Africa

2019.04.20

IEA hosts high-level meeting on Africa’s energy outlook

18 April 2019 Workshop findings will provide input to a special report on Africa that will be published later this year in the World Energy Outlook. (Photograph: IEA)   The International Ene...

2019.03.14

TCL True Intelligent AC Launched in Ghana

2019-03-13 On MAR 8, being one of the top leading giant electric enterprises group and air conditioner manufacturers in China, TCL held its 2019 Ghana NPI in Accra. Over 120 attendees participated in...

2019.03.02

SADC Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Status Report 20

JOHANNESBURG, 20 February 2019 – The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is seeing a significant increase in the number and quality of its renewable energy and energy efficiency...

2019.02.25

Teaming up: Bitzer and the Institute for Industrial Technolo

On January 25, Bitzer Nigeria and the Institute for Industrial Technology (IIT), a local refrigeration and air-conditioning training center in Lagos, Nigeria, cut the ribbon and celebrated the beginni...

2019.02.24

2018 AC Market Trends in the Southern Hemisphere--Africa

After suffering challenging weather conditions and stagnant economies for many years, the African RAC market started to bounce back and has seen 10% growth in 2018, partly because of hotter weather th...

2019.02.08

Forecasted growth in the Africa AC markets exceed the world'

7 February 2019 Hot-off-the-press: in 2018, the total African AC market for the continent grew by four per cent in volume from 2017. The market is forecast to grow at around 5.5 per cent CAGR between...

2019.02.03

Gree ACs Serve the First Light Rail System in West Africa

In November 2018, Gree success-fully won the bid for the Abuja Light Rail System project in Nigeria, providing air conditioning equipment for stations along the route. It includes various types of light commercial models and engineering ma- chines. Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country with a total of 173 million citizens, accounting for 16% of Africa’s total population. It is als...

2018.12.21

Tecumseh Opens Its First Office in Africa

On October 22, after maintaining commercial relations in Africa for several years, Tecumseh Products Company (Tecumseh) opened an office in Casablanca, Morocco, to be closer to its distributors and in...

2018.12.13

Gree Wins Big Project in South Africa Again

Gree Overseas  2018-12-13 Another good news came from South Africa. With complete condenser and evaporator lineup and reliable quality, after being awarded the telecom projects, Gree has w...

2018.11.22

What of the Kigali Amendment?

Just over two years ago was the 28th meeting of the Montreal Protocol. This event was held in Kigali, Rwanda and one of the highest priority topics was tackling the phase down of HFC refrigerants such...