turn out to the Africa Energy contribution to meeting sub- are attractive to foreign investors Unit prices of storage, in particular, Forum every year. We obviously Saharan Africa’s power needs. compared to alternatives elsewhere. are falling rapidly and the fall is need to do better – but the Projects are concentrated in a few In the power sector this should be accelerating – some estimates put technological revolution involving countries, but there is scope to obvious – everybody is hungry for the current unit rate of decrease at household solar and storage, and widen private investment across power, it has a multiplier effect on 20 per cent a year. Has Africa smart metering and billing will do the continent. Current experience economic growth, and there have to financed its last peaking plant? the same for the power sector that with IPPs on the continent offers be ways to structure the sector to Possibly not – but the day cannot be the mobile phone did for important lessons around the allow profitable investment. Yet far off when it does. telecommunications. Household off- enabling environment to governments are still struggling to accelerate private investment. The get people to the table. What needs key is having a dynamic, least-cost to change? power plan that is translated into a One of the stumbling blocks for A striking verdict on the last twenty years (competitive) procurement deals to close is the process of programme in a timely manner. procurement, and the integrity is the number of Africans without power” Using competitive bidding or concerns that often surround it. For auctions further ensures that this an increasing number of deals and A striking verdict on the last grid and mini-grid is the wave of the investment is affordable (i.e. that countries, competitive and twenty years is that the absolute future, and figuring out the prices are low), and that the transparent procurement, the South number of Africans without power interface with grid-based power is procurement process is transparent African Renewable Energy has not diminished – it’s still close the Holy Grail. and predictable. ■ Independent Power Producer to 600 million – despite all the Meanwhile, we, and government Procurement Programme and The 21st Africa Energy Forum will Scaling Solar, is the way to go. In the Delegates at last year’s Africa take place in Lisbon, Portugal from Energy Forum. future, organising bidding processes 11-14th June. To find out more visit for solar deals should be de rigueur. www.africa-energy-forum.com Wind would also benefit from an organised bidding process, Source: An extract from the report especially given the land issues that “The reflections on the last 20 years: often delay these projects. How far have we come?” by David And given the prices that these Donaldson, Head: InfraVentures, products are delivering, the Africa, IFC and Professor Anton availability of subsidies for and Eberhard, Graduate School of

increased focus on renewables, EnergyNet Image Credit: Business, University of Cape Town.

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Africa’s genset demand bouncing back The natural resources sector is driving a return to growth for diesel gensets in Africa, providing power for tough environments and remote locations.

frica’s natural resources sector Diesel gensets likewise remain a capital. “Considering the remote a future interconnection with the continues to present good popular means to guarantee power location of the new mine, the Sonabel (Burkina Faso national Aopportunities for genset in the event of interruptions from generator will be used as standby electricity supplier) network. manufacturers and suppliers. other sources, in applications as power in case of cut-off from the Across a mining licence area that Despite the emergence of diverse as tourism and healthcare, grid, coming from the Côte d’Ivoire stretches 86 square kilometres, alternatives, including renewable for instance. through an existing power line,” construction is now fully underway and hybrid power options, diesel- YorPower said. on-site, with first gold pour expected based genset electricity remains a Mining demand A major 225 kV transmission line around the end of 2019. proven and still very much in- Canada’s Teranga Gold Corporation passes to within 35 km east of the Teranga Gold also operates demand asset, especially for remote is currently building out its project site from the Côte d’Ivoire. another mine in the area, Sabodola in installations in the energy and Wahgnion mine in southwestern Limited grid power has been Senegal, which houses its own large mining industries. Burkina Faso, which boasts several installed in the village of Sindou, 36 MW power source from multiple Gensets continue to serve as a gold deposits across a broad area. which is about 10 km to the north of low speed heavy fuel generators. stalwart of the mining sector, for YorPower recently supplied a the Dierisso licence boundary. instance, supporting lighting 100kVA (P110GW) Perkins canopied Site-wide operations will also be Return to growth systems, ground water pumping, air generator to the West African mine, supported through a large on-site The oil and gas industry similarly circulation, conveyor belt systems, which will provide back-up for a HFO (heavy fuel oil) power station, continues to provide a steady stream underground transport and even larger power plant and potential with emergency electricity from a of work for genset companies. mining face equipment. grid-based supply. standby diesel generator in the Indeed, growth has returned The remote mine sits on the process plant. The YorPower following years of decline, according border with neighbouring Côte generator will be located at the to Powergen Statistics. It says the d’Ivoire and is about 510 mine’s Nianka site. Teranga says Africa market for diesel gensets grew km southwest of consideration has also been given to by 3 per cent in 2018, from a year Ouagadougou, earlier, reaching US$1.1bn. This Burkina Faso’s mirrors average global growth rates.

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Scania genset SG550

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cent and South Africa remain stable, but North Africa showed the Himoinsa supplied brightest potential, with strong its HYW-35 T5 demand from the oil and gas generator sets to Hotel Poko in economies of Algeria and a Burkina Faso. recovering Libya. In these and other markets, firmer oil prices had a positive impact on new investments and projects. Algeria recorded growth of 7 per cent (US$120mn) in 2018, it noted, while Libya’s

volumes doubled with nearly Himoinsa Image Credit: US$30mn in sales, in large part, due to reconstruction efforts and continent,” the statistics US$18mn and US$8mn respectively is hooked up to the main improved political stability. source noted, with particularly over the last few years, but “Ghana, electric grid, a major benefit for any However, it is too early to say strong uptake in the construction Tanzania, Morocco and Côte d’Ivoire mining development. whether any growth will be and industry segment. had some gas generator projects in Nonetheless, diesel genset sustainable given the volatility of oil Conversely, sales of larger units, 2018, but business opportunities are technology remains a default choice prices and the fragility of some of above 2,000 kVA, decreased by 35 still sporadic,” it added. for buyers across Africa, and in Africa’s energy-led economies. per cent in the same period. many applications, from industry Significantly, the strongest growth The share of gas generators versus Competition and construction through to natural was in the mid-range, with sales of diesel generators still remains low, it There remains intense competition resources. Amid expectations of generators between 375-750 kVA added, with around 6 per cent share for business, not only from other growth in the years ahead, Scania increasing by 35 per cent compared of the total Africa market. This is manufacturers and suppliers, but launched its 250-770 kVA generators to last year, reaching nearly focused on larger units, above 750+ from emerging technologies too. with engine ranges of 50Hz and US$200mn. kVA, and mainly used for gas power Australia’s Resolute Mining unveiled 60Hz for the East African market. “This growth has been recorded plants. Nigeria and Algeria recorded recently the world’s largest mine- Manufactured in Sweden, the in almost all countries of the African significant gas generator sales of based off-grid power plant at its gensets are intended to provide Syama gold mine in Mali. Its power prime power for construction sites supply comes from a mix of hybrid and remote mining areas. The strongest growth of 375-750 kVA solar, battery and HFO plant, For smaller genset sizes, the providing 50MW (40MW peak demand market is opening up to embrace generators was recorded in almost all with 10MW reserve capacity). The guts more industries and clients, of the HFO power plant comes from a including small and mid-size countries of the African continent ” pack of W20V32 Wartsila engines. business users in the cities seeking Location matters too: Resolute’s other uninterrupted power, from hospitals POWERGEN-STATISTICS mine in West Africa, Bibiani in Ghana, to hotels. Also in Burkina Faso, Himoinsa has supplied its HYW-35 T5 generator sets to provide standby power to guarantee electricity at a hotel in Ouagadougou. Hotel Poko is located to the west of the city centre. In this case, the HYW-35 T5 model is fitted with a Yanmar engine and a Stamford alternator, which generates 37 kVA power; in the event of a power outage, the generator kicks in to supply electricity to the whole complex to ensure smooth running. With sales growth returning over the past year or so, and reliability still the decisive issue for many buyers across all industries, the outlook for small and medium scale diesel gensets seems encouraging. ■

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POWER | REPORT Image Credit: Aggreko Image Credit: Improving mines with hybrid microgrids John Lewis, Aggreko’s managing director - Africa, talks to African Review about how the company is breaking new ground with hybrid battery power solutions.

Aggreko is running its first solar-generated hybrid plant at Bisha copper and zinc mine in Eritrea.

ggreko is a leading global In total, Aggreko has about 600 African nationals – we are giving battery storage system at the Granny power solutions provider, with permanent employees in Africa, back to communities.” Smith gold mine in Western Amore than 20 years’ operating in more than 40 countries While Aggreko are experts in Australia. It is claimed to be one of experience of running power plants across the continent including Côte industrial power generation in the world’s largest hybrid off-grid in Africa and 50 years in the business d’Ivoire, Kenya, Senegal and Mali. Africa, it is also one of the few microgrids, with more than 20,000 overall. It often operates large Lewis said, “We employ and train power providers to now offer hybrid solar panels, generating 8MWp of thermal generation plants for local people to run our power battery powered systems to mining solar power and a 2MW/1MWh national utilities in countries such as plants, giving them long-term operators. This is largely thanks to battery system that will be integrated Malawi, Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso employment as well as bringing its recent acquisition of battery with 24MW of natural gas generation. which have poorly developed grids. benefits to the community. I was technology specialist Younicos in Over the past year, Aggreko has In the mining sector, Aggreko recently at a site in Côte d'Ivoire 2017, which has since been been running its first solar-generated offers innovative hybrid microgrid where my team was from all over rebranded as Aggreko Storage hybrid power plant to Nevsun’s Bisha solutions to remotely located mines. Africa. They had started on a site in Solutions, and is making waves in copper and zinc mine in Eritrea. It is John Lewis, managing director for Kenya, were then redeployed across the growing energy storage market. a 7.5MW onsite solar plant alongside Aggreko in Africa, says, “In the DRC, different countries. We are proud In February, it won a contract a 22MW diesel-generated power for example, there are mines that about 90 per cent of our from Gold Fields Australia to design, station that ensures 24/7 connected to the grid in the DRC but employees on the continent are build and operate a hybrid solar and uninterrupted power. It has helped the supply is pretty sporadic so they Nevsun cut its fuel costs and save the

need a specialist provider like equivalent of 8,500 tonnes of CO2 Aggreko to run the power on their annually. behalf and provide trained people We employ and train local people to run “This is quite a new capability for on site. We have a few mining us but we want to add a battery companies like Banro Corporation our power plants ” eventually so that it will take over that we are working with in JOHN LEWIS, MANAGING DIRECTOR - AFRICA, AGGREKO the work of the diesel generator,” the country.” Lewis said.

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“Battery solutions are still have the luxury of this choice and relatively new in mining,” he just need some power, which is continued. “There are not many often where gensets come in. We mines where they are deployed due offer different types of thermal to the cost factor and the life of a generators depending on the fuel mine. They are no use on a mine if options available in a country. We it only has three to four years also provide gas generators that are remaining and solar is quite an more efficient.” expensive upfront investment cost. Explaining why mining operators Companies probably need eight to should choose Aggreko as the power 10 years of initial payback. provider of choice, he said, “It does “Many people are, therefore, depend on their needs. If companies waiting for proof that the want certain project financing technology is effective before they put in place to make it happen Image Credit: Aggreko Image Credit: jump in and get battery solutions. that's when we'll come in. Our However, we are already speaking to target market is mainly the smaller Battery solutions are still relatively new in mining. mines and utilities about these miners, the juniors and solutions to provide power for some as technologies evolve in the energy over time, which is good because of independent companies rather than rural communities. In the long-term, markets and added that renewables the environmental and cost the established mining firms.” they are fuel-efficient and will not entirely replace thermal benefits,” he said. “We see He added, “The mood in the environmentally-friendly.” power generation due to issues with decentralisation and industry is quite positive about He stated there will be less the reliability of energy supply. decarbonisation as two real major certain types of mining, so I think appetite to invest in modern “But I do think renewables will drivers in our market. But there are the market conditions are heading transmission lines across countries reduce reliance on thermal power still places in Africa which don’t in the right direction.” ■

INMESOL electronic units improve genset user experience INMESOL says its DSE6010MKII and DSE6020MKII electronic control units have INMESOL’s DSE6010MKII and DSE6020MKIl electronic units improve the operability of its gensets. improved the operability of gensets for their customers, especially in regards to controlling, manoeuvring and programming. The programming controls are similar to the DSE7310 and 20 MKII units in the larger power sets, which have helped this improvement. The display texts are available in different languages, making it easier and faster to quickly identify the genset status and the causes of possible breakdowns. The event log has now doubled to 100 events. These control units have the option to record how the genset is operating. This makes it possible to display Image Credit: INMESOL Image Credit: information such as the power usage or other measured values, like the mains voltage recorded in the genset during a given period. operation of the gensets to the different current compatible with Tier4f motors. applications. A company spokesman said, “Another Expansion modules The units include sleep mode, low load outstanding advantage is that these new control These control units can connect expansion alarm, coolant temperature pre-alarm, option units have the same physical size and the same modules such as the DSE2157 ( eight to inhibit start-up by external signal during connections as the old control units. This makes programmable output relays), DSE2130 (eight specific periods, programmable pages on the it very simple to replace the units and simplifies programmable inputs) and DSE2548 (a display display with different information about the the upgrade to the 61XX control unit, while with eight programmable LEDs). Up to three genset, and more interaction options with the benefiting from all the advantages they offer. units of each module type can be connected electronic motors ECU. The new DSE6120MKII control unit is with a maximum installation distance of 1,000 There is support for other CAN technologically similar to the most advanced metres. The expansion modules significantly instrumentation (transmit up to five and receive and powerful control unit versions available on extend the possibilities of adapting the up to 30), which are UL and CSA certified and the market, such as the DSE7320MKII.”

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Section One: Listings by Suppliers Section Two: Agents & Subsidiaries in Africa Please mention African Review when contacting your supplier Section One: Listings by Suppliers

ABZ-Aggregate-Bau GmbH & Co. Altaaqa Alternative Solutions Balton CP Ltd. C.G.M. Gruppi Elettrogeni KG Global FZE CP House S.r.l. Otterspool Way Gutenbergstrasse 11 VA-01 Blue Shaded Warehouses Via Decima Strada 3 Watford 24558 Henstedt-Ulzburg JAFZA North, Jebel Ali, Dubai Arzignano (VI) WD25 8HU Germany United Arab Emirates 36071 United Kingdom Tel: +49 4193 90360 Tel: +971 4 8808006 Italy Tel: +44 1923 650261 Fax: +49 4193 93473 Fax: +971 4 8808007 Tel: +39 0444 673712 Fax: +44 1923 222929 Web: www.abz-power.com Web: www.altaaqaglobal.com Fax: +39 0444 675384 Web: www.baltoncp.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.cgmitalia.it E-mail: [email protected] ABZ manufactures, installs and services We provide reliable and cost-effective electricity E-mail: [email protected] Balton CP Ltd. Group, through its local custom-built diesel gensets of 50kVA to generation capacity to countries, utilities and CGM Gruppi Elettrogeni was established in 1980 subsidiaries in Sub-Saharan Africa, supply, 5000kVA capacity for continuous, stand by or industrial entities. We design, install, operate in Italy. We export to 124 countries in 5 install and maintain a comprehensive range of peak load operation for all possible applications and maintain multi-megawatt power plants, on continents through out 51 certified distributors. power generators from 5kVA to 2000kVA with as stationary, mobile, containerized or canopied short, medium and long-term contracts, We manufacture 3 to 2500kVA generators, Perkins Engines. Also included in our range are units. A wide range of control systems and deploying technologies that include high and lighting towers, and motor welding sets and lighting towers, UPS/Voltage regulators and switchboards for all kinds of operations is medium-speed engines and turbines. provide an efficient after-sales service, hybrid power generation units for the telecom available. maintenance and hire contracts. Agents: industry.Solar Energy solutions and off-grid power solutions. Advanced Diesel Engineering South Africa- Altaaqa Alternative Solutions Global Caterpillar Inc. 14 Langthwaite Business Park Agents: Ansaldo Energia Group South Kirby Ghana - Dizengoff Ghana Ltd. (Balton) Pontefract Via Nicola Lorenzi, 8 Rwanda - Balton Rwanda Ltd. WF9 3AP Genova, 16152, Italy Uganda - Balton (U) Ltd. Tel: +39 010 6551 Kenya - Amiran Communications Ltd. United Kingdom PO Box 610 Tel: +44 1977 658100 Web: www.ansaldoenergia.com E-mail: [email protected] Mossville Web: www.adeltd.co.uk Baudouin IL E-mail: [email protected] Agents: 61552-0610 Advanced supply everything from small, Algeria - Ansaldo Energia ALGERIA USA canopied life safety gensets to primary and Nigeria - Ansaldo Energia Nigeria Tel: +1 309 5786298 back-up power supplies. For some of the South Africa - Ansaldo Energia South Africa Technoparc du Bregadan Fax: +1 309 5782599 quietest, most reliable and most cost-efficient Tunisia - Ansaldo Energia TUNISIA Web: www.cat.com generators and accessories visit Advanced! We Cassis also produce weatherproof and climate 13260 For over 80 years, Caterpillar® has supplied controlled modular housings for switchgear, fuel Ausonia S.r.l. France diesel and natural gas generator sets for tanks, acoustic enclosures, UPS containers & Via Favara 452, Z.I. Tel: +33 (0)4 88 68 85 00 continuous duty and temporary power. much more. Marsala (TP). 91025, Italy Web: www.baudouin.com Caterpillar offers a broad range of integrated Tel: +39 0923 722311 E-mail: [email protected] power systems, solutions and products, incorporating both traditional diesel and gas Aggreko International Projects Fax: +39 0923 721274 For 100 years, Baudouin has manufactured the powered product as well as hybrid energy highest quality engines for power generation and Unit 2 Poplar Place Web: www.ausonia.net systems incorporating solar and energy storage. 16B Axle Drive E-mail: [email protected] marine applications. The Baudouin PowerKit and Clayville Since 1932, we design, produce and offer a industrial engines provide a seamless range of power solutions from 18-3125 kVA. Based in Clarke Energy 1666 wide range of AC gensets up to 3000 kVA, available in different configurations (Open-sets, France since 1918, Baudouin’s global network of South Africa service points is ready to support our customers. Tel: +27 11 3578900 Soundproofed canopies or shelters, Mobile sets on trailers, No-Break Power Systems, Gas Web: www.africa.aggreko.com C. Woermann GmbH & Co. KG E-mail: [email protected] gensets, Cogeneration power plants, etc.). Within our power products portfolio, we also Afrikahaus Senator Point With the largest fleet of diesel and gas include customized solutions for very critical Grosse Reichenstrasse 27 generators, we provide complete power South Boundary Road applications (Oil & Gas, Mining, Defense, Hamburg L33 7RR packages including design, installation, Telecom), as well as Hybrid Gensets and High operation and maintenance. Aggreko can offer 20457 United Kingdom Efficiency DC Energy Solutions. OPEX model Germany Tel: +44 151 5464446 rental generators from 20kVA to multi- also available. megawatt power packages. Tel: +49 40 3281110 Web: www.clarke-energy.com Fax: +49 40 32811122 E-mail: [email protected] Ayerbe Industrial de Motores SA Agents: Web: www.c-woermann.com Clarke Energy, a Kohler company, is a Angola - Aggreko Angola c/ Oilamendi 8, Pol. Ind. Jundiz E-mail: [email protected] multinational specialist in the engineering, Kenya - Aggreko Kenya Vitoria, 01015 Technical supplier for industrial machinery, installation and maintenance of reciprocating Nigeria - Aggreko Nigeria Spain workshop equipment and services, handling engine based power plants with operations Tanzania - Aggreko Tanzania Tel: +34 94 5292297 equipment, construction machines and across the African continent. Our offering Fax: +34 94 5292298 agricultural equipment, forestry equipment, ranges from supply of an engine, through to Web: www.ayerbe.net generators, spare parts. turn-key installation of a multi-engine power E-mail: [email protected] plant. Delivering fuel efficiency and to help Ayerbe has been manufacturing generators Agents: reduce carbon emissions. since 1992 and nowadays is one of the leading Angola - C. Woermann Angola Lda. manufacturers in Spain. The range goes from 2 Ghana - C. Woermann (Ghana) Ltd. to 250kVA. Nigeria - C. Woermann (Nigeria) Ltd.

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COELMO spa Doosan Portable Power (DPP) Genmac S.r.l. The product range that the brand offers includes diesel and gas generator sets, control Via Don Minzoni 13 panels and paralleling systems for standby Gualtieri (RE) emergency power, prime power, peak power and 42044 distributed power. It also develops hybrid power Italy gensets for the telecom sectors and Via delle Industrie, 278 PO Box 262688 Tel: +39 0522 222311 manufacturers lighting towers for the rental and construction markets. Agglomerato Industriale ASI JLT Platinum Tower Fax: +39 0522222330 80011 Acerra (NA) Cluster 1 Web: www.genmac.it Italy E-mail: [email protected] Agents: Level 18, Office 1802 South Africa - HIMOINSA Southern Africa Tel: +39 081 8039731 Dubai GENMAC manufactures generators in Italy since Fax: +39 081 8039724 United Arab Emirates 1983. GENMAC offers a complete range of Huegli Tech Ltd. Web: www.coelmo.it Tel: +971 4 2767206 generators and accessories from 2kW to Murgenthalstrasse 30 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +971 4 2767204 2000kVA, open and supersilent, in parallel, ATS, Langenthal Coelmo is one of the oldest European Web: www.doosanportablepower.eu remote control, trailers and trolley, spare parts, 4900, Switzerland manufacturers of industrial and marine E-mail: [email protected] fuel tanks, technical documentation. All the generators from 3kVA up to 3000kVA. Based in power solution you need, GENMAC can make it! Tel: +41 62 9165030 DPP is a leading manufacturer of portable Italy, with a large stock of Generating Sets Fax: +41 62 9165035 Compressors, Generators and Mobile Lighting available to be shipped overnight to any Green Power Systems S.r.l. Web: www.huegli-tech.com Systems for the African market. destination in the world. Company profile, Localita Maiano SN E-mail: [email protected] products and models are available online at Eurosystems S.p.A. Divisione Caprazzino di Sassocorvaro (PU) Huegli Tech is an engine and genset control www.coelmo.it Filippini Gruppi Elettrogeni 61028 company, a leading supplier and wholesaler of Italy accessories for combustion engines, fuelled by Via Pasubio 18/20/22 Crestchic Loadbanks Tel: +39 0722 726411 diesel and/or gas. Our core competences are Boretto (RE) Second Avenue Fax: +39 0722 720092 generating set controls, engine governing 42022 Centrum 100 Web: www.greenpowergen.com systems, hydraulic starting system, gas engine Italy Burton on Trent E-mail: management systems, ignition systems, engine Tel: +39 0522 688141 protection devices, dual fuel conversions, etc. DE14 2WF [email protected] United Kingdom Fax: +39 0522 683992 Manufacturer of generating sets up to 3000kVA, Web: www.filippini.org Agents: Tel: +44 1283 531645 50 and 60Hz. Nigeria - Lenuzon Limited Fax: +44 1283 510103 E-mail: Green Power Generators offers: [email protected] • Generating sets with different engine types: Web: www.crestchicloadbanks.com IMEQUADRI DUESTELLE SPA E-mail: [email protected] A complete range of generating sets from 2 to Perkins, Cummins, Deutz, Volvo, John Deere, 2000 kVA, 3000 and 1500 rpm offered in Iveco, Lombardini, Yanmar, Mitsubishi, Honda VIA PROVINCIALE Crestchic manufactures loadbanks which standard and special option: -Open frame - and Baudouin 568 - 24059 URGNANO (BERGAMO) provide accurate and stable electrical test loads Soundroofed -Manual panels -Automatic panels • Generating sets with different alternator Italy for the commissioning and maintenance of -Tower lights. Only brand engines are used such types: Mecc Alte, Stamford, Leroy Somer Tel: +39 035 4814211 power systems including diesel generators, gas as Deutz, Perkins, Cummins, Iveco and and Marelli turbines and UPS systems, as well as the Fax: +39 035 4814333 Lombardini. • Telecommunication power solutions Web: www.imequadriduestelle.com testing and commissioning of air conditioning • Customised gensets systems. Our resistive loadbanks offer capacities E-mail: commerciale.quadri@ Agents: • Natural gas and LPG gensets imequadriduestelle.it as small as 20kW up to 6000kW and resistive- Morocco - Batifix SARL • Lighting towers reactive units from 50 to 6250kVA at various Nigeria - Caltec Ltd. • elding machines LV switchgears: power centers POLIMETA; MCC voltages 110V-34kV Tunisia - TGE Groupes Electrogenes • Irrigation systems (motorpumps) MULTICONTROL. MV switchboards: AIS • Certifications ISO:9001/2000 and Metalclad LSC2B-PM NORMOCLAD; AIS Metal Deep Sea Electronics Ltd Enclosed FG Wilson ISO:14001/2004

LSC2A-PI ROTOBLOC, air insulated LBS; AIS

Hatz Great Britain Limited Metal Enclosed LSC2A-PM MINIBLOC-6, with SF6 insulated LBS; MV Equipment: compact 4 Alan Bray Close combined Dodwells Bridge Industrial Estate Highfield House Hinckley SF6 insulated 24 kV Circuit Breakers SINTER, 1 Millennium Way Hunmanby Industrial Estate Leicestershire including switch and vacuum breaker; up to 36 Springvale Business Park North Yorkshire United Kingdom kV indoor MV LBS and Disconnectors Air/SF6 Belfast gas insulated- Busducts and Container units. YO14 0PH Tel: +44 1455 622100 BT12 7AL United Kingdom Fax: +44 1455 611233 United Kingdom Inmesol S.L. Tel: +44 1723 890099 Web: www.hatz.co.uk Tel: +44 28 90495000 Web: www.deepseaelectronics.com E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +44 28 28261111 E-mail: Web: www.fgwilson.com Hatz manufacturer a range of quality engines [email protected] and generators to a high European standard. E-mail: [email protected] World class UK manufacturer and supplier of Specialising in both air cooled and watercooled genset controls, ATR controls, intelligent battery Over our 50 year history, FG Wilson generator units we can manufacture to your specific Ctra. Fuente Álamo sets have been installed in more than 150 chargers and off-highway programmable requirements and can support the product 2 Corvera-Murcia controllers. countries. From 6.8 to 2,500 kVA, our products world wide throughout our extensive network. are built in modern facilities in Europe, Asia and 30153, Spain Latin America, to designs which have been tried Agents: Tel: +34 968 380300 Diesel Engines Online b.v Fax: +34 968 380400 and tested in the toughest of environments South Africa - Hatz South Africa Augustapolder 11 Web: www.inmesol.com Barendrecht Forest City Generators Ltd HIMOINSA S.L. E-mail: [email protected] 2992 SR INMESOL – Manufacturer of generator sets, Albion House Ctra. Murcia - San Javier Netherlands lighting towers, parallel systems, and gensets 163-167 King Street Km. 23.6 Tel: +31 180 699273 for hybrid electric power generation systems. Dukinfield San Javier/Murcia Web: www.dieselenginesonline.com With more than 25 years in the market, England 30730 E-mail: INMESOL S.L. is a Spanish company that SK16 4LF Spain [email protected] designs, manufactures, markets and provides United Kingdom Tel: +34 96 8191128 technical support service for technologically We deliver genuine Cummins spare parts & Tel: +44 161 4490660 / 4490770 Fax: +34 96 8191217 leading gensets, in both open and soundproofed engines. With over 40years experience we can Web: www.forestcitygenerators.com Web: www.himoinsa.com versions and from 2.5 to 2,500 kVA (PRP), provide technical advice and comprehensive E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] lighting towers, and parallel systems. solutions to complex technical solutions. Large Supplier of diesel generator sets from 7.5kVA to HIMOINSA is a global corporation that designs, INMESOL’s highly specialised technical team stock and good prices. We also supply D-i enables it to meet specific requirements from Industrial hydraulic marine transmissions which 2650kVA with Perkins, Volvo and Cummins manufacturers and distributes power generation engines coupled to Stamford alternators, equipment worldwide. The company adds the most demanding markets, offering optimal are produced by one of the leading solutions for each one of them. It is currently manufacturers in the world. soundproof canopies, control panels and incomparable application and engineering know- transfer switch (ATS) panels and all associated how, excellent design and service capabilities, present in more than 80 countries around the OEM spare parts. delivering value beyond the equipment it world, with equipment installed in all types of produces. applications and uses.

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JCB Power Products KOHLER-SDMO Mantrac Group Activities: sales, development, production, customer care and after-sale. Mantrac House Km 50, Certifications: Cairo - Ismailia desert Road 10th of ISO9001 Ramadan City POWER PRODUCTS UL Pyramids Industrial Parks (PIP) EAC Hixon Airfield Industrial Estate SDMO Industries, CS 40047 Industrial Zone 7 - A MTU Hixon, Staffordshire, ST180PF, UK 29801 Brest Cedex 9, France Egypt GAZPROM Tel: +44 1889 272200 Tel: +33 2 98414141 Tel: +20 2 33004000 ENI Web: www.jcb.com/en-gb/power- Fax: +33 2 98416307 Fax: +20 5 54334551 generation Web: www.kohler-sdmo.com Web: www.mantracgroup.com Mecc Alte E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 6 Lands End Way JCB specialises in supplying a range of reliable KOHLER-SDMO is one of the world's leading Mantrac Group is the authorized Caterpillar Oakham diesel generators from 8-2,750kVA. We are generating set manufacturers. A wide range of dealer, distributing and supporting Caterpillar Rutland committed to selling the highest quality power standard products from 1 kVA to several construction machines, power systems and LE15 6RF solutions and focused on delivering outstanding Megawatts through an efficient engineering material-handling equipment in Egypt, Kenya, United Kingdom department meets non-standard requirements. service and support through our local distributers, Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Tel: +44 1572 771160 Present in over 150 countries through a dense Iraq and Siberia- Russia. With over 3000 to ensure your power stays switched-on! Fax: +44 1572 771161 network, KOHLER-SDMO devotes its energy to employees and decades of experience as a Web: www.meccalte.com Agents: supporting you in the successful completion of Caterpillar dealer, we provide customers with Angola - M.T.A – Maquinas e Tractores de Angola each of your projects worldwide. comprehensive solutions backed by technical Mecc Alte develops high performing alternator know-how, experience and in-depth knowledge solutions within low to high voltage power (JCB) Agents: Botswana - BH Botswana (Pty) Ltd. (JCB) of their local markets. classes for stand-by and prime power Algeria - SDMO Alger applications. Combining independent thinking Ethiopia - Ethio-Nippon Technical Company S. Co. We supply CAT diesel generators from 250 kVA Egypt - SDMO Cairo with agile supply and committed service, it (JCB) up to 8000 kVA, automatic transfer switches, South Africa - SDMO South Africa natural gas engines and gensets, CAT marine delivers next generation products with Ethiopia - Mullege Private Limited Company (JCB) Togo - SDMO West Africa propulsion engines, marine gensets, power intelligent capabilities for OEMS looking for Ghana - ARG1 Africa modules and solar panels and hybrid systems. greater efficiency and reliability. Kenya - Ganatra Plant and Equipment Ltd. (JCB) Linz Electric S.p.A More than a supplier of generator sets, we Mauritius - Truck & Crane Components specialize in power plant turnkey installations MTU Africa (Pty) Ltd. Mozambique - MAQUINAS E TRACTORES DE and heat-recovery applications. Our extensive MOÇAMBIQUE, LDA PO Box 215 work scope includes engineering, design, Milnerton South Sudan - A G Tractor FZE (JCB) testing, installation, on-site commissioning, and 7435 Sudan - Diesel Heavy Equipment (JCB) training as well as long term service and South Africa Sudan - Zactic/APS advanced Power Systems Viale del Lavoro, 30, Arcole (VR) support. Tel: +27 21 5295760 Tanzania - Machines and Tractors Tanzania Ltd. 37040, Italy Fax: +27 21 5511970 (JCB) Tel: +39 045 7639201 Agents: Web: www.mtu-online.co.za Tunisia - Societe De L’Automobile Et Du Materiel Fax: +39 045 7639202 Egypt - Mantrac Egypt Ltd. (Cairo) E-mail: [email protected] Zambia - Kemach JCB Zambia Web: www.linzelectric.com Ghana - Mantrac Ghana Ltd. (Accra) Zimbabwe - JCB Link (JCB) E-mail: [email protected] Kenya - Mantrac Kenya Ltd. (Nairobi) MTU Onsite Energy is one of the core brands of Liberia - Mantrac Liberia Rolls-Royce Power Systems which is a world- Linz Electric S.p.A is specialised in the Nigeria - Mantrac Nigeria Ltd. (Lagos) leading provider of high and medium speed John Deere Power Systems production of alternators from 1.7kVA up to Sierra Leone - Mantrac Sierra Leone Ltd. diesel and gas engines, complete drive systems Orléans-Saran Unit 1500kVA and rotating welders up to 500 amps. (Freetown) and distributed energy systems for the most BP 11013, Fleury Les Aubrais Cedex The main focus of Linz Electric is the customer’s Tanzania - Mantrac Tanzania Ltd. (Dar Es Salaam) demanding requirements. 45401, France satisfaction through the top product quality, Uganda - Mantrac Uganda Ltd. (Kampala) Tel: +33 2 38826119 quick and complete service. New CTA S.r.l. Fax: +33 2 38846266 Marelli Motori S.p.A. Web: www.johndeere.com Lovato Electric S.p.A. Via S. Vito 38/39 E-mail: [email protected] Via Don E. Mazza 12 Via Sabbionara, 1 - 36071 Melito Gorle (BG), 24020, Italy Arzignano (VI) John Deere Power systems develops, Napoli Tel: +39 035 4282111 Italy manufactures and markets diesel engines for a 80017 large variety of generator sets, compressors, Fax: +39 035 4282200 Tel: +39 0444 479711 Italy industrial and agricultural applications. John Web: www.lovatoelectric.com Fax: +39 0444 479888 Tel: +39 081 7100925 Deere is one of the very few engine E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.marellimotori.com manufacturers that doesn’t make gen-sets, this E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +39 081 7100897 World leader manufacturer of electrochemical and makes us unbiased partners with gen-set OEMs, Web: www.newcta.com electronic components for genset control panels. Marelli Motori S.p.A. is a leading manufacturer offering them a robust power generation line-up E-mail: [email protected] Our range includes generator controllers, automatic of synchronous generators in low voltage 10 - from 30 to 500 kVA. transfer switch controllers, battery chargers, 5.000kVA and medium/high voltage 500 - New CTA is an Italian company that designs and changeover contactors and switches and more! 12.500kVA and generators for Hydropower manufactures low-voltage transformers since Agents: application in low, medium and high voltage 1986. Our production consists of Transformers, Egypt - Orascom Trading Co. SAE MAN Energy Solutions SE range up to 11.000kVA (4-28 poles). Auto-Transformers, Ballast, Cast Resin. For Morocco - Societe de Realisations Mecaniques Applications include prime, hydro/marine different fields: Industrial, Civil, Photovoltaic, Nigeria - Stag Engineering (John Deere) Stadtbach Str 1, Augsburg engines and water/gas turbines. The company Lift, Naval, Medical, Panel, Starting Motor. We South Africa - POWER02 86153, Germany offers worldwide support. have obtained quality certification ISO 9001: Tel: +49 821 3220 2008, and we also have Saudi Aramco Jubaili Bros Fax: +49 821 3223382 Agents: Registration Number. South Africa - Marelli Motori South Africa (Pty) Ltd Jebel Ali Free Zone, UAE Web: www.man-es.com E-mail: [email protected] Nuba Screening Media Tel: +971 4 8832023 MARGEN S.p.A. Fax: +971 4 8832053 MAN Energy Solutions enables its customers to Web: www.JubailiBros.com achieve sustainable value creation in the Via Dino Ferrari, 50 E-mail: [email protected] transition towards a carbon neutral future. Maranello (MO) Addressing tomorrow’s challenges within the 41053 Jubaili Bros is one of the leading providers of marine, energy and industrial sectors, we Italy power solutions in the Middle East, Africa and improve efficiency and performance at a C/ Plasencia, 35 Asia. With over 40 years of experience in the Tel: +39 0536 943615 Poligono Industrial las Nieves systemic level. Leading the way in advanced Fax: +39 0536 943581 field of power generation, Jubaili Bros is a engineering for more than 250 years, we provide Mostoles (Madrid) perfect choice for your power solution needs. Web: www.margen.it 28935 a unique portfolio of technologies. E-mail: [email protected] Jubaili Bros serves its customers from 9 Headquartered in Germany, MAN Energy Spain countries with 29 branches and service centers Solutions employs some 14,000 people at over MARGEN since 1963. Tel: +34 916 160 500 and alongside a strong dealers network. 120 sites globally. Our after-sales brand, MAN Manufacturing range: up to 5200 kVA, including Fax: +34 916 165 030 Agents: PrimeServ, offers a vast network of service automatic and parallel control boards. Web: www.nubasm.com centres to our customers all over the world. Ghana - Jubaili Bros (Ghana) Skills: Customised design. E-mail: [email protected] Nigeria - Jubaili Bros Engineering Ltd. Agents: “Margen Power Systems”, independent energy Nuba Screening Media was founded in 1968 and South Africa - Jubaili Bros Pty Ltd. United Arab Emirates - MAN Energy Solutions stations, integrating power generation and now is one of Europe’s most important Uganda - Jubaili Bros (Uganda) Middle East LLC storage by all the energy sources. manufacturers of screening media and

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accessories for the aggregate and mining PHENIX Technologies, Inc. SAB, Standard Aggregatebau over 50 years of experience. We specialise in industries, encompassing all the products keeping your products and parts protected, related with screening and classification. Also, 75 Speicher Drive Evers GmbH & Co. KG readily available, accessible, secure and Accident have turned a global company in the design and Oststrasse 11 contained in the best effective space. Our MD 21520 projection of aggregate plants. 22844 Norderstedt customers include oil & gas, mining, retail, USA pharmaceutical, aerospace, logistics, agriculture Germany Tel: +1 301 7468118 and general manufacturing. ORTEA S.p.A. Tel: +49 40/522501125 Fax: +1 301 8955570 Via dei Chiosi 21 Fax: +49 40/522501144 Web: www.phenixtech.com Teksan Generator Cavenago Brianza (MB) Web: www.generatingset.com E-mail: [email protected] Italy E-mail: [email protected] Yenido an Mah. Edebali Cd. PHENIX Technologies designs and manufactures No: 12 Sancaktepe Tel: +39 02 95917800 Reputable German manufacturer of diesel-driven high voltage, high current, high power electrical Fax: +39 02 95917801 generating sets from 50 to 4000 kVA in Istanbul, 34791, Turkey testing equipment for testing cables, circuit Web: www.ortea.com stationary, transportable or mobile executions Tel: +90 444 8576/+90 216 3120550 breakers, generators, GIS/switchgear, insulation E-mail: [email protected] for standby, peak load or base load applications Fax: +90 216 3126909 materials, motors, reclosers, transformers, utility world-wide. Main competencies are the Web: www.teksan.com Founded in 1969, ORTEA is now a leading worker’s rubber protective gear. PHENIX planning, designing, manufacturing, installation E-mail: [email protected] company in manufacturing and engineering Technologies offers a wide range of testing and servicing of global plant constructions Power Quality solutions: voltage stabilizers, sag solutions, 40+ years of experience, and is Teksan Generator, a leading Turkish engineering under consideration of individual customer and compensator, power factor correction systems, ISO9001 quality compliant. and technology company established in 1994, dry type transformers and active harmonic project requirements. manufactures tailor-made uninterrupted power filters. solutions that efficiently operate under the most Power Solutions n.v Beside standard production, ORTEA is able to be SIEMENS ENGINES S.A.U. challenging conditions for major international Blikstraat 2 extremely flexible in developing and Barrio de Oikia, 44 projects such as construction, Wijnegem manufacturing special equipment according to Zumaia telecommunication, data centers, shopping 2110 malls, hotels, residences, stadiums, mines, user’s specifications. Gipuzkoa Belgium hospitals and industrial plants in more than 130 20759 ORTEA is well established in the global market. Tel: +32 3 3258800 countries. Thanks to strategically positioned offices and Spain Fax: +32 3 3258801 distributors, ORTEA’s products are installed and Tel: +34 94 3865200 Web: www.powersolutions.eu Agents: working in more than 100 countries. Fax: +34 94 3865210 E-mail: [email protected] Egypt - Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed El Tawil and Web: www.dresser-rand.com Partners - RICH UNI Agents: Power Solutions has grown from a temporary E-mail: [email protected] Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed El Tawil and Partners - Cote DIvoire - ORTEA Africa SARL power provider based out of Belgium to a RICH UNI business now serving cutomers to all over Siemens develops engines in its Power and Gas division business, Siemens Engine Business is a Kenya - Famiar Generating Systems Limited Perkins Engines Company Europe, Africa, South America and the Middle Libya - Belhaj International Company East. With a custom build fleet we can react leading international technology provider in both Limited liquid and gas fuel engines for a wide range of Sudan- MTWA International Investment Co. Ltd. quickly to any temporary power demand across a large variety of industrial sectors. applications and sectors of activity. The range of power offered by the SEB portfolio Visa S.p.A.

PRAMAC (PR Middle East FZE) ranges from 150 to 2065 kW for gas

1706 JAFZA View 18 Frank Perkins Way Stodec Trading Ltd Jebel Ali Free Zone - South 1 Peterborough Dubai Riverdale House PE1 5FQ United Arab Emirates 19-21 High Street Via Primo Maggio 55 United Kingdom Tel: +971 4 8865275 Wheathampstead Fontanelle (TV), 31043, Italy Tel: +44 1733 583000 Fax: +971 4 8865276 AL4 8BB Tel: +39 0422 5091 Web: www.perkins.com Web: www.pramac.com United Kingdom Fax: +39 0422 509350 Perkins is a world leading supplier of off- E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 1727 840594 Web: www.visa.it Fax: +44 1727 843368 highway diesel engines, offering power up to Pramac develops and manufactures a wide E-mail: [email protected] 2500 kVA. Our cost effective solutions, from range of power generation equipment from 1 Web: www. Stodec.co.uk Visa SpA is one of the world’s leading gensets competitive fuel consumption to ease of kVA to 3.600 kVA with Perkins, Volvo, MTU, E-mail: [email protected] suppliers, based in Italy, designing and maintenance, whatever the power requirement, Deutz, Doosan, FPT and Yanmar engines and Stodec Trading Ltd specialise in the design and manufacturing diesel generators, from 9 to add real value to our customers’ equipment. material Handling equipment. Pramac uses its installation of storage and materials handling 3000kVA, in standard or customized versions to global network to supply these products to equipment including mezzanine floors, pallet meet your every need in a large variety of markets throughout the world. racking, shelving, industrial partioning, and applications (telecommunications, construction general industrial equipment supply worldwide. and engineering, industry, hospitals, data We are the franchised design and supply centers, etc..). With its network currently distributor for Dexion products which have been present in more than 80 countries worldwide, it the leading storage products throughout the provides versatile, high-tech energy solutions, world for more than 60 years. Stodec Trading guaranteeing a highly operational flexibility and Ltd can provide layout designs and structural qualitative standards for which it has become a calculations for warehouse interiors based on leader in the market for almost 60 years.

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WEICHAI MIDDLE EAST FZE WIRTGEN Group Branch of John Egypt - ACE Arabian Company for Engineering Zest WEG Group Generator Sets Eritrea - Ergcot Deere GmbH & Co.KG Ethiopia - Moenco

Ghana - DEM Ghana

Guinea - DEM Group SA

Kenya - Panafrican Equipment Ltd. P.O. Box: 18698, Plot No. S10411 Lesotho - WIRTGEN South Africa (Pty) Ltd. 13 Benbow Avenue Jebel Ali South, Dubai Liberia - Kanu Equipment Libéria Ltd. Epping Industrial 1 Reinhard - Wirtgen-Str.2 United Arab Emirates Libya - WIRTGEN Libya J. C. Cape Town Windhagen Tel: +971-48810650 / Madagascar - SODIREX South Africa 53578 +971565511860 Malawi - Machinery Spares and trading Limited Tel: +27 21 507 7200 Germany Fax: +971-48810651 Mali - DEM Senegal SARL Fax: +27 86 417 8455 Tel: +492645131-0 Web: www.weichai.com Web: www.zestweg.com Fax: +492645131-392 Mauritius - UMCL Ltd. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.wirtgen-group.com Morocco - SMDM – Société Marocaine de Distribution de Matériel Weichai Middle East FZE, founded in 2013, is a E-mail: [email protected] Reliable prime, standby or continuous power wholly-owned subsidiary established by Weichai Mozambique - CENTROCAR – Centro de diesel generators that guarantee optimum to develop the Middle East and African market, The WIRTGEN GROUP is an internationally active Equipamentos Mecânicos uptime of any operation are readily available with a sales and service team of more than 50 group of companies in the construction Namibia - Rex-Quip (Pty) Ltd. from the Zest WEG Group. Generator sets are people and annual sales exceed $50 million. Its equipment industry, comprising the brands Nigeria - SCOA TRAC available as standard off the shelf units or as business mainly covers the inventory, assembly WIRTGEN, VÖGELE, HAMM, KLEEMANN, Rwanda - Panafrican Equipment Ltd. custom built, application specific units ranging BENNINGHOVEN and CIBER. Products include and sales of generator sets, while providing Senegal - DEM Senegal SARL from 10kVA up to 3350kVA. cold milling machines, recyclers, slipform integrated services such as Gen-sets design, Sierra Leone - Kanu Equipment Sierra Leone Ltd. production, test run and after-sales service. The pavers, surface miners, asphalt pavers, rollers, Agents: crushers, screens and asphalt mixing plants. South Africa - DEM Group SA business scope mainly covers the Middle East South Africa - Wirtgen South Africa Ghana – Zest WEG Group Ghana Ltd. and African markets. Agents: South Africa - WIRTGEN South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Agents: Algeria - T.P.S. SARL Tractor Parts Services South Sudan - Machine Afrik Co. Ltd. United Arab Emirates - Weichai Middle East Fze Angola - Movicortes Angola – Equipamentos & Sudan - Tital Company Ltd. Serviços Tanzania - Panafrican Equipment Ltd. Botswana - WIRTGEN South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Zambia - BL&D Copperbelt Ltd. Burundi - Panafrican Equipment Ltd. Zimbabwe - Conquip Zimbabwe Pvt Ltd. Cameroon - Kanu Equipment Cameroun Sàr Zimbabwe - Machinery Exchange (pvt) Ltd. Cape Verde - MOVITER – Equipamentos, Lda Comoro Islands - UMCL Ltd. Congo Brazzaville - Kanu Equipment Congo S.A. Congo DR - DEM D.R. CONGO Côte d’Ivoire - DEM Côte d’Ivoire Djibouti - Moenco

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Section Two: Agents & Subsidiaries in Africa

Algeria Cape Verde SDMO Cairo Zest Electric Ghana Ltd. 22 Mohamed Saeed Al-Halawani 15 Third Close Street Ansaldo Energia ALGERIA MOVITER – Equipamentos, Lda Airport Road, Heliopolis, Cairo Airport Residential Area, Accra Lot Petite Provence, 33 Tel: +351 244 850 240 Tel: +20 122 3473814 Tel: +233 30 2766490 Le Paradou – Hydra Fax: +351 244 850 241 Fax: +233 30 2766493 E-mail: Web: http://www.moviter.pt Eritrea Web: www.zestweg.com [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Ergcot E-mail: [email protected] SDMO Alger Comoro Islands Tel: +291 1 121 225 5 rue Girardin, 16004 Alger Fax: +291 1 127 193 Guinea Tel: +213 23470519 UMCL Ltd. DEM Group SA Web: http://dz.sdmo.com/ Tel: +230 426 7785 Ethiopia Tel: +32 2 208 26 37 Fax: +230 426 7885 T.P.S. SARL Tractor Parts Services Ethio-Nippon Technical Company Web: http://www.dem-group.com Tel: +213 23 53 46 34 Web: www.umcl.mu S. Co. (JCB) E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +213 23 53 49 56 E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 2250 Kenya Web: www.tps-algerie.com Congo Brazzaville Kirkos Sub City, Addis Ababa E-mail: [email protected] Tel: + 251 115 515554 Aggreko Kenya Kanu Equipment Congo S.A. Fax: +251 115 512055 Aggreko Kenya Energy Rentals Angola Tel: +242 06849 3834 Web: www.ethio-nippon.com Ltd. Freight Lane Aggreko Angola Web: http://kanuequipment.com E-mail: addis.girma@ethio- Jomo Kenyatta International Belas Business Park E-mail: nippon.com Airport Freight Terminal Edificio Bengo, n. 210, Luanda [email protected] Moenco Web: www.africa.aggreko.com E-mail: Web: www.africa.aggreko.com Congo DR Tel: +251 11 661 3968 E-mail: Fax: +251 11 661 1766 [email protected] [email protected] DEM D.R. CONGO Web: www.moencoethiopia.com Amiran Communications Ltd Tel: +243 970 041 745 C. Woermann Angola Lda. E-mail: [email protected] Old North Airport Road, Web: www.drc.dem-group.com Caixa Postal 3419 Mullege Private Limited Company Embakasi, Nairobi. KENYA Estrada de Cacuaco, km 4.5, Luanda E-mail: [email protected] (JCB) P.O.Box 30327 Tel: +254719095000 Tel: +244 225 200170 Cote DIvoire Old Debrezeit Road, 335 Web: www.woermann-angola.com Addis Ababa, 12791 E-mail: harrison.kibet@ E-mail: info@woermann- DEM Côte d'Ivoire Tel: + 251947461849 amirankenya.com angola.com Tel: +225 2125 7995 Web: http://www.mullege.com/ Famiar Generating Systems Web: www.dem-group.com E-mail: M.T.A – Maquinas e Tractores de Limited Angola (JCB) E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Road C, Off Enterprise Rd Industrial Area N 19 Bairro Patrice Lumumba ORTEA Africa SARL Ghana Rua Conego Mauel das Neves Rue Paul Langevin - Marcory, Abidjan P.O Box: 31757 – 00600, Nairobi Municipis, Luanda Tel: +225 08 202033 ARG1 Africa Tel: +254 20 3588037 Tel: + 244929052606 Fax: +225 08 202033 C8/21 Off Tenbibian Street Web: www.famiar.co.ke Web: www.mta-angola.com Web: www.ortea.com Agbelemkpe, Accra E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Tel: + 233244284422 Ganatra Plant and Equipment Ltd. Web: www.argafrica.com (JCB) Movicortes Angola – Djibouti Equipamentos & Serviços E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 31024 Tel: +244 222 014 892 Moenco C. Woermann (Ghana) Ltd. Baba Dogo Road, 00600, Nairobi Fax: +244 222 014 872 Tel: +251 11 661 3968 Block No. C 362/1 Tel: + 254720599533 Web: www.moviter.pt Fax: +251 11 661 1766 Nsawam Road, Avenor Junction Web: www.gpe.co.ke E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.moencoethiopia.com Accra E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +233 30 2225141 Mantrac Kenya Ltd. (Nairobi) Botswana Fax: +233 30 2230016 PO Box 30067, Nairobi, 00100 Egypt BH Botswana (Pty) Ltd. (JCB) Web: www.woermann-ghana.com Tel: +254 20 4995300/0709878000 Plot 695500, PO Box 396 ACE Arabian Company for E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.mantrackenya.com Lejara Rd, Broadhurst Industri Engineering DEM Ghana E-mail: [email protected] Gaborone, Gauteng, 1460 Tel: +20 2 51 88 814 Tel: +233 302 934 406 Panafrican Equipment Ltd. Tel: +267 391 2811 Fax: +20 2 70 25 703 Web: www.ghana.dem-group.com Tel: +254 732 151 000 Web: www.bh.co.bw Web: http://www.egypt-ace.com E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.panafricangroup.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Dizengoff Ghana Ltd. (Balton) E-mail: [email protected] WIRTGEN South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Mantrac Egypt Ltd. (Cairo) PO Box 3403, West Industrial Area Tel: +27 (0)11 452 1838 P.I. Parks, Ismalia Desert Road Feo Oyeo Road W5, Accra Lesotho Fax: +27 (0)11 452 4886 Industrial Zone 7-A, Cairo Tel: +233 30 2221831 WIRTGEN South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Web: www.wirtgen-group.com Tel: +2 0100 211 5499 Fax: +233 30 2227601 Tel: +27 (0)11 452 1838 E-mail: sales.southafrica@wirtgen- Web: www.mantracegypt.com Web: www.dizengoffgh.com Web: www.wirtgen-group.com group.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: sales.southafrica@wirtgen- group.com Burundi Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed El Tawil Jubaili Bros (Ghana) and Partners - RICH UNI Accra Liberia Panafrican Equipment Ltd. Plot 23, 3rd Industrial Zone Tel: +233 30 2817700 Tel: +254 732 151 000 6th of October, Giza Fax: +233 30 2817700 Kanu Equipment Libéria Ltd. Web: www.panafricangroup.com Tel: +202 25799711 Web: www.JubailiBros.com Tel: +231 88 55 66 77 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +202 25756383 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.kanuequipment.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: Cameroon Mantrac Ghana Ltd. (Accra) [email protected] Orascom Trading Co. SAE P.O. Box 5207, Ring Road West Kanu Equipment Cameroun Sàr 160B 26th July Street, Agouza, Cairo North Industrial Area, North, Accra Mantrac Liberia Tel: +237 680 52 29 94 Tel: +20 2 33452510 Tel: +233544310156 Somalia Drive Web: www.kanuequipment.com Fax: +20 2 33473191 Web: www.mantracghana.com Near Freeport Of Monrovia, Monovia E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.orascom.com E-mail: Tel: +231 777651137 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Web: http://Mantracliberia.com E-mail: [email protected]

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Libya Mauritius Mozambique C. Woermann (Nigeria) Ltd. 6 Badejo Kalesanwo Street BELHAJ INTERNATIONAL Truck & Crane Components CENTROCAR – Centro de Matori Industrial Estate, Lagos COMPANY 47, Sir Virgil Naz Street Equipamentos Mecânicos Tel: +234 1 2918597 Coastal road Next the Engineer Port Louis Tel: +258 823 083 675 Web: www.woermann-nigeria.com College Misurata Tel: + 23052540425 Web: http://www.centrocar.com/mz E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +21891 322 6474 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Caltec Ltd. E-mail: [email protected] UMCL Ltd. MAQUINAS E TRACTORES DE 88, Port Harcourt Rd WIRTGEN Libya J. C. Tel: +230 426 7785 MOÇAMBIQUE, LDA Fegge, Onitsha Tel: +218 919 541 195 Web: http://www.umcl.mu Av.Samora Machel-En4 Tel: +234 803 8337433 Web: www.wirtgen-group.com E-mail: [email protected] Bairro T Web: www.calteclimited.com E-mail: sales.libya@wirtgen- Parcela 3380/40 E-mail: [email protected] group.com Morocco portas 2&3, M Provincia de Maputo Jubaili Bros Engineering Ltd. Batifix SARL Jubaili Building, Plot 2 Madagascar Tel: +258847357315 25 Rue Mohamed Ben Ahmed Ikosi Road E-mail: [email protected] SODIREX Casablanca Oregun, Ikeja Tel: +261 20 22 274 29 20300 Namibia Lagos State E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +212 522 243507 Tel: +234 81 40111111 Web: www.batifix.ma Rex-Quip (Pty) Ltd. Web: www.JubailiBros.com Malawi Tel: +264 612 20539 SMDM – Société Marocaine de E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Machinery Spares and trading Distribution de Matériel Lenuzon Limited Limited Tel: +212 523 31 88 00 Nigeria Plot 950, 63 Road, 6th Avenue Tel: +265 1 844 500 Web: http://www.smdm.ma Festac Town, Lagos E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Aggreko Nigeria Tel: +234 806 831 3710 Block “O” Plot 4 Gateway City Web: http://www.lenuzon.com Mali Societe de Realisations Mecaniques Estate, Industrial Area Lagos E-mail: [email protected] DEM Senegal SARL Route d’el Jadida Ibadan Expressway (Opposite Mountain of Fire) Ogun State Mantrac Nigeria Ltd. (Lagos) Tel: +221 33 859 50 00 Km 14 RP1 2, Billingsway Web: www.africa.aggreko.com Web: www.dem-group.com Casablanca Off Secretariat Road E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 20 300 Oregun Industrial Estate Tel: +212 522 633700 Ansaldo Energia Nigeria Ikeja, Lagos Fax: +212 522 636839 LandMark Towers PMB 21480 Web: www.groupe-premium.com 5B Water Corporation Road Tel: +2349062492668 E-mail: mohammed.derouich@ Oniru, Victoria Island Ext. Web: www.mantracnigeria.com premium.net.m Lagos E-mail: [email protected]

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SCOA TRAC HIMOINSA Southern Africa Tital Company Ltd. Uganda Tel: +234 (1) 280 20 72 A6 Multi User Facility, Zone 3 Tel: +249 183 23 67 50 Web: http://www.scoaplc.com Coega IDZPort Elizabeth, 6100 E-mail: [email protected] Balton (U) Ltd. PO Box 852 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +27 41 4050580 Zactic/APS advanced Power Plot 47/5 Stag Engineering (John Deere) Web: www.himoinsa.com Systems PO Box 353, Lagos E-mail: [email protected] Al-Jazira St. No 55 building N Kibira Road Kampala Tel: +234 1 7742300 Jubaili Bros Pty Ltd. Khartoum Fax: +234 1 7738187 Johannesburg Tel: + 249912335720 Tel: +256 31 2502300 Web: www.stagengineering.com Tel: +27 11 1004878 Web: www.apsgenerators.com Fax: +256 31 2502301 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.JubailiBros.com E-mail: ahmed.azim@ Web: www.balton.co.ug E-mail: [email protected] apsgenerators.com E-mail: [email protected] Rwanda Marelli Motori South Africa (Pty) Ltd Jubaili Bros (Uganda) Tanzania Kampala Balton Rwanda Ltd. Unit 2, corner Director & Mega Utexrwa Complex Spartan Ext. 23 Kempton Park Aggreko Tanzania Tel: +256 77 9443360 B.P. 2972, Kigali 1619 Gauteng Plot No. 49-2 Web: www.jubailibros.com Tel: +250 788 308826 Tel: +27 11 392 1920 Opposite Coca Cola Light E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +250 785 70073 Fax: +27 11 392 1668 Industrial Area Mantrac Uganda Ltd. (Kampala) E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.marellimotori.com Mwenge PO Box 7126 Web: www.africa.aggreko.com Plot 17/41 Panafrican Equipment Ltd. E-mail: nguthrie@ Tel: +254 732 151 000 marellimotori.com E-mail: [email protected] 7th Street Industrial Area Web: www.panafricangroup.com POWER02 Machines and Tractors Tanzania E-mail: Exocom Ltd. (JCB) Kampala [email protected] 2023Cnr Jacoba & Bloutulp str Plot no. 7 & 7A Tel: +256784005067 Alberton North, 261747 P.O Box 76407 Web: www.mantracuganda.com Senegal Tel: +27 10 2162600/71 6095517 Nyerere Road E-mail: nnyaika@ Dar Es Salam mantracuganda.com DEM Senegal SARL Fax: +27 86 5817167 Tel: + 255784276417 Tel: +221 33 859 50 00 E-mail: lateganFrancoisL@ United Arab Emirates Web: www.dem-group.com powero2.co.za Web: www.mttanzania.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] SDMO South Africa MAN Energy Solutions Middle East PO Box 5201, 40 Ranbone Street Mantrac Tanzania Ltd. (Dar Es LLC P.O. Box 57091 Sierra Leone 2031 Ophirton Salaam) Maritime Busin Tel: +33 631594701 PO Box 9262 Kanu Equipment Sierra Leone 9. Floor Dubai Maritime City Web: http://dz.sdmo.com/ Plot No. 4A Ltd. Dubai Tel: +232 990 018 00 Nyerere Road Wirtgen South Africa Dar Es Salaam Tel: +971 504580848 E-mail: Christian@ PO Box 8820, 1613 Edenglen Tel: +255 713234470 Web: www.man-es.com kanuequipment.com CNR Simba & Buwbes Streets Web: www.mantractanzania.com E-mail: Waldemar.Wiesner@ Tel: +27 11 4521838 Mantrac Sierra Leone Ltd. E-mail: jserre@ man-es.com Fax: +27 11 4524886 (Freetown) mantractanzania.com Web: www.wirtgen.co.za WEICHAI MIDDLE EAST FZE PO Box 127 P.O. Box: 18698 E-mail: [email protected] Panafrican Equipment Ltd. 6-8 Blackhall Road Plot No. S104 Freetown Tel: +254 732 151 000 WIRTGEN South Africa (Pty) Ltd. Web: www.panafricangroup.com Jebel Ali South Tel: +232 30 250 000 Tel: +27 (0)11 452 1838 E-mail: info.ke@ Dubai Web: www.mantrac-sl.com Web: www.wirtgen-group.com panafricangroup.com Tel: +971- E-mail: emartin-lawson@ E-mail: sales.southafrica@wirtgen- 48810650/+971565511860 /+ unatrac.com group.com Togo Fax: +971-48810651 Web: www.weichai.com South Africa South Sudan SDMO West Africa E-mail: [email protected] Altaaqa Alternative Solutions Ensemble Immobilier Ramco - 7 A G Tractor FZE (JCB) Boulevard Du 24 Janvier Global Eyat Group Complex Zambia Quartier Assivito, 01BP746 Unit 8D-1, Sinosteel Plaza Plot No 12 Block IV LOME BL&D Copperbelt Ltd. 159 Rivonia Road, Sandton, 2146 Airport Road Tel: +228 22226365 Tel: +260 962 045 826 Tel: +27117845117 Juba E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +27117845118 Tel: +971 558467441 Tunisia Web: www.altaaqaglobal.com Web: www.agtractor.com Kemach JCB Zambia Block B units 1/2 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Ansaldo Energia TUNISIA Eureka Park Ansaldo Energia South Africa 6, Rue Lac Mariotte Machine Afrik Co. Ltd. 1053 Les Berges du Lac I Kafue Road Building 3, Commerce Square Tel: +211 956 444 470 Tuni PO Box CA78 Castle Lusaka 39 Rivonia Road Web: http://www.machineafrik.com E-mail: Francesco.Italiano@ Tel: + 260967847592 2196 Johannesburg E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 4319 ansaldoenergia.com Tel: +27 760913150 Sudan Societe De L’Automobile Et Du Zimbabwe E-mail: wallace.manyara@ Materiel ansaldoenergia.com Diesel Heavy Equipment (JCB) 48 Avenue Kheireddine Pacha- 1 Conquip Zimbabwe Pvt Ltd. 28/29 Block 9/10 Tel: + 21622254954 Tel: +263 4 485 543 DEM Group SA New Ext Al Amarat airport road Web: www.sam-tunisie.com Fax: +263 4 485 621 Tel: +32 2 208 26 37 POBox 1333 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.dem-group.com Tel: + 249912309884 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: www.diesel.sd TGE Groupes Electrogenes JCB Link (JCB) 8, Rue des oranges 30001 Dagenham Rd Hatz South Africa E-mail: [email protected] Ariana Willowvale, Harare 52 Lake Roa MTWA International Investment Tel: + 263772263448 Longmeadow North 2036 Co. Ltd. Tel: +216 71 759503 Web: www.scanlink.co.zw/ Longmeadow Business Estate Nor 80 Block 85 Al Siteen Street Fax: +216 71 759504 E-mail: [email protected] Edenevale PO Box 7050, Khartoum, 11123 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: +2711 574 0900 Tel: +249 18 352 2920 Machinery Exchange (pvt) Ltd.

Fax: +2711 574 0939 Web: www.mtwa.sd Tel: +263 4 447180

Web: http://www.hatz.co.za E-mail: mohamed.hamza@ Web: www.centrocar.com/mz/

E-mail: [email protected] mtwaint.com E-mail: antony@machinery- exchange.com

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COMMERCIAL FEATURE

Blackwood Hodge: 70 powerful years Blackwood Hodge, a FG Wilson genset distributor, shares why they have had such a long-lasting footprint in East Africa. Image Credit: FG FG Image Credit: Wilson

The team at Blackwood Hodge in Kenya.

e live in a time when the thinking a lot about the future, Now we have our people and their within the organisation. average lifespan of a reflecting on what we’re here for. expertise all tightly defined. There’s Customers have started to feel the WFortune 500 Company is We’re fortunate in that the generator a very clear demarcation of the changes. Joseph Maundu from Joe around 15 years and a business sets which we sell are of excellent departments and very good Invesco Agencies says, “The changes which has lasted for decades often quality. And our role is to surround communication between them. have come with a lot of benefits. attracts attention, as if it can reveal them with all the service and We’re seeing a lot more interaction, We’re getting parts slightly cheaper, whether there is some secret recipe support that a customer could need. which of course makes operations from ready stock, which reduces our for commercial longevity. So our starting point as a team is very efficient. This is important turnaround period for all the Distributor of FG Wilson generator how we can effectively deliver great because the service a customer gets products we are dealing with. In a sets, Blackwood Hodge, has been service for the 21st century.” is only as good as the service we give modern business, time and part of the Kenyan economic The guiding principle is to look each other within the organisation.” reliability are of the essence. If we’re landscape since 1949, 70 years. after the organisation and team, Customer service functions were getting the parts, and the right Since 1993, it has been an official and they will look after the customer. given special attention. Judith parts, then that is a plus for us.” distributor of FG Wilson branded First came a complete end-to-end Wangui from the parts department The vigour and energy in the generator sets, covering Kenya and refurbishment of the facilities, and says, “We restructured our people at Blackwood Hodge is Uganda, in a working relationship within the industry. It is a place warehouse which means we can obvious. Elbehiry is excited for the which dates back even further. FG anyone would be proud to call their access and pick parts faster, and future, he said, “The team works. Wilson has been around for more place of work. But as Ahmed is quick new processes are helping us Actually we feel like we are in a than 50 years. to highlight, “It’s not just about having communicate more quickly with family. If you look after Blackwood In 2018, Blackwood Hodge came a good-looking facility, it’s about customers. And with additional Hodge, the resources, the expertise under a new management team how efficient and effective we can customer service people, we can and the team, everything is from Tamgo International, a Zahid be in satisfying our customers’ needs.” follow up more effectively with possible.” Group Company. The new Blackwood Within the team, there was a customers and give better after-sales It is a view echoed by TAMGO Hodge country manager, Kenya and tightening-up of structure and clear service and support.” International general manager Fadel Uganda, Ahmed Elbehiry, says it has demarcation of roles and Technicians are now freed up to Hassan, he said, “As a part of our been a time of reflection and renewal. responsibilities. spend more time with customers long-term expansion strategy in East He said, “We’ve been celebrating Operations manager, Kenneth which means more support for more Africa, Blackwood Hodge Kenya is the the past, conscious of Blackwood Muindi says, “In small- and people and they are more able to first step in our African journey.” ■ Hodge’s great history. Moving into medium-sized enterprises, bring back feedback and learning, our eighth decade, we’re now sometimes roles evolve organically. which is shared in a structured way www.blackwoodhodge.com

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NEWS | CONSTRUCTION

Nigeria’s construction industry expanded by MURRAY & ROBERTS WINS 2.4 per cent in 2018 SHAFT CONTRACT Nigeria’s construction industry continued on a steady recovery path in 2018, despite contracting Murray & Roberts Cementation, Africa’s around 6 per cent in 2016 in the wake of the collapse in oil prices. leading mining contractor, has been It expanded by 2.4 per cent, following on from 1 per cent growth in 2017, and is expected to grow by awarded a contract by Palabora Mining 6.1 per cent in the medium term, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Company for a 1,200 metre ventilation shaft. Nigeria’s construction industry’s performance has been bolstered by the government’s focus on The shaft, with a lined diameter of 8,5 developing the country’s infrastructure, energy and residential sectors, as well as a general recovery in metres, will reach a final blind sink depth of the economy. 1,190 metres before a drop raise takes it to In a bid to improve the infrastructural needs of Nigeria and maximise resources, the federal its final depth, according to Braam Blom, government signed the Executive Order 007 on Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment project executive at Murray & Roberts Investment Tax Credit Scheme. Private companies are able to fund the construction and refurbishment Cementation. of eligible roads in Nigeria and to recover the project funds by way of tax credits, claimable against “The duration of this project is expected to Companies Income Tax (CIT). Dangote is set to construct 19 federal roads across the country, in be just over three years,” says Blom. “After accordance with the Executive Order (007). mobilisation, site establishment and surface Yasmine Ghozzi, economist at GlobalData, said, “This will have a huge impact on Nigeria’s civils have been completed, we expect to construction industry since under federal laws, public roads are constructed and maintained by the conduct pre-sinking until the end of 2019, government but due with the use of our special shaft sinking to minimal funding, gantry to a shaft depth of 65 metres.” key roads were left A surface headgear and winder installation in poor conditions. will be constructed from January to March The road project 2020. This will facilitate the slow sink to 200 will total to 794.4km Global Data Image Credit: metres and the main sink until February and spread across 2022. Canadian shutter and lining methods the six geo-political will be employed. The team is expected to zones and will help conduct shaft stripping by mid-April 2022 reduce the cost of and to dis-establish the site by May 2022. doing business in “There will be no stations or other the country.” excavations required, so this will help keep “The Power Sector the team in a sinking cycle and optimise Reform Program, if production levels,” he says. “We will run full effectively calendar operations (Fulco) with 12 hour implemented, could shifts and cycles of five day shifts, five night Nigeria - Construction output growth (real, % change) from 2007-2023. attract private shifts and five shifts off.” investment. It A relatively small labour force of 123 people targets 10 gigawatts of operational capacity by 2020. But Nigeria needs to adjust its federal budget, is planned for steady main sinking currently dominated by persistent spending, toward more capital expenditure and accumulating conditions, with some sub-contractors savings to sustain social spending,” she added. conducting surface piling and civil works for The continued expansion in the economy as well as the construction industry will be dependent on the winder, headgear and other site the pace of implementing the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, which anchors Nigeria’s construction. Shaft drilling itself will be done industrialisation by establishing industrial clusters and staple crop processing zones to give firms a with two twin-boom Komatsu shaft drill rigs, competitive edge through access to raw materials, skilled labor, technology, and materials. and mucking by a Komatsu excavator with The government is targeting 3 per cent economic growth in 2019, while the World Bank says real close to a ton of loading capacity. GDP is projected to grow by 2.2 per cent in 2019 and 2.4 per cent in 2020. However, the slide in oil “Ground conditions are expected to be a prices from late 2018, coupled with an output cut imposed on Nigeria by OPEC to 1.685 mbpd, poses a challenge,” said Blom, but added that there downside risk to the economic outlook. were “various ways to reduce the risk”.

BRIEFS

Africa’s first plastic road DSC’s senior VP wins award

launched The senior vice president of product development The first plastic road in Africa has been of DSC Dredge was recognised during the National launched at the Kouga Municipality in the Stone Sand and Gravel Association’s annual Image Credit: Adobe Stock Image Credit: Image Credit: DSC Dredge Image Credit: Eastern Cape. Engineering and construction convention in Indiana on 10-13 February. Bill Wetta won the Barry K. Wendt Commitment firms SP Excel and Scribante Construction are Award, the aggregates industry’s most partnering with MacRebur to build a 1km road distinguished individual prize. In his leadership role in Jeffreys Bay. Work is expected to start this at DSC Dredge, he serves as project manager of Non-recycable plastic could be Bill Wetta, Senior VP of DSC Dredge was processed into pellets and used in month and, if successful, a factory may be built awarded the aggregate’s industry’s most engineering and construction. “I understand what asphalt mix. for recycling and producing plastic pallets. distinguished prize. it means to be on this list,” Wetta said.

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RN1 road completed, Republic of Congo.

Transport boom fuels West African construction industry Image Credit: Egis / XU Hui – CSCEC Image Credit: According to Deloitte’s latest Africa construction trends report, the transport sector in West Africa led the way in the number of construction projects in 2018.

f you want to prosper, first build the RN1 connecting Pointe-Noire to renaissance. This year started with Construction boost roads, says a Chinese proverb. A Brazzaville (540 km), the RN1 bis the opening of the 942-metre-long According to Deloitte, the number of Iquick glance across West Africa connecting Brazzaville to Mindouli bridge linking the Gambia and active construction projects in West and there is still plenty of truth in (50 km), the old bypass Senegal, together with border posts Africa worth US$50mn or more the old adage. In Deloitte’s Africa infrastructure of the Congolese at either end. increased from 66 in 2014 to 105 by Construction Trends report, the capital, and the RN2 connecting The bridge is a safer, quicker, 2018, rising steadily through the transport sector continued to lead Brazzaville to Ouesso (800 km). and alternative route to the risky years and inflating in value at the the way with almost 40 per cent of The first sections of the new ferry crossing or the long detour same time. the 482 projects being tracked. But network were inaugurated by the between the northern and southern While the largest projects tend to it seems that in 2019 ambitions are nation’s president Denis Sassou parts of both nations. Before, be focused on the energy sector or even higher than ever. Nguesso at the start of March. travellers had to wait hours or even in utilities, there are also some Projects on the drawing board Egis teams will also manage the days for a ferry, leading to huge standout transport developments as include some flagship international 11 toll plazas of the RN1, updating losses of perishable goods and well, such as Nigeria’s US$8bn connections. One envisages a equipment and assuming market produce. Lagos-Kano rail project. 1,000 km highway linking Côte responsibility for weighing Senegal is also anticipating the Overall, the transport sector d’Ivoire’s commercial capital operations and traffic management, start-up of its new Regional accounts for about half of all Abidjan, to Lagos in Nigeria, under a 30-year concession Express Train (TER) service projects tracked within West Africa. providing a massive boost for company, La Congolaise des Routes, imminently, the first railway to be It is good news for the region’s regional integration and trade. agreed with the government. built in the country for more than a construction firms, though many The African Development Bank The company is already a prime century. The US$1bn project links projects still end up in the hands of and the Economic Community Of mover in the country through the Dakar with Blaise Diagne larger international players. West African States Commission engineering and operation of International Airport. While the region’s governments (Ecowas) are financing a study into Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire and Work on a second phase, linking are the main driving force behind the project, with further grant Ollombo airports. the new rapidly developing business most road and rail projects, the support from the European Union. It played a role in Africa’s first centre of Diamniadio with the financing comes from a much The proposed Abidjan-Lagos high-speed train line in Morocco, airport, will start immediately after broader split, from multilateral Corridor Highway would comprise a which runs 200 km from Tangier to completion of the first section in institutions to bilateral support. six-lane motorway and connect the Kenitra, and was opened last year. It June this year. China has emerged as the biggest two countries via Ghana (Accra), is the first stage in the deployment Financed by a collective of donors, national financier of transport Togo (Lomé) and Benin (Cotonou). of a high-speed line masterplan to it marks the largest ever investment projects across West Africa, a fact The project highlights not only run a network stretching by the Islamic Development Bank in that explains the increasing profile ambition, but the level of interest approximately 1,500 km, comprising a sub-Saharan Africa project. of its contractors rolling out high among financiers in West Africa’s both an Atlantic corridor (the And more funds are finding profile schemes on the ground. roads sector – and not just within Tangier-Casablanca-Agadir route) their way to projects throughout Nigeria’s Lagos-Badagry the region’s larger economies either. and a Maghreb corridor (Casablanca- the region. expressway expansion project is one Rabat-Fez-Oujda). In nearby Liberia, Ecowas has such Chinese-built transport project, Congolese highways signed off a further US$50mn for the valued at US$1.9bn. In such an In the Republic of Congo, French Making connections Sasstown-Klowein road construction active and dynamic market, contractor Egis Group is leading It’s not hard to find more examples project, in the southeastern part of however, it still leaves plenty of three major national road projects: of West Africa’s transport the country. room for all. ■

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CONSTRUCTION | WHEEL LOADERS

Heavy duty... for heavy duties Four wheel loaders are doing the heavy lifting in Africa’s mining and quarrying industry. Image Credit: Volvo Image Credit:

Volvo L250H Wheel Loader The L250H from Volvo is a high-production machine designed to increase productivity and profitability in applications including quarry, aggregates, mining and heavy infrastructure. The intention with this heavy-duty machine is to deliver short cycle times, high breakout force and excellent controllability. Volvo’s proven Z-bar linkage provides high breakout force for strong, powerful digging in hard materials. The high lift capacity enables fully loaded buckets to be elevated to maximum height. Fast hydraulic speeds deliver quick load cycles, increasing productivity in tough environments. The optional Boom Suspension System boosts productivity by up to 20 per cent by absorbing shock and reducing the bouncing and bucket spillage that occurs when operating on rough ground. This enables faster and more comfortable work cycles and increases machine life. Powered by a premium Volvo engine, it is tailor-made for rigorous duties in Africa’s mining sector.

Hitachi ZW Wheel Loader Africa’s mining industry provides a tough test for construction machinery. However, Hitachi equipment is a popular choice across the continent to get the job done safely and efficiently, due to its reliability, durability, low maintenance costs and easily accessible parts. In particular, Hitachi supplies a range of ZW wheel loaders specifically designed for use in this market, the largest being the ZW370- G. This 29-tonne machine features a torque proportional differential (DTP) that prevents wheel slippage on soft ground and allows the wheel loader to travel easily over rough terrain. Smaller Hitachi wheel loaders include the ZW100-G through to the ZW310- 5A. All machines contain a number of reliable parts and components to enable them to work continuously – and productively –for lengthy periods in harsh working conditions, remote locations and extreme temperatures. Image Credit: Hitachi Image Credit:

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Cat 990K Aggregate Handler One of the latest additions to the Caterpillar portfolio is the 990K Aggregate Handler, designed to handle greater payloads in aggregates Hyundai HL975 Wheel Loader yard applications. With as much as a 25 per cent payload increase, This is one of more than a dozen Hyundai machines to be presented at compared to the standard 990K, the new machine enables customers to the bauma industry trade show in April. The HL900 series of wheel load trucks and railcars faster and to move more material in load-and- loaders has been designed to reflect customers’ needs in the field, carry and stockpile management tasks. The Cat 990K Aggregate Handler gleaned thorough monitoring, to maximise performance proven by has a payload of 22 tons (20 tonnes) and a full turn static tipping load of rigorous field tests and quality control. The true value of the HL900 96,426 lb (43,738 kg). Additional counterweight maintains machine Series, which is now far more powerful, is revealed in tough working stability, and robust 990K structures ensure durability in the Aggregate environments. With the high-strength design structure and enduring Handler configuration. The loader makes best use of general purpose system proven by rigorous road tests at various work sites, Hyundai’s and coal buckets for increased volume. It complements the smaller 986K wheel loaders can perform any high-load work to maximise productivity. and 988K Aggregate Handlers in the Cat large wheel loader line, but is Durability of frames and attachments have been enhanced by 1.5 times not designed for use in quarry face or other shot rock applications. compared to the previous generation 9-series.

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CONSTRUCTION | BAUMA

Discover innovations at bauma 2019 Don’t miss bauma, the world’s leading trading fair for construction machinery, mining machines and construction equipment taking place on 8-14 April in Munich.

DOOSAN - DX800LC-5B

Doosan Construction Equipment will be showing the company’s new optimise the performance of the diesel engine to achieve the maximum DX800LC-5B 80 tonne crawler excavator for the first time at bauma 2019. fuel efficiency. The ecoPower technology builds on this by focusing on The DX800LC-5B offers optimum value to the end-user thanks to the role of the hydraulics system and demonstrates Doosan’s continuous outstanding productivity, high fuel efficiency, superior comfort for the iteration of all the processes and components used in the company’s operator, enhanced reliability, durability and maximum uptime. It is products to achieve unprecedented levels of diesel energy efficiency. designed to meet the needs of heavy duty mining and quarrying Doosan’s ecoPower technology utilises an electronic pressure-controlled applications as well as major infrastructure construction projects. pump within a closed centre hydraulic system to accomplish increases in The long carriage (LC) design, in combination with the undercarriage productivity and fuel consumption improvements. A closed, centred main expanded to its maximum working width, offers optimum stability and control valve minimises pressure loss, while the electric pressure- safety in all kinds of digging, lifting and loading applications. controlled pump manages and optimises engine power more effectively. Built with high quality, proven main components and offering a robust Enhanced safety features are intrinsic to the DX800LC-5B. Operators can design, the DX800LC-5B enables customers to work in environments where be more productive and work more effectively at night with high quality avoiding downtime is critical. The use of superior components throughout, LED work lights and an Around View Monitoring (AVM) system provides a specifically customised for use in large equipment, ensures this new 360 degree view from the cab. machine offers best-in-class power, productivity and durability. The DX800LC-5B is ideal for working on tough applications as the Contributing to the best-in-class productivity is the combination of a machine is equipped with a reversing fan, to make sure that the cooling new 358 kW (480 HP) diesel engine and a comprehensive advanced and systems operate optimally. intelligent hydraulic system (ecoPower). The DX800LC-5B incorporates an electronic control unit which serves to Booth number F5 517

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BAUMA | CONSTRUCTION

BKT - EARTHMAX SR 46

EARTHMAX SR 46, is an innovative tyre solution for rigid dumpers operating under adverse conditions in rocky environments such as mines, dams, and the construction sites of large building structures. Previously available in the 49’’ version, the pattern will be officially showcased at Bauma in the largest size ever built by BKT, namely 33.00 R 51. EARTHMAX SR 46 features a diameter of 3,075 centimeters. It is 975 centimeters wide and weighs 2,400 kg. This tyre is particularly suitable for transporting heavy loads. It is a good choice in terms of cut-and-chip resistance – a quality that turns into an extended product life-cycle. Impact, mechanical stress, and punctures are reduced thanks to the steel-belted casing, which optimises operating hours and maximises productivity. Another distinguishing mark of EARTHMAX SR 46 is the special tread design showing a block lug pattern with circumferential grooves resulting in reduced wear of its external part plus excellent cornering performance.

Booth number A6 215

CDE’S TECH SOLUTIONS

CDE, a leading wet processing equipment manufacturer, is launching an innovative new range of technology solutions to enable customers to increase the efficiency of their plant, automate processes, and lower their operating costs. The benefits will be outlined to the market at a masterclass entitled ‘The Connected Plant’ at CDE’s stand on 10 April at bauma. The CDE CORE smart technology suite includes three main features: an easy-to-use monitoring system; a digital tool to manage and simplify operator workflows; and a bespoke 3D catalogue of parts which is tailored for each customer’s individual equipment. It gives customers greater control of their plant, and means, among other things, that resources are being maximised and customers can take immediate action if the efficiency of their plant falls below their desired level.

Booth number B2 119

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CONSTRUCTION | BAUMA

BOMAG - ION DUST SHIELD

On construction sites, much visible dust is environment to protect the operating personnel field, charged positively, and attracted to the produced, as well as invisible particulate matter and then return it to the conveyor belt. Although negatively charged housing. In the process, the that is harmful to the respiratory tract. This is also this protects the driver of the machine, the particulate matter clumps together permanently the case with cold milling for the removal and particulate matter is by no means eliminated, to form less dangerous coarse dust. The coarser subsequent recycling of old road surfaces. With because unlike coarse dust, particulate matter dust can subsequently be transported away the Ion Dust Shield technology for all cold milling remains in the air like an invisible cloud and only together with the removed road surface. The machines from the 1-metre class, Bomag is the very slowly sinks to the ground. Subsequent resulting coarse dust can no longer enter the first manufacturer to offer a solution that turns construction site personnel as well as residents respiratory tract and is therefore harmless for the dust displacement into dust reduction, and thus and passers-by are therefore still at risk. machine operator and the entire environment. protects both the operator and the environment. To reduce this risk, Bomag developed the Ion The Ion Dust Shield has been nominated for the Compared to a diesel engine, the milling Dust Shield technology for cold milling machines. bauma Innovation Award in the category of process produces many times more particulate The system is installed in a small box directly on components/digital systems. matter. Systems currently available on the market the conveyor belt. With the dust extraction vacuum the dust from the direct working system, dust is transported through an electric Booth number FS 1009.

thyssenkrupp - MOBILE STACKING BRIDGE LIZARD

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions will present its new mobile stacking bridge lizard at Bauma 2019. This solution for heap leaching and dry tailings stacking combines two proven technologies – the conveyor bridge and the tripper car – in a new way. The lizard decouples the crawler-mounted tripper car from the conveyor bridge, enabling it to be controlled independently of the bridge. Decoupling the tripper car from the conveyor bridge has several advantages: The transitions between the bridge segments are easier as there is no stress from a travelling tripper car on top of the bridge. As the loads on the bridge sink, the overall construction of the bridge outweighs be used for the reclaiming bridge. Fatigue issues with no override control, the so-called “float the additional chassis and structure of the otherwise caused by cyclic loads from the system”, is attached to the tripper car. The tripper car. This way the product saves weight tripper car are completely eliminated. This double crawlers with no steering cylinders and costs accordingly. In addition, a larger significantly reduces maintenance requirements ensure unrestricted maneuverability in all dump height and longer outreach are possible. and increases availability. directions. The system can be attached to any Operators benefit from a slimmer, lighter A major advantage of the lizard is its multi- crawler to avoid the large turning circles of bridge structure, lower bridge height, crawler chassis. thyssenkrupp used its expertise conventional gearing systems. smaller bridge crawlers and lower ground in this area to develop a unique solution that pressure. The same lightweight design can also improves productivity: A multi-crawler chassis Booth number B2 203.

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CONSTRUCTION | BAUMA

DOOSAN - ADT TRUCKS

Doosan Construction Equipment will be launching new 30 and 40 tonne Stage V compliant articulated dump trucks (ADTs), replacing the previous DA30-5 and DA40-5 Stage IV models. In 2018, the DA30 ADT was upgraded with a range of features including a new cab, a new self-levelling front suspension and a tandem bogie system which are all incorporated in the Stage V model. A similar process has been applied in the 40 tonne Stage V machine, with a new cab and a semi-levelling front suspension that adjusts itself independently depending on the operating conditions to ensure a comfortable working environment for the operator. As well as these changes, the Stage V models offer many more features — one of the most eye-catching is a design for the front frame and bonnet components on the trucks, created by the Doosan Design Team in accordance with the latest trends in the market. The new dynamic look this gives the Stage V ADTs, reflects the high performance, power and robustness of the Doosan ADT range and aligns even more closely with rest of the market-leading range of construction equipment from Doosan. * New ADT trucks available in African markets with Tier 3 engines.

Booth number FM F5/517

Evonik - DYNAVIS and NUFLUX technologies

Construction machine manufacturers will do Lubricants formulated with DYNAVIS almost anything to optimise the productivity and technology achieve efficiency gains at a minimum service life of their machines, and lubricants are of 5 to 15 per cent. Evonik says companies who typically not a factor in this process. “That’s focus on mining, road construction, demolition, or wrong,” says Rolf Fianke, global brand manager earth-moving have realised increased profits, with DYNAVIS & NUFLUX, technology brands of the peak efficiency gains reaching up to 25 per cent. business line Oil Additives at Evonik. “The Oil Oils formulated with NUFLUX technology are Additives specialists at Evonik will help visitors at equivalent to synthetic lubricants, and surpass bauma see that fluids formulated with DYNAVIS them in some respects. During a field trial in a and NUFLUX technologies are what their pump gear in South Africa, a higher degree of machines have been missing.” efficiency was measured that promises to pay off. DYNAVIS technology optimises the viscosity of This made the decision of the treatment plant hydraulic fluids; and industrial gear oil easier to fill 26 of their gears in the water formulations, based on NUFLUX technology, treatment system with NUFLUX formulated oil. perform as well as synthetic based fluids and at a lower cost. Booth number A3 244.

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SOLUTIONS | CONSTRUCTION

Top asphalt and paver technologies on the market

HOT-MIX ASPHALT HELPS LABOUR-INTENSIVE ROAD REPAIRS

Leading local asphalt expert National Asphalt has developed a ‘hot-mix-in-a-bag’ solution for road contractors in the Tshwane region. The company is collaborating with Siyeza Consulting, one of Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport’s (GDR&T) newly appointed consulting engineering firms, on the Twswelopele road repair programme. The LT40 or ‘hot-mix-in-a-bag’ asphalt solution offers contractors ease of use with a quality, continuously graded low temperature asphalt for results that compare with traditional Hot Mix Asphalt, (HMA). The major advantage of the National Asphalt LT40 “National Asphalt LT40 has zero waste is the ease of use for contractors working on minor

materials, cuts down on time spent in queues at patchwork, pothole repair and edge breaks. Image Credit: National Asphalt National Credit: Image HMA plants or product loss arising from bad weather,” said Pascal Garrioch of National between 80°C and 100°C and can be reheated months, allowing contractors to purchase and Asphalt. “It also improves contractors’ for ongoing use without compromising the store the product for use at their convenience. productivity, allowing them to proceed directly physical or technical properties or benefits of “The mobile hot-mix-in-a-bag oven trailer is to site with all the tools necessary to begin work the asphalt mix. the latest innovative alternative technology for without delay.” The product is suitable for edge-breaks, maximising labour-intensive construction Conventional HMA needs to be applied at minor patching, pothole repairs and the methods with improved quality in the around 150°C and must be laid within a few reinstatement of trenches. Contained in sealed maintenance and repair of paved roads,” said hours of manufacture. LT40 can be applied at plastic bags, LT40 has a shelf life of up to 12 Gerald Gundu of Siyeza Consulting Engineers.

VÖGELE SUPER 1303-3I PAVES COLOURED ASPHALT ON FOOT AND CYCLE PATH The VÖGELE SUPER 1303-3i wheeled paver was dimensions combined with a high performance. brake activated, the outside turning radius the ideal solution for paving coloured asphalt on With a basic width of 1.85m, the SUPER 1303-3i reduces to a minimum of 3.8m, which was a a foot and cycle path known as the “Green has a total length of just 4.95m. It is extremely major advantage since six side paths and several Gateway” in Baden-Baden, Germany. agile, allowing easy, fast manœuvring even on bends also had to be paved within three job-site This compact class machine has very compact confined job sites. With the pivot steer steering sections along the narrow route. Thanks to the AutoSet Basic repositioning function, this task presented no problems. With little space to manœuvre and narrow access roads, the material feed process became a real challenge in Baden-Baden. The lorries were not always able to dump their load because of the trees lining the road. It was advantageous that the compact SUPER 1303-3i has a large, 10t material hopper which supplied enough mix at all times to support continuous paving of the surface course. The VÖGELE paver’s professional material management system also contributed to assuring quality. The oscillating push-rollers ensured shock-free docking. The large conveyor tunnel, proportional control of conveyors and The VÖGELE SUPER 1303-3i the powerful augers ensured an optimum flow wheeled paver.

Image Credit: VÖGELE Image Credit: of mix and even spreading in front of the screed.

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SOLUTIONS | CONSTRUCTION

MAN PLATFORM RANGE FOR BOBCAT TELEHANDLERS

There are a wide range of man platforms available for use on Bobcat rigid frame and rotary telescopic handlers. For Bobcat rigid frame telehandlers, the man platform solution can be fixed, rotating and/or extendable, with 1m, 2.4m or 4m widths. The platform extension is hydraulically controlled requiring no effort from the operator and can be adjusted to the width required. In addition, the Bobcat patented BPS system (Boom Positioning System) helps the operator to position the man platform closer to walls and other Image Credit: Bobcat Image Credit: structures to be examined from the platform. There is also a remote control system that can be used to operate the system at a distance as well as other attachments such as winches or jibs for further versatility. In the top-of-the-range Bobcat T41.140SLP 14m and T40.180SLP 18m rigid frame telehandlers, ‘man platform ready’ is an optional plug and play factory package for easy connection and operation of an aerial work platform, in full compliance with safety standards. Electrical and hydraulic lines are protected inside the boom and it requires no cable roll-up.

The T41.140SLP Bobcat man platform. For more information visit www.bobcat.com

MIX TELEMATICS TO HELP Caterpillar expands Next Generation KEEP DRIVERS SAFE MiX Telematics, a leading global provider of fleet mini excavator range and mobile asset management solutions, has The Cat range of Next Generation mini hydraulic or a long stick that increases the depth by announced that it will be providing an excavators has been expanded with the addition approximately 560mm. earthmoving equipment provider with a of two new models in the 7-to-10-ton category. Also, new to the range is a 310 weighing telematics solution to help improve the efficiency The new models provide a selection of basic between 9,601kg to 10,182kg, and featuring a of their vehicles and the safety of their configurations, allowing customers to choose fixed boom, standard tail swing, and twin blade customers’ drivers. the machine that works most efficiently in cylinders for handling heavy duty dozing chores. Operating across South Africa, the company, applications routinely encountered. As with all This machine uses the Cat C3.3 diesel engine which cannot be named for confidential reasons, Cat Next Generation mini excavators, the new rated at 52.4 netkW (70.3 net hp) and has a dig required 418 of its cearthmoving vehicles to be models feature heavy duty main structures, fuel depth of 5174mm. fitted with a telematics solution so that their efficient engines, load sensing hydraulics, spacious customers could have a view of driver behaviour. cabs, and the exclusive Caterpillar stick steer Operator environment By monitoring the whereabouts and driving system. The overall design goal for Next Generation The design of Cat Next Generation mini style of their drivers, the company’s customers models is to ensure optimum value for the excavators emphasizes operator comfort, are now empowered to make the right decisions customer in terms of performance, operator convenience, and safety. The 307.5 and 310 are when it comes to operating more efficiently and experience, serviceability, and affordability. fitted with cabs, sealed and pressurised to identifying poor driving behaviour. Additionally, The 307.5 weighs from 7,532kg to 8,233kg ensure a clean environment, and feature a they have also been provided the opportunity to depending upon configuration, it is a standard redesigned heating, ventilating and air bill their customers more accurately as they are tail swing model with a fixed boom, powered conditioning system that ensures all-weather able to monitor engine hours, thereby only charging by a Cat C2.4 turbo diesel engine rated at 41.7 climate control. Suspension seats, with a for when the vehicles are actually being utilised. net kW (55.9 net hp). It can be ordered with a retractable, wide seatbelt are standard, and the The vehicles and equipment are spread across standard stick delivering a 4107mm dig depth operating consoles feature adjustable wrist rests. the country in very remote areas, so MiX’s solution provides much needed visibility and The Cat 307.5 Next Generation mini excavator. control. The company confirmed MiX’s solution has provided an objective view of how and when their equipment is being operated. Being able to generate accurate utilisation information gives Image Credit: Caterpillar Image Credit: them an advantage in their industry, and they can pass that data intelligence onto their customers. “We’re delighted that this leading company in its field has adopted our telematics solutions so that they can provide their customers with the best possible value.” said Gert Pretorius, managing director of MiX Telematics Africa.

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CONSTRUCTION | SOLUTIONS

Jet Demolition founder has a blast as PRECAST CONCRETE SLABS leading global specialist PROMPT RISE IN HOUSING Industry 4.0 is a disrupter and an enabler of South Africa’s massive backlog in affordable development in the demolition industry, says housing is likely to see continued demand Joe Brinkmann, director of Jet Demolition. for precast concrete slabs from Elematic SA. “It will impact heavily on our industry, with “With rapid urbanisation and the increased increased mechanisation under digital control,” premium on land in urban areas, multi- said Brinkmann, whose company’s highlights storey residential designs are now the norm,” include work on large water-retaining dams said Elematic SA director Craig Webber. “This from Hazelmere to Midmar. “In turn, technology makes the use of pre-stressed concrete slabs must always be driven by people, resulting in an efficient solution, streamlining the pace of exciting skills to be developed in years to come.” construction work while enhancing building Jet Demolition was recognised twice at the quality and lifespan.” 2017 and 2018 World Demolition Awards in the The four-storey walk-up design lends itself

Industrial Demolition Award category for its Jet Demolition Image Credit: to a repetitive construction methodology projects, cementing the firm’s reputation as one Jet Demolition has the expertise to deal with complex where precast comes into its own. Webber heavy industrial demolition projects. of the leading demolition specialists globally. emphasized that the precast option These projects called for highly-controlled, cautious, partial demolition of large dams for eliminates the need for back-propping and rehabilitation and enlargement projects. New blasting techniques were developed to retain the allows other trades to work under the slabs, structural stability of the dams, with no wasted effort. Brinkmann. He said, “We look forward to other accelerating the project schedule. The challenging work of this nature.” company says the high quality finish on the Commenting on the state of the civils sector in South Africa, Brinkmann, said, “In five years’ time, we soffit of the slabs makes an additional false will be in a phase of good economic growth, with a strong prospect of growth in the civils sector.” ceiling unnecessary, and eliminates this Brinkmann has been invited to deliver a presentation at the World Demolition Summit 2019 potential cost. The precast staircases are also Conference and Awards from 23 to 24 October in Boston. It will be the 11th edition of this major suitable to the fast track approach to many international event celebrating technical excellence and innovation in the global demolition industry. modern housing projects.

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NEWS | MINING

Barrick and Tanzanian government reach AURY AFRICA POSITIONED proposal to solve Acacia Mining dispute TO REAP MINING BENEFITS Barrick Gold Corporation and the Aury Africa is ideally positioned to take Tanzanian government have come to a advantage of the uptick in the mining proposal to resolve the two-year dispute industry, according to executive director concerning Acacia Mining’s operations Mduduzi Magubane. in Tanzania. He says his vision for Aury Africa is, firstly, The government banned exports of to establish a solid foothold in South Africa, gold and copper concentrations over while taking advantage of the depth of accusations that Acacia Mining owed at knowledge and experience within the holding least US$190bn in taxes on under- company, the Dadi Engineering Development reported output. It denies the claims. Group (DEDG). This will be the gateway to the Acccording to a Financial Times report, Southern African Development Community

Acacia said it paid US$127mn in taxes and Acacia Mining Image Credit: (SADC) and the rest of Africa. royalties to Tanzania and spent more than In September 2017, Bulyanhulu, one of Acacia’s mines, reduced Aury Africa has access to the knowledge its mining operations. US$273mn with local suppliers last year. base and experience within DEDG. Typically, In February, parent company Barrick announced a deal to resolve the tax dispute, which is the Meiteng Dry Sorter is a good example, consistent with the agreement made in October 2017. It includes the following proposals: the creation with more than 60 units sold in China last of a Tanzanian firm to manage Acacia’s operations in the country, a 50/50 split on economic benefits year alone. including a 16 per cent free carry interest in Tanzanian operations, and US$300mn to the government “There’s great potential for growth, to resolve outstanding tax claims. especially where technology and artificial Mark Bristow, president and CEO of Barrick, said, “Significant amounts of real value have been intelligence is integrated into the mining destroyed by this dispute and, in Barrick’s view, this proposal will allow the business to focus on industry. Digital migration allows for such rebuilding its mining operations in partnership with their respective stakeholders, and most opportunities, where DEDG has achieved importantly long suffering investors, including Barrick.” great success in this space. There are more To become effective, the proposal must be approved by Acacia and the government. Barrick is due junior miners coming into the mining space, to present this proposal to the independent directors of Acacia “in the near future for their with different ideas and applications allowing consideration”, the company said in a press statement. for new opportunities,” says Magubane. Acacia Mining’s main asset is the North Mara mine in Tanzania, which accounted for 65 per cent of Aury Africa will take advantage of the new total output last year. Acacia has two other gold mines, Bulyanhulu and Buzwagi. In September 2017, opportunities for growth by remaining Bulyanhulu reduced its operations and last year, Buzwagi moved to a stockpile processing operation. competitive and flexible. Barrick holds a majority stake of 63.9 per cent in Acacia, which is a publicly traded company listed Mduduzi added, “The 2013 commodity on the London Stock Exchange that is operated independently of Barrick. price slump required innovative ways to ensure we stay afloat, while ensuring job security of our employees. Diversification is TOTAL LAUNCHES ‘OPTIMIZER’ MINING SOLUTION important, and we have acquired Total has launched the ‘Optimizer’ solution in mines in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea and Gabon. The innovative businesses to further diversify our portfolio solution builds interfaces of an existing mining environment and aggregates the data into a special cloud in this industry.” platform, which is then accessible as KPIs for mining operators and managers on site. Magubane is also a managing director of This allows them to make better real-time decisions to reduce their total cost of operation. Among the data Nkomose Consulting Engineers and Projects, monitored includes on-site fuel delivery, drilling blasting, dumping, excavation and haulage. a 100 per cent black-owned South specialist “We are offering to our customers a platform to aggregate all their energy-related data and use of mining solutions company. He has held products and services so that they can improve their knowledge,” said Vincent Baptiste, Total’s business different managerial and strategic positions development manager ‘Optimizer’. “The feedback we have been getting, has been very positive in helping in mining, from coal to platinum, iron ore, customers make improved decisions. Total is the only energy provider to be breaking new ground with this and manganese, and studied electrical and solution so that mining operators can have an understanding of their daily challenges on their working site.” mechanical engineering.

BRIEFS Gold Fields Ghana invests in West Africa’s gold still charms two major projects The Birimian Greenstone Belt region endowed Gold Fields Ghana’s Tarkwa mine is to begin the with large reserves of gold in West Africa reconstruction of the Tarkwa & Abosso Park, and continues to attract mining companies, delegates upgrade Apinto Government Hospital, both located learnt at the 25th Investing in African Mining in Tarkwa in Ghana’s Western Region. Indaba in Cape Town on 6 February. Engineering works on the park have been Endeavour CEO Sébastien de Montessus spoke on completed and the company is going through the the attractiveness of gold mining. “As a key player bidding process to select a suitable contractor for

in this region, we are so bullish about West Africa. Gold Fields Ghana Image Credit: the project. When completed, the park will seat

Image Credit: Adobe Stock Image Credit: Gold Fields Ghana will spend GHS Endeavour is the “only multi-asset Endeavour is emerging as the only multi-asset 100mn (US$18mn) on two 10,400, from the current seating capacity of 400. mid-tier West African producer”. mid-tier West African producer,” he said. projects in Tarkwa. The hospital revamp will include a medical hub.

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Barrick Lumwana is one of Africa’s largest copper mines.

Diversifying Zambia’s mining industry During the 25th Investing in African Mining Indaba, African Review caught up with Richard Musukwa MP, Zambia’s Minister of Mines and Minerals Development. Image Credit: Hanna Öunap/Global.finland.fi/Flickr Image Credit:

What was your main message to huge potential. The gemstone for communities, but more importantly, lifetime as Minister of Mines and investors at the 25th Investing in example, is a hallmark and stands to transform the illegal entities into Minerals, the development of a African Mining Indaba in February? out globally. a legal undertaking for the mining cobalt and a manganese mine, The main message that we are industry. We hope that these gold because we have a lot of putting across to investors is that What new areas is the Zambian areas can be exploited on a large manganese reserves too. We also Zambia is open for business. We are Ministry of Mines and Minerals scale, which should be able to want to establish a large-scale looking for investors that are going exploring? benefit the country. Zambia is the emerald mine, which can support to transform the mining sector in Traditionally, our copper reserves most stable jurisdiction both the economy. In all these dynamics Zambia. We are running and have been exploited from the stabally and economically, so it’s of the mining industry, the operating a mining sector that is Copperbelt Region. Now we have ideal for investors. government's resolve is to ensure privately-driven. opened up the North-Western that the mining operations make It is a country that is highly Province, which is predominately a What other mineral resources are sense for the ordinary people. High mineralised that has huge potential new operation being undertaken by you considering to exploit in the mineralisation and poverty trend and most of the minerals are not yet FQM. There is also quite a lot of future? among our people is a trajectory we exploited. So we need an investment mining operations in the Southern We host some of the largest want to change. While we welcome portfolio in the mining sector to grow Province and Eastern Province in quantities of cobalt in Africa. With investors they must ensure that they from exploration to production. Lusaka. In fact, the Eastern Province the increasing demand for electric support our economy through job has huge reserves of gold. For a lot motor vehicles, we are trying to creation by way of value addition: Are there any major target of time this area has been exploited invest heavily in the exploitation of tangible infrastructure in the areas minerals that you have listed? by illegal miners so the government cobalt and set up cobalt and copper of health and education. Principally, we are a copper- is trying to formalise operations in operations, running alongside one dominated mining country, which order to create value and help our another. I want to see in my How are you encouraging we have been mining in excess of 50 transparency between industry years. We are now trying to diversify and government? in the mining value chains so that There is always that mistrust we can offer other minerals, such as If we are just exporting raw materials, we between mining houses and gemstone, manganese, and government, and we are no stranger

industrial minerals like nickel that are exporting jobs and opportunities ” to this discourse. We would like should be exploited too. We think RICHARD MUSUKWA MP, ZAMBIA’S MINISTER OF MINES AND mining houses to be much more there could be an opportunity when MINERALS DEVELOPMENT transparent than they have been in we exploit the minerals, which have the past. We would like them to

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reduce the aspect of transfer pricing, illegal entities and legalise the which is done at different levels. operation and ensure that they do When they process the ore in the not invade mining licences which host countries there are several we have given to investors to protect metals which are extracted from the and secure the tenure of licences. ore, which are not declared. I would like this to be processed in our What do you think will be the key communities so that we can account challenges in 2019? for all the minerals which are found This year we are extremely in the ore bodies. Every time you dig optimistic that we will grow our for copper, for example, there are production for copper and move in other minerals there. excess of over one million metric We are working very closely with tonnes. At the time of privatisation, the Extractive Industries our production in those days was Transparency Initiative and we think around 750,000 metric tonnes. that the money we are generating Today as we speak, our production from the mining industry must be is more than 861,000 metric channelled into infrastructure tonnes. When we hit the one developments. We think very million target then we will be home strongly that some of the loan issues and dry. We hope that by 2021, our that we are getting to support production should be in excess of developments such as road, health 1.5 million tonnes. ■ Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Image Credit: and education would be resolved if There are many international mining houses in the North-Western Province and we generated enough resources Copperbelt region. from the mining industry. Our aim is provide final products to our goods benefits to local industries back INTERNATIONAL not to tax the mines out of business in our host communities. For a long into our host communities.” MINING HOUSES but ensure that they are working time because of this trend our local within the regulatory and legal manufacturing industry has Is there space in the industry for In the North-Western Province, framework to get a return on their collapsed. We are focusing on small-scale companies as well? there are Barrick Lumwana, FQM investment and uplift the building our local manufacturing Our small-scale licences are meant Kansanshi and FQM Sentinel community in the areas which they industry because we have the raw to be for the preserve of the Mine in the town of Kalumbila. operate. If we are just exporting raw materials, and all that has been Zambians in order to encourage In the Copperbelt Region materials, we are exporting jobs and lacking is resources and equipment them in the exploitation of our Mopani and KCM (Konkola opportunities. We think the time has to run and operate these processing resources. If the local people are Copper Mines) are situated. come for Africa and Zambia, in plants. excluded from the exploitation of Other mining companies include particular, to ensure that our We are trying to attract a new the mining operation they will Ibaera Capital and The China investors are partners and must type of investor, which is going to always find a way to do it, which is Nonferrous Metals Corporation. invest in processing plants that do value addition and bring why we want to galvanise these

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EXXARO BELFAST MINE GETS CONCOR INFRASTRUCTURE’S EXPERTISE

Concor Infrastructure has started 19mm aggregate and nearly 13,000 major works at Exxaro’s digital coal tonnes of crusher sand. mine in the Mpumalanga province. Extensive upgrading is being done Since October 2017, Concor on the D1770 and D1110 provincial Infrastructure has been constructing roads – for the transport of coal to four major dams, 26 concrete the rail siding – including eight

platforms and terraces, 37 internal Concor Infrastructure Image Credit: major culverts under the roadway. roads of 16km in length, and For all the project’s road works, upgrading almost 13km of almost 9.5km of subsoil drains is to provincial roads, surrounding the be installed, as well as 2.7km of mine near the town of Belfast. stormwater culverts. G5 and G6 According to Concor construction material comes from an Infrastructure contracts manager external quarry and crushing plant Pierre van Vuuren, dams are being located about 30km from site lined with a geosynthetic clay liner towards Carolina. (GCL) and high density polyethylene Contracts manager Mabandla (HDP) sheets, in compliance with the Dlamini highlights the local impact water use licence and related of the project, including the environmental regulations. accommodation of a core labour Various structures around the dams complement of about 180 personnel The view from the run-of-mine crusher platform between the mining are also being installed, including area and the process plant. in the Emakhazeni municipal large silt traps, drying beds and district. The workforce managed by inflow chutes to prevent scouring, crusher bases being built for the will demand almost 350 tonnes of Concor Infrastructure, with spillways and sumps. run-of-mine crushing facilities. The steel reinforcment, and nearly 2,700 contractors, totals closer to 700 who Among the concrete platforms various structures being built by tonnes of bulk cement. Other inputs are all transported 30km daily by and terraces are two primary Concor Infrastructure on the mine will be around 15,000 tonnes of the local taxi network.

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Innovation vital to creating jobs in Africa

Innovation is a major force for economic growth and development, which is crucial for the continent to create enough jobs for its youth, according to Vera Songwe, Economic Commission for Africa’s executive secretary.

frica has to innovate if the has the potential to open continent is to create sufficient opportunities to labour markets, Adecent jobs for its growing moving beyond markets through the youthful population, said Economic free movement of people,” she said, Commission for Africa’s (ECA) adding digitalisation was executive secretary, Vera Songwe. transforming how businesses Speaking in Addis Ababa at a joint operate, moving individuals from the ECA-World Bank roundtable on jobs informal sector to the formal sector. Job creation was the major theme at and economic transformation, Songwe spoke about the need for the ECA-World Bank roundtable Songwe said with Africa’s rising African economies to stimulate event in Addis Ababa.

population, estimated to increase to adequate industrialisation through Africa United Nations Economic Commission for Image Credit: 1.7 billion by 2030, a growth rate of increased intra African trade. Having visited Ethiopia’s Bole- the growing youth population not more than 8 per cent per annum is “As digitalisation and trade create Lemi Industrial Park the previous only risks squandering the needed to create at least 120 million new opportunities for economic day, he said, “It was impressive to demographic dividend, but raises jobs for the youth entering the labour transformation through jobs, it will see how the Ethiopian experience significant social risks, contributing market between now and 2030. be important for policy makers to shows that ambitious, forward- to fragility and driving young people “The question around jobs and recalibrate policies towards looking and well executed initiatives to migrate abroad in search of economic transformation is one that strengthening human capital. can have a big impact in supporting better opportunities,” said Nishio. almost every African leader is Policies geared towards a highly transformation and job creation. He said tackling the jobs worrying about,” she said, adding skilled, knowledgeable and “For most developing countries challenge requires economic immediate action on all fronts was healthier population are pertinent and development institutions like transformation. imperative to address the continent’s in ensuring prosperity and thereby ours, the need for more and better “It means moving workers from jobs challenge in a structural way. reducing poverty on the continent,” jobs remains a top development lower to higher productivity “Africa is growing again but we she said. priority.” activities led by a vibrant private need to do better and more. It is For his part, Akihiko Nishio, the The challenges are daunting, he sector and supported by public disheartening every day to see that vice president for Development said, adding Africa will require that policy actions. This does not happen more Africans are falling into Finance at the World Bank, said it at least 15 million jobs be created overnight, but requires committed poverty. “That is why it is imperative was fitting that they were discussing each year to keep pace with its leadership, sustained investments that we are having this discussion of jobs and economic transformation demographics. and efforts, and concerted support creating jobs on the continent,” in Ethiopia. “Failing to deliver good jobs for from all partners,” added Nishio. Songwe added. This is why since 2017, he said, Innovation, she said, is a major with support from International force for economic growth and Development Association donors and development, which is crucial for Digitalisation is playing an important role borrowers, the World Bank adopted the continent to create enough jobs Jobs and Economic Transformation for its youth in particular. in Africa’s economic transformation ” (JET) as a special theme under IDA18 “Digitalisation is, now more than VERA SONGWE, ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA to make its support for some of the ever, playing an important role in EXECUTIVE SECRETARY world’s poorest countries more Africa’s economic transformation and focused and deliberate. ■

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