Kenya Engineer

The e-commerce leader in Africa formalizes the appointment of Francis DUFAY at the head of its subsidiary in Côte d’Ivoire. This announcement follows the appointment of Fatoumata BA with whom Francis DUFAY led JUMIA Côte d'Ivoire since April 2014, to the position of Managing Director at JUMIA Nigeria (http://www.jumia.com.ng).   Having arrived in April 2014 as Co-Managing Director,...

AVEVA has announced today the release of a new business paper: “The Digital Asset Approach - Defining a new era of collaboration in capital projects and asset operations”. This paper focuses on the importance of the Digital Asset for both Engineering, Procurement, & Construction companies (EPCs) and Owner Operators (OOs). One of the consistent challenges in both major capital...

• Africa countries currently classified as red countries include Niger, Nigeria, Mali, Somalia and Somaliland • Sudan, South Sudan and Djibouti joins list of red countries  Globally, the increased concern around public safety has resulted in the intensification of security measures for transportation of goods internationally. Businesses which trade internationally need to be aware of the security measures in...

In-depth interviews were with CIOs and decision makers from 160 organisations with 500 employees or more, in Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe. An Oracle-sponsored (http://www.oracle.com) IDC study into Software as a Service (SaaS) adoption highlighted that along with cost savings, process efficiencies and productivity were the key benefits to businesses implementing the cloud technology.    In-depth interviews were...

1.Agriculture and the national economy Kenya is, and will be in the foreseeable future, an agro-based economy which heavily relies on agriculture for strong performance and improvement. Agriculture directly contributes 24% of gross domestic product (GDP) and a further 27% of GDP indirectly through linkages with the manufacturing, distribution and service related sectors. Kenya’s aspirations as espoused in the...

Initial planting of maize in the one-million-acre Galana-Kulalu irrigation scheme is set to begin this week. Green Arava, Israel firm which won the KES14bn tender will develop the model farm by first planting maize crop on 1,000 acres of the land.  The model farm estimated at 10,000 acres is being used as a demonstration unit for the project’s opportunities....

All Amber, the organisers of highly acclaimed technology conferences across Sub-Saharan Africa, today announced that they have secured a wide-ranging selection of international and local partners for the 5th edition of Mobile West Africa (http://mobilewestafrica.com), which is scheduled to take place between 21 and 23 April in Lagos, Nigeria.   Organisations confirmed to sponsor and exhibit at the...

The Ministry of Mines, Industry and Energy of Equatorial Guinea (http://www.equatorialoil.com) is pleased to announce the Ratification of Production Sharing Contract for Block EG-06 by the government of Equatorial Guinea. The contract was signed on January 16, 2015 between ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Equatorial Guinea (Offshore) Limited, GEPetrol and the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, represented by...

The National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) held its 8th annual trainers provider forum on April 1, 2015 at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies, Nairobi. The consultative meeting was well attended by members from various industrial training firms such as Safaricom, Egerton University and stakeholders from the Authority. The seminar is an interactive platform for participants to examine sustainability...

Scores have been trapped after a five-storey building under construction collapsed in Roysambu.  The residential building came down at around 10:30am. Two have been confirmed dead, it is feared that most of those who are still trapped are construction workers. So far, five have been rescued with severe injuries and have been taken to Uhai Neema Hospital in...