Industrial Promotion Services
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Industrial Promotion Services (IPS) is the industrial development arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED). AKFED is a member of the Aga Khan Development Network.
Location
IPS is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, and has subsidiaries in Tanzania and Uganda.
Development projects
The development projects that IPS is involved in include:
An equity participation in the 74MW Kipevu II Power Plant in Kenya
An equity participation in the 288MW Azito Power Plant in Ivory Coast
An equity participation in the 250MW Bujagali Power Plant in Uganda. Other partners in this project include Sithe Global Power LLC, an American power development company. Sithe Global Power LLC, is owned by the Blackstone Group and Reservoir Capital Group.
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