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Japan, Kenya ties boost expertise for geothermal projects

The just-concluded Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad) in Yokohama, Japan, offered African countries a new impetus towards development. The forum takes stock of past action plans and explores and designs strategic future engagements between Japan and Africa. To us in the geothermal sector, this relationship is as practical and beneficial as it can get.

Indeed, Japan, through its development arm, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), has been instrumental in the development of geothermal energy in Kenya. The Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has profoundly benefited from the Japanese technical support through capacity building of our scientists and engineers.

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