VENTURES AFRICA – Africa’s top copper producer, Zambia plans to double its electricity generation capacity to 2,800 megawatts (MW) within 5-6 years to ensure adequate supply of power to the country’s copper mines. The Director of Transmission Development at the country’s state-owned power firm Zesco, Mr Christopher Mubemba said this at a mining and energy [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – The United Kingdom (UK) government has pledged to establish a free port in the Western region of Ghana to facilitate the haulage and maintenance of ships and other machinery used in the oil exploitation areas of the country. This was announced by UK Prime Minister David Cameron during talks with his Ghanaian counterpart [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – Construction work at the $750 million Atuabo gas processing plant in the Western Region of Ghana has stalled due to lack of funds to pay contractors working on the project. According to report, state-owned Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas), reportedly owes Chinese construction company, Sinopec, more than $400 million, resulting in [...]

VENTURES AFRICA – In an effort to reinforce its businesses in Africa, Indian telecoms giant, Bharti Airtel, on Wednesday said it is poised to inject $125 million in Gabon. India’s biggest telecommunications firm in terms of client numbers said with this money it will extend “third-generation and fourth-generation telecommunications networks” in Gabon. Manoj Kohli, the [...]