TXF Africa talk: Siemens on electrifying sub-Saharan Africa

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Middle East & Africa

Max Thompson

Managing Editor

We caught up with Rotimi Thomas, head of market development in sub-Saharan Africa for Gas 2 Power, to talk about how Siemens can work closer with ECAs and project developers to devise new tools to move deals beyond the current stalemate of ‘no sovereign guarantees, no ECA coverage’ in sub-Saharan Africa.

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