China continues to establish dominance in Kenyan market with the latest entrant being a power company.
A Chinese firm known as Chint Kenya officially opened its doors in Nairobi on Tuesday, January 25, diving into the turbulent energy sector in the country.
The multi-billion company opened its offices to serve the East African region with a focus on transforming the energy sector in the country.
The Chinese-run company provides modern energy, intelligent manufacturing, and digital technology. It focuses on the energy system of supply, storage, transmission, allotment, and consumption.
Before making an entry into the country, the Chinese company had made some donations to tests its products. Since 2017, the company has been making donations to various institutions in the country including schools, and fitting them with smart solar energy systems.
Kenya Power also witnessed the official opening of the Chinese company with the two firms striking a deal.
The two firms announced during the launch that they will collaborate in power transmission in the country. Kenya Power noted that Chint Kenya will be tasked with transmitting solar power to government institutions and schools.
The aim of the deal is to lower energy costs among those institutions in the country.
“Chint has been a trusted supplier of smart energy solutions, their products have been of the highest quality, reliable and adaptable to the Kenyan market,” Chint Kenya announced during the launch.
The company falls in the broad Zhejiang Chint Electrics corporate family that has over 587 firms distributed in different parts of the world.
The parent company has 28,127 employees across its locations and generates trillions in sales revenue.
Its entry into the Kenyan market comes at a time when Kenya Power is facing a number of troubles including a blackout that has been attributed to vandalism of electric pylons.
Six executives of electricity distributors were arraigned in court on suspicion of failing to prevent a fault on the grid, which caused a nationwide blackout.
The country was enveloped in a blackout on January 11 due to what Kenya Power said was the collapse of some towers supporting a high voltage line. It was, however, restored after several hours.
The power company has entered into a deal with Kenya Power which will see them collaborate in power transmission.
Already the government led by Energy Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma, has initiated plans to save the sole energy distributor from collapsing and winning back the trust of many of its customers.