Tractebel has been present in Africa since the beginning of the 1950s, backed by extensive international expertise from Coyne et Bellier (France) and Lahmeyer International (Germany). Our specialists have planned, designed and managed the studies and construction of the most complex hydropower projects across the continent, as well as large scale irrigation schemes, water supply, sanitation and special hydraulic structures. Important African wind and solar farms, nuclear and thermal power plants, gas infrastructures and electrical systems have also been implemented with the support of Tractebel and its affiliates. At the helm of the energy transition, we are able to examine all the interactions between the energy system’s components and stakeholders across the entire value chain.
Recent projects in Africa include the colossal 6,000 MW Grand Renaissance HPP (Ethiopia), the 2,067 MW Laúca HPP (Angola), the 240 MW Kaléta HPP (Guinea), the 500 MW Noor CSP (Morocco), the rehabilitation of the 2,000 MW Kariba HPP (Zambia) and of the 760 MW Kainji HPP (Nigeria), the 158 MW Taiba D’Diaye Wind Farm (Senegal), the ±500 kV DC transmission line that extends over 1,000 km (Kenya-Ethiopia), the water and sanitation upgrading programme for the towns of Kigoma, Lindi and Sumbawanga (Tanzania), the Casablanca City Tower (Morocco) and the Owner's Engineering support services for Koeberg nuclear power plant (South Africa).
| Tractebel Engineering S.A.R.L-U | |
| | Avenue Crosson Duplessis, Résidence Crosson Duplessis 1, BP 11635, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Route to this office |
| | te-france-ivorycoast.tractebel@tractebel.engie.com |
| | +225 20 22 58 98 |
| Tractebel Engineering | |
| | Bloom Tower, ECA Road, Kirkos, Addis-Abeba, Éthiopie Route to this office |
| | +251 115 58 89 18 |
| Coyne et Bellier Nigeria Limited | |
| | 12 Cassandra Street, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria Route to this office |
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| Tractebel Engineering S.A., Senegal Branch | |
| | Les Almadies Business Center, 1st floor SIA building Zone, 12 Route Ngor Village, Dakar, Sénégal Route to this office |
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| Tractebel Engineering South Africa Proprietary Limited | |
| | G02 Oxford House, 17 Park Lane, Century City, Cape Town, 7441, South Africa Route to this office |
| | +27 826 826 798 |
| Lahmeyer Consulting Engineers LTD | |
| | Mikocheni, Off Mwai Kibaki Road ABC Kwanza Nursery Street, Plot No. 294 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Route to this office |
| | +255 784 351869 |
The history of Tractebel in Africa is connected to the history of three leading international engineering companies: Coyne et Bellier, Lahmeyer International and GKW Consult.
Coyne et Bellier is a French engineering consultancy company founded in 1947 and acquired by Tractebel in 1986. The company become active in Africa in 1949, for the studies of the Meffrouch dam in Algeria. In the 50s, Coyne et Bellier began to work in RDC (Koni dam), Morocco (Aït Ouarda, Bin El Ouidane), Guinea (Grandes Chutes), Zimbabwe and other countries. Since then, the company has been involved in projects across the continent by forging links and fully understanding clients and partners to carry out tailor-made and sustainable projects.
Every project gives us the opportunity to promote innovative techniques (e.g. the Kariba dam in Zimbabwe/Zambia, completed in 1959 and the first large arch in a wide valley – H=128). One of the key focuses of the company is to propose structuring and global schemes for the development of rivers (Konkouré River in Guinea with Grandes-Chutes (1953), Garafiri (1999), Kaléta (2016) and Souapiti today or Blue Nile River in Ethiopia with Gibe III – the highest dam in Africa – Grand Renaissance and Koysha). Our involvement in Africa is also linked to tunnels (Algeria), railways and outstanding structures.
Lahmeyer International is a German engineering consultancy company founded in 1890 and acquired by Tractebel in 2014. Africa has been a focus for Lahmeyer for more than 45 years. The company is currently involved in the largest ongoing infrastructure projects on the continent. Lahmeyer’s successful solutions to complex technical tasks are based on decades of experience in extensive infrastructure projects in Africa and around the world. Our first projects in Africa were transmission and distribution, hydropower and infrastructure projects completed in the 1960s.
