Africa in a World Context

Select U.S. Government Sponsored Energy-Related Projects in Africa

U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA)

    Benin Gas-Fired Power Plant

      - Feasibility Study ($200,000)

    Botswana Coal-Fired Power Plant (Phases I and II)

      - Feasibility Study ($350,000)

    Congo Gas Condensate Study

       - Feasibility Study ($330,000)

    Cote d’Ivoire Refinery Modernization

      - Feasibility Study ($300,000)

    Djibouti Assal Geothermal Power Plant

      - Feasibility Study ($90,000)

    Egypt Suez Petrochemical Complex

      - Feasibility Study ($750,000)

    Ethiopia Rural Electrification-Power Distribution

      - Development ($176,000)

    Ghana Co-Generation Plant

      - Feasibility Study ($184,000)

    Kenya Sugar Bagasse Electric Generation

      - Feasibility Study ($406,000)

U.S. TDA (continued)

    Morocco Oil to Gas Power Plant Conversion

      - Feasibility Study ($350,000)

    Mozambique Alto Malema Hydro Plant

      - Feasibility Study ($300,000)

    Tanzania Coal-Fired Power Plant

      - Feasibility Study ($505,000)

    Uganda Bagasse-Fired Co-Generation Power Plant

      - Feasibility Study ($175,000)

    Uganda Mini-Hydropower Stations

      - Feasibility Study ($564,000)

    Zambia Kafue Gorge Hydro Station

      - Feasibility Study ($620,000)

    Zimbabwe Hwange III Power Facility

      - Feasibility Study ($350,000)

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

    $890 million in ongoing support for 50 projects (including energy and mining) in approximately 20 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, plus additional $350 million equity fund for investment in sub-Saharan Africa -- announced July 22, 1999.