Globally active Sub-Saharan Africa Projects SubheadlineNewsletter March 2013 Issue · www.roedl.com/it Summary: How to use the Newsletter How to use the Newsletter > Angola 1. The newsletter provides information on projects in > Botswana Sub-Sahara Africa from different official sources > Congo (World Bank, IFC, Afdb, AIB, EU, National Govern- > Congo (Democratic Republic) ments, Africa Project Access etc.) > Ethiopia > Gabon > Ghana 2. An additional service pertains to additional details on > Kenya the Project itself. If a subscriber is particularly inter- > Liberia ested in a specific Project and feels that additional > Malawi details are required, he or she is welcome to contact > Mauritius Rödl & Partner: (tel. 049 8046911; fax: 049 > Mozambique 8046920; e-mail: [email protected]; federi- > Namibia [email protected];). > Nigeria > Swaziland 3. It must be remembered that Rödl & Partner only > South Africa provides the initial leads, where after it is up to the > Sudan subscriber to delve into the Project and secure the > Tanzania business. > Uganda > Zambia > Zimbabwe 1 Sub-saharan Africa Projects March 2013 > Angola articulation of the public passenger transports (road, rail and private transport). Rödl & Partner Padova > Angola > Description & location: Angola: NEW MINERALS PORT, CABINDA. Rödl & Partner Padua > Sector: Ports. > Stage in project cycle: Pre-implementation. > Description & location: : Angola, MEDICINE FACTORY > Details: Plans are reportedly underway for the > Sector: Industry. construction of a new minerals port in Cabinda. > Stage in project cycle: Early implementation. > Value of the project: The cost is estimated at USD 1 > Details: A medicines factory is being built in Longa billion. zone, Porto Amboim Municipality, in the central > Sponsors and contractors: Marine Port Authority. Kwanza Sul Province, in an investment of Angolan and Chinese entrepreneurs, which is estimated at 7 billion > Angola Angolan Kwanzas (USD 01 equals AKZ 100). Rödl & Partner Padova > Angola > Description & location: Angola: NORTH WEST RAIL. Rödl & Partner Padua > Sector: Rail/Transport/Infrastructure. > Stage in project cycle: conceptual. > Description & location: Tecnip, engineering and > Details: It is reported that USD 120 million has been modification services to the floating, production storage raised from Zambia’s successful Eurobond issue for and affloading units in Angola’s offshore. preparation of the North West Rail connection to the > Sector: Oil & Gas. Benguela rail line to Lobito Port in Angola. This > Stage in project cycle: Implementation. connection will facilitate a more lucrative export route > Details: Technic has been awarded a five-year contract for copper production from the country’s New by BP Angola, for providing engineering and Copperbelt in the Solwezi and Lumwana areas. modification services to the floating production > Value/level of funding: The total cost is estimated at storage and offloading units in Angola's offshore. This USD 1 billion. contract follows the successful completion of a > Financial & other parties: The Tagos Group are the previous five-year contract for engineering services for financial advisers. the Greater Plutonio FPSO. The new award also calls for procurement and management of offshore and Angola onshore construction activities. The contract will be > carried out by Technip's operating centre in Luanda, and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017. Rödl & Partner Padua > Description & location: Angola, RAILWAYS. > Botswana > Sector: Transport. > Stage in project cycle: Planning. Rödl & Partner Padua > Details: Angolan minister of Transport, Augusto da Silva Tomás, announced the construction soon of three > Description & location: Botswana: Sechaba Coal railways in the country's capital for collective passenger Project, Eastern Botswana. transports, under the structural measures in progress. > Sector: Mining/Power/Rail/Transport/Infrastructure. The minister said that the study on the light railway > Stage in project cycle: Early implementation. network in metropolitan area of Luanda is in its > Details: Shumba Coal has announced that a positive conclusion phase, to meet the needs of public transport scoping study has been completed by TWP on the passengers. According to him, the three lines will be Sechaba Coal Project in eastern Botswana. The decision created in two main corridors of mobility in Luanda. has been taken to complete a full preliminary feasibility One of which will connect the centre of Luanda to the study over the next 18 months that will include a full new international airport to ensure the high passenger environmental impact assessment. Production is flow, while the remaining will link the urban centre and expected by 2015/2016. localities of Talatona and Kilamba Kiaxi, the minister > Value of funding: Total unfinalzed. noted. Augusto da Silva Tomás said that the > Financial and other parties: African Development implementation of the project requires the construction Bank (AFDB). of a central station in Luanda in order to guarantee the 2 Sub-saharan Africa Projects March 2013 > Botswana Water and Energy as well as the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). > Value of funding:The estimated cost of the Project is Rödl & Partner Padua USD 120 million. > Financial and other parties: Ethiopian Electric Power > Description & location: Sese Integrated Power Project. Corporation (EEPCO), Cambridge Industries of the UK, > Sector: Power/Infrastructure. Ministry of Water and Energy, Environmental Protection > Stage in project cycle: Planning. Authority (EPA) > Details: Africa Energy Resources of Australia is reportedly in negotiations with an unnamed off-taker for the Sese Integrated Power Project. The plan is to > Ethiopia construct a 300 MW coal-fired plant. Support infrastructure is included. Rödl & Partner Padua > Value of funding: Unfinalzed. > Financial and other parties: Africa Energy of > Description & location: Ethiopia: Renaissance hydro Australia, Ministry of Minerals & Water Resources. dam, blue Nile river, Western Ethiopia. > Subsector: Power/Water & Sanitation/Infrastructure. > Congo > Stage in project cycle: Early implementation. > Details: The Project entails the construction of two Rödl & Partner Padua dams along the Blue Nile and installation of eight turbines at the two points. The dam will generate about 6 000 MW. Duration is 44 months and completion is set > Description & location:Congo (Republic): Mengo Potash Project, Sothern Congo. for 2015. A reservoir of 63 billion cubic meters will be > Subsector: Mining / Oil & Gas / Ports / Transport / developed. Infrustructure. > Value/Level of funding: Total cost of approximately > Stage in project cycle: Pre-implementation. USD 4,8 billion. > Details: The feasibility study for the Mengo Potash > Financial and other parties: Ethiopian Electric Project situated in the southern Congo some 20 Financial Corporation (EEPCO), Salini Costruttori of Italy. kilometres from Pointe Noire is being updated.The mine Altshom of France has secured the contract to provide is being developed by MagMinerals Potasses Congo the turbines. which is affiliated to Mag Industries of Canada and the Evergreen Holding Group. Construction is expected to begin in May 2013 with completion scheduled for > Gabon December 2015. The Project includes a dedicated 25 kilometre gas pipeline and a jetty in a new designated Rödl & Partner Padua port area. Production is predicted at 1,2 million tons per annum. > Description & location: Gabon: National Geological > Value of funding: Total unfinalized. Mapping Programme. > Financial and other parties: Mag Minerals Potasses > Sector: Mining/Environmental. Congo, Mag Industries, Evergreen Holding Group, > Stage in project cycle: Implementation. Ministry of Industry. > Contract Details: The Department of Mines and Geology at the Ministry of Industry and Mines is undertaking the completion of the National Geological > Ethiopia Mapping Program. The main objectives are the completion of the geological mapping of the national Rödl & Partner Padua territory at 1:200 000 scale; identification of potential and new exploration opportunities for different > Description & location: Ethiopia: Waste to Energy commodities; conversion of geological and mining Power Plant, Rei-Koshe on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. information into digital format for easy access through > Sector: Power/Infrastructure/Environmental. GIS technology. > Stage in project cycle: Planning. > Value/level of funding: Unfinalized. > Details: The state power utility, the Ethiopian Electric > Financial and other parties: Department of Mines Power Corporation (EEPCO) signed an agreement with and Geology at the Ministry of Industry and Mines. Cambridge Industries of the UK in January 2013 for the construction of a 50 MW waste-to-energy power plant to be situated in Rei-Koshe on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. The duration of the construction is about 11 months. The Project is supported by the Ministry of 3 Sub-saharan Africa Projects March 2013 > Ghana > Ghana Rödl & Partner Padua Rödl & Partner Padua > Description & location: Ghana/Toto/Regional: Ghana- > Description & location: Ghana: Hope City Project. Togo Raila Link. > Sector: Construction. > Subsector: Rail/Transport/Infrastructure. > Stage in project cycle: In progress. > Stage in project cycle: Planning. > Details: Ghana broke ground this week on its $10 > Details: There are plans to establish a rail link between billion Hope City project on an empty parcel of land