With global economies shifting their focus towards renewable energy Africa still depends on Fossil fuels as a primary source for power generation. Africa’s current installed capacity is 147Gw which is equivalent to the total install capacity that china adds every one or two years. The continent’s power infrastructure is significantly underdeveloped whether we look at the installed capacity or the consumption levels.

According to the International Energy Agency Africa will require a potential investment of 30bn$ to attain 100% electricity access by 2030. The government has started taking progressive steps towards electrifying Africa; one of the initiatives worth mentioning is Power Africa. In 2013 Power Africa was launched by the former US president Mr Barack Obama with an aim to develop new power generation capacity and connect millions of households and businesses to on-grid and offgrid power across sub-Saharan Africa.

After three years of operations Power Africa has supported private companies and utilities in connecting 10.6mn households and facilitated the financial closure of 80 private sector transactions that generate more than 7,200 MW of power. Power Africa is now among the largest public-private partnerships for development in history, having mobilized more than $54 billion in commitments towards achieving Power Africa’s goals from its more than 140 public and private sector partners.

Along with undertaking developmental initiatives government has been shifting its focus towards making its power sector a lucrative investment hub for the international energy contractors in Africa.  Renewable energy contracts have been awarded to international EPC contractors to participate in the African power market. For instance,  A consortium featuring MAN Diesel & Turbo and Danish EPC-Specialist, BWSC, has won the contract to build the new 127 MW Maria Gleta power plant near the city of Cotonou, Benin. Similarly, ibvogt, German developer and EPC have won a contract to construct 166.5 MW solar farms in Egypt. Indian solar EPC firm Sterling and Wilson has won a contract to build 54.3 MW solar PV plant in Zambia.

The French renewable company Neoen will serve as Independent Power Producer (IPP) of the plant when it will be commissioned.  Andritz Hydro of Austria and Mota Engil of Portugal are currently completing their final designs and initiating procurement and manufacturing for the rehabilitation, upgrade, and modernization of the Nkula A hydropower plant that will increase the plant’s generation capacity from 24 MW to up to 36 MW, and provide a new station control system, a new 66 kV switchyard, and new transformers.

Moreover, government is extensively procuring energy equipments in order to meet its expanding demand for power. It has been calling for expression of interest in Renewable energy tenders for large projects. Government is extensively procuring services like transmission lines, photovoltaic rooftops, construction of water pumping system, Supply of Batteries for Solar Panels etc.

Potential Buyers  in power Sector in Africa  like Eskom Holdings, Energy Fund, Ministry Of Energy And Petroleum, The Tanzania Electric Supply etc are seeking EPC contracts for large renewable energy projects. In a bid to meet is goal of 100% access to electricity by 2030 PPA are inked with the international firms making their access to African market easy.

The Nigerian Bulk Trader signed power purchasing agreements (PPA) on 14 solar independent power projects (IPP) in July 2016. These solar IPPs, totaling 1,125 MW of generation capacity, are expected to attract more than $1.5 billion of combined domestic and foreign direct investment. Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) has inked a Shillings 24.2bn ($US 239m) deal with China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Company (CET) to electrify the Mombasa – Nairobi section of Kenya Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

Though the continent faces power challenges these initiatives bring the momentum in change. Government has demonstrated the will to prioritize efforts and keep an eye on long –term improvisation of capabilities to create a thriving power industry and achieve its goal of universal access to electricity.

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macroeconomic Profile

Nominal GDP 43.02 bn$

GDP per-Capita 4265.40 USD

Inflation 4.8 %

FDI stock 678.20 million$

Ease of Doing Business 77/190

Credit Ratings B

The economic growth rate of the region has stabilized over the past years with the government making greater strides to advance its political transformation. The Prosperity has been largely driven by growth accelerated investments along with large projects outlining national development plans along with speeding up of structural reforms. Over the years, Tunisia has demonstrated all the distinctive characteristics of the dual economy with a well-developed modern industrial base.

Tunisia has an economics concentrated largely into service sector followed by Tourism, Agriculture, Manufacturing of machinery and cables, textiles production, and the IT industry and IT-related outsourcing.

Tunisia’s agriculture is rich in olive production, Europe, and Saudi Arabia are amongst the largest importers of olives from Tunisia. In a bid to enhance the sector growth and attract large investments. The regional commission on agriculture development has been encouraging the local entrepreneur to acquire olive plants to enhance its export potential. The Regional commission on Agriculture development has floated agriculture tender inviting domestic bids for acquisition of olive plants, Olive Seedlings, olive Nurseries, transport of herbaceous olive cuttings etc as a part of development of agriculture season programme. Moreover, AFDB has been funding major sector policy reforms to garner the sector with profits.

Equally important the country has been experiencing export competitiveness into the service sectors like banking and tourism. Major banking reforms have helped Tunisia demonstrate a stable performance. Moreover, Tourism is strongly forming a main stay in the economy contributing 15% to economic GDP.

Telecom is yet another promising sectors that have managed to sustain the growth, 5 million$ have been invested into Tunisian Telecom infrastructure development to help sector drive further drive the economic growth. major telecom operators like Tunisie Telecom, Orange Tunisia, SYSTEC etc have providing telecommunication services to Tunisian citizens. Systec has won government telecommunication contract worth 4,155bn $ for the provision of cameras for the project financed by the European Union. Its open investment regime allows a foreign investor to hold 100% capital of the project without any authorization has helped it attract huge international attention. Tunisian has a flexible cross border trade regime that allows the foreign firms to hold 100% capital in the projects. opportunities for competitive bidding from Tunisia are largely into Consulting, Civil engineering works, Project monitoring etc. Tunisia has gained praises for its well-developed infrastructure across the world that has today made it one of attractive business destinations. According to the procurement statistics for Tunisia, billion$ of government procurement has been into infrastructure and construction sector. The government has also sought financial assistance from the multilateral institution. EIB or UNDP 0r AFDB funded road construction projects, modernization projects, motorway projects, market place rehabilitation projects are under pipeline and some of them on the verge of completion by 2018

The government has been wisely utilizing the procurement vehicle to drive the economics of the major industries in Tunisia. Be it telecommunication, IT or Manufacturing, the government has been participating actively by procuring state of art technologies from outside that would enhance her home industries. Moreover, with the international presence of countries like Europe and Italy, France, Germany etc. have helped Tunisia maintain stable growth profile.

Apart from strong oil industries, Sudan’s industrial set up consists of light manufacturing industries, petroleum industries, agriculture and food processing industries etc. These sectors have predominantly contributed 30-40% to the current GDP growth rate. Sudan has a well-developed infrastructure compared to other sub-Saharan countries in Africa. Sudan’s medical industry has a potential to become a Medical hub for the African Economy. Medicines exports account for almost 70% of the Sudan exports and government is also concentrating in the procurement of services that will enhance its capacity to achieve its dream. Tenders are invited for Procurement of Medicines for The Federal Ministry of Health and the National Medical Supplies Fund in Sudan. The ministry of health has been inviting tenders for Provision of Lab Consumables in Sudan. Many of the pharmaceuticals government tenders are being funded by the world bank and other financial institutions in order to bridge the funding gap. Government procurement is enhancing the country’s potential to achieve its dream.

Sudan has a great potential for hydropower development, currently, the economy has 180mw of installed hydropower capacity. Moreover, large hydropower projects are underway in Sudan. Recently, China Gezhouba Group Co Ltd has signed a contract worth nearly US$1.4 billion or RMB 8.87 billion to build a hydropower station in South Sudan by 31 Dec 2019. The Sudan’s Ministry of Electricity and Dams (MED) plans to build 540 MW hydro power plant in Bedden, Juba. The Project is in the execution phase and is expected to be completed by 31 Dec 2019. These are some of the major hydropower projects undergoing in Sudan.

Agro-processing being another essential industry, government procurement from agriculture in Sudan has increased over the year. Tender notices for procurement of Buckets & Funnels with Filter, Water Pumping System, electric water pumps etc are published regularly on government tender portals. Moreover, additional financing is a norm in Africa, therefore funded projects in Sudan for food security, livestock and crops protection, up gradation of irrigation system etc are being actively undertaken to bring development to the sector. Sudan is known as world’s potential bread basket as it has one of the dynamic agricultural industry.

Government procurement in telecommunications is huge in Sudan. The government is actively undertaking measures to upgrade its telecommunication infrastructure. Recently, Sudatel Telecommunication Group has floated an expression of interest for Contracting of the Procurement, Construction, and Commissioning of New Telecom Stations. UNDP has floated a tender notice requesting for quotations to a potential bidder for procurement of ICT equipment for DDRC Offices. Anglo Petro for Integrated Solution CO has won government telecommunication contract for procurement of internet services in Sudan. Zain Telephone CO. LTD has won a telecommunication contract in Sudan for Local and long-distance telephone communications.

The economy is diversifying from oil based economy to a more industrialized economy that is promising Sudan long term growth prospects.

Moreover, the government is inviting for International Competitive Bidding into Morocco Renewable energy sector from across the globe. For Instance, Ministry of the Economy and Finance has floated a renewable energy tender notification in Morocco for procurement of support services for strengthening the energy sector.  Public contracts in renewable sector have also proven to be imperative for the sectoral growth.

In the recent years, the government has shifted its focus to the development of the industrial activity. Major investments are to be undertaken by the government to boost the industrial development. Business opportunities in Morocco are largely driven by automobiles, aeronautics, infrastructure and mining. While recent years have also seen investment expansion over the ICT sector. The operators are seeking government procurement in Morocco to explore the young market. Government ICT contracts in Morocco are helping her to establish an internationally competitive position in the global market. Major Government ICT project initiatives in Morocco has been able to help her phase out a sizeable niche for itself in the recent years.

A range of major up gradation projects is being initiated in the transportation sector of Morocco. Along with public sector, the private sector is also set to gear up active participation in the investments in transportation. The country has seen, major procurement in road constructions, expansion, rehabilitations etc. Moreover, state authorities are floating tenders for up gradation of existing transportation projects as well as invitations to bid are being invited for Stalled transportation projects in Morocco. Government Transportation projects initiatives for Upgradation of Urban transport helping to boost connectivity and reduce congestion.  While large-scale ambitious aviation and maritime projects in Morocco are also in pipeline and will be going live in the years to come. The government has also planned projects to build 5 new ports in Morocco in the coming years.  As a result, major investments in transportation, industrial infrastructure and energy has boosted the country’s competitiveness and has established its position as a most favoured investment destination for global players.

The Egyptian economy is naturally fit for the manufacturing industries followed by oil and Gas. the large consumer base of 92 million is an essential element in the growth of the Egyptian textile industry. Egypt is also home to many energy-intensive industries like cement, steel. Petrochemicals and food. Private sector industries are mostly concentrated in food processing and FMCG sectors.

Though the manufacturing industry holds 16% of total industrial contribution to GDP Business opportunities from Egypt industrial sector is growing tremendously. Under its Economic reform initiative of 2016, the government has planned to go beyond manufacturing creating opportunities in the diversified sector. Such as oil and gas, real estate, retailing, tourism and agriculture. The government has been extending contracts, signing agreements with various authorities in order to drive investments into these sectors.

Recently, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) have decided on the extension of two oil and gas contracts in Egypt to supply 1.5 billion tonnes of oil products. Similarly, multilateral financial institutions have been largely investing into the economy. The Government of Egypt has been successful in securing huge funding for various Government Projects in Egypt. Over last one year, the government has been able to secure funding for approximately 70-80 government Projects from funding agencies. Moreover, these institutions also undertake numerous initiatives through projects and Tenders in Egypt

Industry and Manufacturing being the mainstay in Egypt, apart from Ministry of Trade and Industry other government bodies are also actively participating in Procurement in Egypt. Procurement through Government Tenders in Egypt accounts for approximately 30-35%.  Call for tenders in Egypt from potential sectors have had an imperative impact on the growth of the economy. Invitation to bid for Government tenders in Egypt over the years have attracted myriad large and small investors to venture the market.

Egypt has earned its position as a major FDI destination for energy-intensive industries. For instance,  State electricity corporation of Egypt has forecasted to procure under International Competitive Bidding for construction and civil works for Helwan South Power Project by 2020. Similarly Egyptian Electricity Transmission company, Upper Egypt Electricity Production Company are actively inviting energy tenders in Egypt for international participation.

In the bid to boost the economic growth of the economy, Government of Egypt has been entering into numerous contracts with the private players to encourage them for participating in public tenders in Egypt. Telecom cluster has won a contract award in Egypt for the supply of Wind Power plant. ASEC CEMENT is a platform for investments in emerging cement markets in the Middle East and North Africa Region has won a contract award in Egypt to rehabilitate and manage the Muthanna Cement plant for 14 years.

Egypt industrial outlook features a compelling outlook for long-term investments, especially in the government sector. Government procurement in Egypt provides immense opportunities for the investors worldwide to mark their footprints into the emerging markets.   

Tender Details:

Country: South Africa

Publishing Authority: Transnet Engineering

Sector: Transportation

Tender Description: Supply and delivery of floor vehicular movable to locomotive new build business at Koedeoesport plant

Type of Tender: Tender Notice

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2016-11-29

Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: English 

Tender Deadline : 29 Nov 2016

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Project Description: 

KEPTAP has four components namely:

[A] Petroleum Sector – Reforms and Capacity Building;

[B] Revenue and Investment Management – Reforms and Capacity Building;

[C] Sustainable Impact of Oil and Gas Industry – Reforms and

[D] Capacity Building; and Project Management.

Project Approach:

At a policy level, the Project would support
the drafting of a comprehensive Petroleum Policy outlining a vision and policy for the petroleum sector.Also, through this Component the Project would provide technical assistance to develop a
Petroleum Master Plan that considers strategic options and decision hierarchies for policies and investments in the Project Area on a sound economic basis.

At the regulatory level, the Project would support the implementation of a comprehensive, clear and workable regulatory framework for the development of Kenya’s petroleum resources. At the same time, the Project would support the implementation of institutional reforms including the identification and division of roles, establishment of new institutions if needed and capacity building for relevant institutions.

At the transaction level, the Project would also support capacity building for negotiation of petroleum deals. Also, through this Project, GoK would hire and contract consultants for the provision
of transaction advisory services. The Project would also support the acquisition, interpretation and promotion of geodata in the Project Area and capacity building related to petroleum cadastre
database of the Project Area.

The Project would also provide technical assistance to manage the impacts from the petroleum sector including the implementation of health & safety reforms, implementation of environmental
and social reforms and development of a framework for oil spill preparedness and response capacity.

Project Location: Kenya

Project value: 50.00 million $

Project End Date: 28 Feb 2021

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Tender Details:

Country: Morocco

Publishing authority: Ministry of Agriculture and Maritime Fishing

Sector: Engineering-Procurement-And-Construction

Tender Description: Tenders are invited for Technical assistance for the supervision, monitoring and control of construction work on rural roads in rural communes in the province of Sidi Bennour

Type of Tender: Open Tender

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 14/12/2016 11:00.

Provisional Deposit: 13 000,00 MAD.

Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up: English.

Tender Deadline : 14 Dec 2016

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The oil industry with its history of boom and bust has been in the deepest downturn since 2014, if not earlier. The oil prices plunged and fell to a point more than 70% compared to the levels in 2014.  The 14 OPEC nations on Wednesday 28th sept 2014  agreed  on a common consensus of bringing down the oil production in order to boost the oil prices. In the recent years, the  oil prices have stumbled down to the lowest from the peak of 115$ a barrel in 2014 to as low as 28$ a barrel in Jan 2016. This situation has exerted a huge pressure on the energy industry. Therefore this landmark agreement is expected to boost the growth of ailing  energy industries that had been hard hit by the global oil price glut.

The cartel says it will be trimming down the production to 33 million barrels per day i.e, to decrease the production by 700.000 barrels per day from its current production. The agreement at this stage does not set any targets for production for any of its member countries. The cartel will iron out details on production targets for each country at its next formal meeting in Vienna on November 30. It has also planned to ask the other oil producing countries not the members of the cartel to help tackle the global oversupply of crude oil.  Despite the limitations of the deal, the news has raised hopes of the global oil producers for a positive outcome.With this exceptional decision by OPEC, the oil prices have actually soared by 6% to 50$ a barrel. The US energy stocks have jumped registering a growth of 39% by the energy sector.

Thus with OPEC confirmation on production cap on world’s largest oil producers, oil supply would come in line with the large demand for energy sources. Therefore the will soon surge in the demand for oil tenders, Government oil and gas tenders,  International crude oil  tenders, Energy tenders, Global energy tenders from the global markets. Growth is also expected to  be realised in exploration and production tenders,Petroleum tenders etc.

Today South Africa is the most sophisticated and diversified economy of the African continent. Along with abundant riches of natural resources, the country has a stable political and economic environment. The county has been ranked among the most competitive economies in the world, by Global Competitive Index. Traditionally rooted in the primary sector the country’s potential to diversify its industrial base has been reflected in its GDP growth rate. The structural shift from an agriculture- based economy to the more industrialised economy has shown its resilience and potential to compete with the strongly developed economies.  Among the key sectors that keep fueling the economic engine are; Manufacturing, mining, communication and tourism. However, the trade and industrial policies constantly encourage entrepreneurs to explore new areas of growth that help fueling the growth trajectory of the country.

South Africa has a well established and sophisticated Manufacturing industry comprising of agro-processing, automotive, chemicals, textiles and many other industries. The Manufacturing industry acts as a catalyst for the development of other related industries. Opportunities for Procurement largely exist among each segment of the manufacturing industry. Moreover, Public authorities are increasingly focusing on benefiting from the potential of Manufacturing industries by Commissioning large scale Manufacturing Projects to encourage  local and international participation. Manufacturing tenders from South Africa are being floated to encourage local procurement. In response to the very presence of foreign importers, Global manufacturing tenders from South Africa are being initiated to attract foreign investments. With sector projecting growth opportunities for Joint Venture and M&A are bound to increase in near future.

South Africa has a renowned natural reserve, the country is the biggest producer of gold, platinum, base metals and coal. Having the largest reserves of natural resources, the sector remains largely untapped. The country has a world-class processing facilities covering carbon, steel, stainless steel and aluminium in addition to gold and Platinum. As the established mining industries in south Africa show strong growth, there will be significant opportunities for  Public procurement in Mining sector. Moreover, wider markets also offer opportunities for enhancing the sector’s growth prospects. For instance, Mining tenders from south Africa are increasing in demand among international prospects looking for expansion. Large-scale  Mining projects for the provision of technical assistance, monitoring support, mine expansion  are initiated to encourage sectoral growth. contract awards for Mining  have awarded  for provision of consultancy services and rehabilitation services in recent years. Global Mining tenders from south Africa are floated through various media platforms. Local procurement opportunities are also being increasing for the existing mining industries to help them compete with global competitors.

Telecommunication sector in South Africa is among the fastest growing sectors reflecting an expansion of mobile telephone operators in the country. The government is the largest stakeholder in the telecom industry. Therefore, the national government is increasingly looking to benefiting from the investments in telecommunication sectors. Government being the largest stakeholder there will be increasing procurement spend in terms of Capital investments in the sector. The government has been awarding telecom licences to international operators looking for expansion in South Africa. Telecommunication tenders reflecting opportunities for  provision of data services, provision of communication infrastructure, installation of wi-fi services etc are being floated by south African government for national and international participation. Large scale Telecommunication projects are under pipeline reflecting opportunities for investment. Telecommunication contract awards are being awarded by the south African government to build, communication platforms in south Africa. Furthermore, hardware tenders for telecommunication, software development tenders for telecommunication are increasingly demanded from south Africa.

Over the past decades, government procurement spending has substantially increased with greater emphasis on economic growth. Moreover, investment environment of south Africa looks quite promising with government initiating reforms to attracting foreign investments. Opportunities for local procurement have increased with the government aiming to make its existing potential industries globally competitive. Furthermore, easing up of business environment has helped to create opportunities for business expansion.