A joint team from Koei Africa Co., Ltd. (KAF) and Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. (NK), comprising Mr Pirran Driver, Managing Director of KAF; and Mr Matumueni Bukaka, Business Development Manager at KAF, Mr Yoshikazu Takahashi, Chief Regional Officer for Africa at NK; Mr Yuki Furuya, Manager responsible for the Sub-Saharan region within Nippon Koei’s International Marketing and Promotion Department and Ms Yuki Nakagawa, General Manager of Nippon Koei’s Africa Regional Office; visited on-going projects and potential future Clients and Partners in Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire as part of its broader engagement in the region

Our team visited the Mamelles sea water desalination plant in Dakar, a large-scale seawater desalination plant project developed by Société Nationale Des Eaux du Sénégal (SONES) and currently being constructed supervised by f Nippon Koei and using sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) technology. The plant has a capacity of 50,000 m3/day which can be expanded to 100,000 m3/day. The project has jointly been financed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Government of Senegal (GOS) with the goal of boosting water supply needs in Dakar metropolitan area.

Our team visited the plant and held meetings with NK’s staff; SONES’ Director General and his Project Management Unit team, the Contractor and key representatives of JICA.

Our team held a meeting at the African Development Bank (AfDB) HQ in Abidjan with the Executive Director Mr Nakai and the Senior Investment Officer, Mr Fukunaga to exchange views on ongoing developments in a number of sectors in Africa and explore potential areas of future collaboration with the Bank.

On 29 April, we participated in the first steering committee meeting of our ongoing Taabo–Kossou–Bouaké Electricity Link Project. The meeting was held between our client, CI Energies and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

The discussions underlined the strategic importance of the project for Côte d’Ivoire’s power transmission network

Financed by JICA and implemented by CI Energies, the Taabo–Kossou–Bouaké Electricity Link Project is a key infrastructure project aimed at enhancing transmission capacity, improving reliability, and supporting long-term energy development in Côte d’Ivoire. We are proud to contribute to this important initiative alongside our partners and look forward to the successful progression of the project.

CI Energie and NK/KAF/Colenco team at the First Steering Committee Meeting of the Taabo–Kossou–Bouaké Electricity Link Project