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UK-AIS COMMERCIAL DEALS

A summary of 27 commercial deals worth over £6.5bn from across the African markets invited to the UK-Africa Investment Summit

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

We are announcing 27 deals worth over £6.5bn from across the African markets invited to this Summit and we are aware of further UK commercial investment into Africa that will be committed at the Summit.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp diverse and fast-growing economies of Africa offer huge potential to UK business. Over £36 billion worth of trade is already happening between the UK and Africa. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp deals today show how we are building on that to secure a lasting commercial partnership of mutual benefit. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp UK’s world-leading expertise on finance, technology, innovation, and our commitment to clean growth make the UK and Africa natural partners for prosperity.

Deals between UK companies and their African partners include:

  • Aggreko signed an £80m contact extension for energy provision in Cote D’Ivoire
  • Airbus sold £80m of aircraft in Egypt
  • Anglo-Tunisian Oil and Gas invest £26m in Tunisian gas assets.
  • Aqua Africa win £26m export contract to supply solar powered water filtration systems in Ghana.
  • Baker Hughes £306m export and investment of deep-sea equipment and scholarships in Mozambique
  • BHM £80.3m work on the Tema-Aflao Road Project in Ghana.
  • Bombardier’s £3,180m construction and operation of 2 monorail lines in Cairo.
  • Contracta Construction UK win £120.5m export contract to upgrade Kumasi teaching hospital in Ghana.
  • Contracta Construction UK win £40m export contract to develop Kumasi airport in Ghana.
  • Diageo invest £167m to improved sustainability of breweries in Kenya & East Africa.
  • Globeleq invest £50m to help build Malindi photovoltaic solar park in Kenya.
  • GSK invest £5m in Egypt to upgrade two production lines.
  • Kefi Minerals invest £224m in a new gold mine and to develop local infrastructure in Ethiopia.
  • Lagan Group win a £185 export contract for the construction of Kampala Industrial Business Park in Uganda.
  • Lloyds Register invest £0.76m to set up operations in Mozambique.
  • Low Energy Designs win an export contract to install street lighting for Oyo state in Nigeria.
  • Matalan invest £25m to open 13 new outlets in Egypt.
  • Moy Park to export £12m of frozen chicken to Angola.
  • Nexus Green export £80m of solar powered water pumping systems for irrigation in Uganda.
  • NMS Infrastructure have won a £222m contract to construct 6 hospitals in Côte D’Ivoire.
  • Rolls Royce agree £50m export of Rolls Royce engines to EgyptAir.
  • Savannah invest £315m in the acquisition and investment of ingas assets in Nigeria.
  • Tex ATC install 5 Airport control room towers worth £2m in Nigeria.
  • Trilliant install £5m of Smart Metering to Abuja DisCo In Nigeria.
  • Tullow invest £1,200m in continued oil production in Kenya.
  • Tyllium and Ellipse win an export contract worth £60m to build a 250 bed hospital in Koforidua in Ghana.
  • Unatrac win a £1.5m export contract to supply machinery for Ugandan roads.

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Published 20 January 2020