There is little automotive manufacturing on the continent anywhere between South Africa and North Africa, with the exception of Nigeria. Such assembly plants are a decent halfway house between having no automotive industry and full-scale manufacturing.

As Africa transitions from the margins to the mainstream of the global economy, technology is playing an increasingly significant role.

The Minister of Energy of Ghana has cut the sod for reinforcement of power supply to Accra central to improve upon the quality and reliability of power supply to the Central Business District Area of Accra.

Kenya and Uganda are developing two new basins and naturally agreed to build one line to connect the landlocked discoveries to the coast. That changed last year, when Uganda chose a more southerly 870-mile route through Tanzania, citing lower transit prices.

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The Acting CEO Ken Tarus says the number of home connected to the grid is at 63 percent of the national coverage, with a target of 70 percent by the end of 2017, and universal access by 2020.

MAURITIUS based investors Alteo International plans to boost sugar production in Tanzania by increasing sugar estates under its subsidiary, TPC Limited and diversify investments to tourism.

The young nation was working to produce about 290 thousand barrels per day.Since its independence in 2011,South Sudan has relied on oil revenue to fund its projects .The economy of this young nation was currently facing collapse after the outbreak of war in 2013.

The latest figures from the Energy Regulatory Commission and Power of the country confirm that great progress has been made. The percentage of the population with has access to electricity in 2013 was 27%. At present this percentage has jumped to 55%.