New Energy Provider Enters Kenyan Market

A Chinese company, CHINT, has officially entered the Kenyan energy sector. CHINT, which describes itself as a leading global provider of smart energy solutions, will use the Nairobi office to serve the East African market.

CHINT is engaged in smart electrics, green energy, industrial control and automation, smart home and incubators, forming an integrated whole industry chain of power generation, storage, transmission, substation, distribution, sales and consumption. It has a presence in 140 countries and regions and employs more than 30,000 employees.

The company will collaborate with Kenya Power, with CHINT Kenya 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.