V. Oduor, IEng

Advanced manufacturing | Energy management | CBET |

Mechanical Technologist
#TVET Trainer

[Mwango Capital @MwangoCapital]

Kapchorua Tea Kenya PLC plans to develop a 1.17 MW solar PV plant at Kapchorua Farm in Nandi County to power its black tea processing factory.

The project, to be installed by Ariya Energy Limited, is seeking an electricity generation licence from EPRA, with the application due on 1 September 2026.

[Africa First @AfricaFirsts]

Kenya 🇰🇪 is the largest producer of avocado 🥑 in the whole of Africa with over 450,000 tonnes produced annually.

Kenya is the biggie of Avocado in Africa.

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

Carbon-capturing concrete makes debut in Nairobi, but questions shadow the technology https://t.co/kIXxr5Y3ld

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

The EAC is set to introduce a single regional currency by 2031.

The new currency is set to unify regional trade, lower transaction costs, and simplify cross-border payments across the bloc

[HevercastroB @HeverCastroB]

¿Entonces La nave espacial más grande la historia Starship 13, se llevó al espacio 20 satélites de starlink de más de 1 millón de dólares cada uno, solo para probar que la nave era capaz de desplegarlos y ponerlos en órbita y recolectar telemetría, pero además 6 de esos satélites llevavan cámaras especiales, para que una vez desplegados fotografíaran desde afuera a la nave y así ver cómo se comportaba el escudo termico de la misma al reingresar a la atmósfera de la tierra?

Esta foto es real, tomada por las cámaras de los satélites de starlink que se desintegraron al reingresar a la tierra, tal y como lo había planificado SpaceX. 😱

Honor y gloria para Elon Musk.

[KERUI @anthony_kerui]

Kenya's clinker story just flipped: Devki's new West Pokot plant (6Mt/yr capacity) now matches the country's entire national clinker requirement (~5Mt/yr).
Result: less USD spent importing from UAE/Saudi/Egypt, plus new export earnings from Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi.
Import substitution → net exporter. That's real forex relief, not just cost-cutting.

[Shoba Gatimu @shobanes]

And yet, this rosy achievement is not reflected on the price of cement per bag. A price that is now hurtling towards the 1000 bob price mark. So then you wonder, of what good is it if the effects are not felt directly by the mwananchi?

[Kenyans.co.ke @Kenyans]

5,000 Kenyan Scouts to attempt Guinness World Record for Most Mangrove Trees Planted Simultaneously

[𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞 𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗬𝗜 @Ssenyonyiderick]

Gliding from Nairobi to Mombasa on the
SGR🇰🇪

I couldn't help imagining it... a train from Kisoro to Kampala, Gulu to Kampala, one day, in this lifetime hopefully.

Anyway, let me tell you guys about the actual experience, Nairobi to Mombasa is nearly 500km, in about 5 hours.

The train cuts straight through Tsavo, which means and I am not exaggerating, you can spot Elephants from your window seat.

A commute that doubles as a game drive.

The coaches are clean, the seats, I mean check the pics🙌, the whole thing runs on time.

They call it the Madaraka Express, I am going to call it a preview... of what East Africa could be.

[Office of Nuclear Energy | US Department of Energy @GovNuclear]

NUCLEAR 101: This nuclear reactor is small enough to fit on a truck but powerful enough to bring electricity and heat anywhere, from military bases to disaster zones to remote towns with no grid connection.

Microreactors will be factory-built, plug-and-play, and could change the way we power the world.

[MethoDman @polo_kimanii]

Does Airtel understand that we are doing them a favour by using their shitty network,alafu wanapandisa bei namna hii? Bwani hii sasa sini kama kupea Caicedo chance alafu anaanza kujifanya Bellingham. What an ungrateful company

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Real photo of Starship taken by Starlink satellites

[DENVIN CIVIL GROUP @KWEYUSNR]

Updates from New York City's Department of Buildings (DOB) has released a new image showing the emergency works to stablise the 37-storey tower . Hapa nayo ni uzito tupu.

[Masinde Muliro Univ. @MMUST_Kenya]

MMUST Scholar Dr. Rose Opiyo Recognized for Outstanding Collaborative Research at the 28th ISSBD Biennial Conference in South Korea: https://t.co/nDkzRAZRV4

[SirJohnKE @SirJohnKE]

🇰🇪||💻 Nairobi is officially leading as Africa's tech hub.

Kenya raised $1.04 billion in startup funding in 2025, outperforming South Africa, Egypt, and Nigeria.

Startup Funding in 2025:

🥇 🇰🇪 Kenya: $1.04B
🥈 🇿🇦 South Africa: $720M
🥉 🇪🇬 Egypt: $600M
4️⃣ 🇳🇬 Nigeria: $570M

Kenya attracted 44% more startup funding than South Africa and nearly double the amount raised by Nigeria.

With Nairobi at the heart of this growth, the city continues to lead Africa in fintech, clean energy, AI, and technology investment, attracting innovators and investors from around the world.

kenyans are not just building startups they are building an economy the world believes in.

[Erick Wokabi @ErickWokabi]

CFAO Mobility Kenya has some of the best Market Research Analysts we have in the country.

​They recognized a high potential market opportunity to disrupt and scale within the informal Matatu sector and the commercial logistics industry (Trucking).

Part 1: The Matatu Card. 🚐

In 2021 Toyota by CFAO Mobility Kenya made an announcement that surprised many and had a huge impact on the Matatu Industry. This announcement had some car dealers in the gray market ( dealers in foreign used vehicles) saying that the move would not see the light of day.

Toyota by CFAO Mobility Kenya dropped the price of the Toyota Hiace H200 Commuter van to Ksh.4.51 Million. A price tag equivalent to that of an 8 year old foreign used (Mtumba) H200 Commuter van.

How did they do this?

Before 2021, fully built imported Hiace vans (FBUs) were slapped with steep import duties that inflated showroom prices.

In June of 2021, CFAO Mobility officially
commissioned their first dedicated local assembly
line for the Hiace H200 at the Associated Vehicle
Assemblers (AVA) plant in Mombasa. The reasoning behind this is move was to take advantage of
government granting zero-rated import duties and
excise tax exemptions on Completely Knocked
Down (CKD) kits.

CFAO immediately passed these
huge tax savings onto buyers, lowering brand-new
unit costs equivalent to the price of 8-year-old second-hand (mtumba) imports.

By last year, (2025), annual sales of the Hiace
climbed drastically to 1,176 units, a 65.1% increase
from 712 units in 2024

To keep up with this massive demand from mainly matatus, school transport, and others, CFAO Mobility launched an additional KES 2.3 billion production line for the Hiace at the Kenya
Vehicle Manufacturers (KVM) plant in Thika in
June 2026.

Today over 90% of Toyota Hiace Commuter Vans bought for Matatu use are brand new (Zero mileage).

Stay tuned for Part 2: The Truck Card...

Photo Credits to Toyota by CFAO Mobility Kenya.

[Kenyan Wall Street @kenyanwalstreet]

Aliko Dangote has announced that his proposed East African oil refinery will be built in Kenya rather than Tanzania, ending speculation over the location of one of the region's most ambitious energy projects.

The facility will have a processing capacity of 700,000 barrels of crude oil per day, making it the largest oil refinery in East Africa, and will supply refined petroleum products to Kenya and neighbouring countries to reduce regional dependence on imported fuels.

The announcement follows the commissioning of Dangote's 650,000-barrel-per-day Lagos refinery, the largest single-train refinery in the world. Further details on the Kenyan project's timeline, financing and exact location are expected as planning progresses.

[KERUI @anthony_kerui]

Kenya's National Infrastructure Fund is emerging as a backer of the Dongo Kundu LNG plant in Mombasa — 1,200MW, ~$2.9bn, would be Kenya's first LNG power plant. KenGen + private investors via PPP. Still at feasibility stage — no financing or fuel-supply deal locked in yet. #KenyaEnergy #NSE

[KERUI @anthony_kerui]

Dangote settles on Kenya for 700,000 bpd refinery.Cost KSh 2.2–2.5 trillion.Anything that can happen in NSE related to this ?

[Rodgers Adai @rodgers_adai]

The KETRACO National Control Centre: Among the prequalied bidders were Electrical Engineering Technology leaders General Electric GE, ABB ( now HITACHI) and Siemens. When Tender came out, it was more of Civil Building . ABB and Siemens pulled out. GE got Larsen and Toubro L&T as its Civil Partner. So GE was the sole bidder.
One wonders why you had to get L&T to come and do a small building here.
If you look at what KETRACO says:
Grid Stability, Renewable Energy Integration', the red highlight in the attachment, it will CERTAINLY NOT do.
A Control Centre just monitors.
It cannot control devices responsible for Grid Stability
The actual control devices are at the Power Station and Substation level.
Second: this control centre has limited Substations. To effectively monitor the Network, you need ALL KENGEN, IPPS, KPLC Substations and Power Stations
Which the station will not have.
and all synchronised to one GPS clock.
This way, can know what triggered and sequence of a disturbance.
But KETRACO Control Centre will not have.
Remember it is just monitoring NOT active control.
The most complete SCADA is the existing KPLC National Control System though it is not connected to KENGEN.
It would only have required setting up just a Workstation at the KETRACO head office in a room the size of a Boardroom.
Just Shs 5m would have been enough.
Let them finish construction. One day we will interrogate this White Elephant.