Not Green With Envy

In its recently published “Draft Green Transport strategy,” the Department of Transport, South Africa, cited road transport sector in the country as a major contributor of green-house gas emissions by 91%  approximately, and one of the ways it plans to tackle it primarily is an intervention mechanisms through modal shifts that will be accomplished via an expansion of Bus rapid transit (BRT) systems; upgrading infrastructure innovatively to allow the minibus taxi industry to utilize the BRT-only lanes; developing an intelligent transport system where all public transport and the minibus industry can be monitored by metropolitan control centers through GPS, GIS and IoT connectivity, e.t.c. Read more here: https://businesstech.co.za/news/motoring/195252/south-africas-answer-to-the-banning-of-petrol-cars-more-taxes/

Eaton Hitting On Nigeria

Eaton Electronic, through its Marketing Director for Africa, has said the company – with its ability to provide solutions across various segments of mining, oil and gas utilities, IT channel, and commercial buildings – would continue to invest in Nigeria under its five-year strategic plan by developing in areas it needs to grow and equip people with the right skills to grow. Read more here: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/nigeria-strategic-africa-plan-eaton-electric/

Taking More For The Team

Algeria’s gas export to Europe has risen tremendously, in recent times, offsetting the decline from Libya and boosting the North African’s pipeline gas export. Read more here: http://interfaxenergy.com/gasdaily/article/27354/algerian-growth-boosts-africa-europe-pipeline-exports

The First Among Equals

A planned in-country fabrication and integration of the Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) facility is being built by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of Korea for Nigeria’s Egina deep-water oil field located at the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 130 offshore, which will make it the fifteenth FPSO deployed in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, the largest in Nigeria, and the first to be fabricated and integrated locally in Africa. Read more here: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/08/29/eginas-fpso-sets-new-milestones-in-nigerian-content/

Rising Up

The first batch of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Equatorial Guinea to power Asogli thermal plant is undergoing its infrastructure and regasification processes by the government of Ghana, and the contracted 150 – 200 million cubic feet of gas supply from Equatorial Guinea should be completed by Q2 of 2018. Read more here: https://www.esi-africa.com/news/asogli-thermal-plant-generation-capacity/