Shem Oirere

Msikaba Span Contract Let By South Africa Road Agency

October 17, 2018

A joint venture of Portugal’s Mota-Engil and South Africa-based engineering company Concor Holdings Ltd. has won a $118-million contract for the construction of South Africa’s longest-span cable-stayed suspension bridge.

Acting Chief Engineer Picked for Ethiopian Dam

Shem Oirere

August 22, 2018

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Successor replaces murdered manager on the politically controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project.

Who Killed the Chief Engineer of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?

Simegnew Bekele was found dead in Addis Ababa

Shem Oirere

August 7, 2018

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The government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has promised investigations.

African Infrastructure

Bidders Sought for East Africa Expressway Project

Shem Oirere

June 25, 2018

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The expressway is expected to be financed by the European Union, French Development Agency and the African Development Bank.

African Infrastructure

West African Countries Invite Bids for Regional Railway Project

Joint 595-kilometer greenfield project would be build, operate and transfer

Shem Oirere

June 25, 2018

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The invitation for expression of interest did not state what gauge the new line will be, but in Ghana almost the entire existing rail system is narrow gauge.

African Infrastructure

Uganda Picks New Consortium for $4-Billion Crude Refinery

Government firms in partnership with firms based in the U.S. and Italy

Shem Oirere

May 24, 2018

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Uganda's first refinery is on track, following an earlier stalled effort. Mozambique also issues tender for a new refinery in Nacala.

Power infrastructure

Cash-Strapped Spanish Firms Lose Kenyan Power Contracts

Substation line to Uganda in limbo after transmission system operator terminates Abengoa subsidiary

Shem Oirere

May 3, 2018

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Inabensa wants to block Ketraco from awarding the tender to another contractor or cashing the bank guarantees provided for the African Development Bank-financed project.

Water and power