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Turkey's Calik takes solar step into Kinshasa

Turkish conglomerate Calik's electricity subsidiary has set up shop in the DR Congo, where it plans to develop solar projects with the US entrepreneur Rubar Sandi. [...]

Published on 30/03/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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DRC
Ahmet Calik
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Calik Holding
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Africa, Guinea
Turkish billionaire Calik's company sets sights on African mines beyond Guinea and DRC

The holding company of Turkish businessman Ahmet Calik, who is said to be close to President Erdogan, is trying to obtain permits in other countries on the continent, having entered the mining sector in Africa via the exploration activities of his company Lidya Madencilik in Guinea and DRC.

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DRC
Miga to the rescue of North Kivu's solar plans

Nuru (formely Kivu Green Energy), a DRC electricity company which is already active in North Kivu where it manages two solar mini-off-grids, has plans to expand in the area to raise its total output to 15.

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Guinea
Turkish billionaire and Erdogan ally Ahmet Calik hones in on gold and iron

Lidya Madencilik, the Ahmet Calik-led company which set up in Guinea in late 2019 to explore the country's mining potential in partnership with the mines ministry, has given details of the areas it is most interested in developing.

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DRC
Huafei Energy Investment keen to get cracking on Kalumba and Kibombo power plants

The private Chinese company Huafei Energy Investment has great expectations for its Kalumba and Kibombo dams, whose combined power could exceed 800 MW.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 17.05.2021

Senegal
Ex-minister Sarr puts his weight behind gas-fired power station

Senegalese entrepreneur Samuel Sarr is determined to get the 300-MW plant near Dakar up and running.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 31.03.2021

Samuel Sarr, former minister of energy and former director of Senelec.

DRC
US businessman Rubar Sandi gets busy with railways, roads, and solar farms

Entrepreneur Rubar Sandi made a fortune in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003. With the help of Indonesian authorities, he has now embarked on several major infrastructure projects in DRC.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 06.11.2020

Senegal
West African Energy makes quick progress on 300 MW power plant with GE and Erdogan buddy

West African Energy is planning to barge into the Senegalese energy market with a fast-track build all thanks to the drive of its director, former Senelec boss and former minister of energy under Abdoulaye Wade.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 14.10.2020

Former Senelec boss Samuel Sarr (here in 2012) is the main promoter of the West African Energy project.

Somalia
Turkish influence comes under fire in presidential campaign

Businessman Abshir Aden Ferro, who plans to run in the February presidential election, has given his campaign a markedly anti-Turkish flavour. In the meantime, Turkey is giving firm support to the incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo.

Subscribers only Politics 08.10.2020

Spotlight | Libya
Malta becomes Turkey's stepping stone to Libyan markets

The alluring prospect of reconstruction, oil and energy contracts in Libya is attracting the interest of leading Turkish firms, who are taking advantage of the honeymoon between Tripoli and Ankara, an ally of the national unity government in its battle against General Haftar.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 16.07.2020

Spotlight | Document | Guinea
Turkish tycoon and Erdogan pal, Ahmet Calik embarks on mining adventure

Riding on the honeymoon phase of Ankara and Conakry's political and economic relations (WAN 811), Turkish billionaire Ahmet Calik, who is close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has secured a strategic mining alliance with the Guinean government.

Subscribers only Mining 14.01.2020

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Rome and Ankara eye Saudi Arabian contract opportunities

Italian and Turkish defence companies are trying to land new contracts in Riyadh, thanks to well-connected business allies.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

DRC
Turkey's Calik takes solar step into Kinshasa

Africa, Guinea
Turkish billionaire Calik's company sets sights on African mines beyond Guinea and DRC

DRC
Miga to the rescue of North Kivu's solar plans

Guinea
Turkish billionaire and Erdogan ally Ahmet Calik hones in on gold and iron

DRC
Huafei Energy Investment keen to get cracking on Kalumba and Kibombo power plants

Senegal
Ex-minister Sarr puts his weight behind gas-fired power station

DRC
US businessman Rubar Sandi gets busy with railways, roads, and solar farms

Senegal
West African Energy makes quick progress on 300 MW power plant with GE and Erdogan buddy

Somalia
Turkish influence comes under fire in presidential campaign

Spotlight | Libya
Malta becomes Turkey's stepping stone to Libyan markets

Spotlight | Document | Guinea
Turkish tycoon and Erdogan pal, Ahmet Calik embarks on mining adventure