Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 17 | Page 26

PROJECT UPDATE LATEST REGIONAL PROJECT UPDATE NIGERIA Centenary City is an ambitious new project by the Nigerian Government to build a smart city along the same lines of as Dubai, Monaco and Singapore. The city is to be built from scratch on a 1,260 hectare piece of virgin land located several kilometres southeast of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. The project consists of a heritage park, 18-hole golf course, Africa Tower, the Mall of Nigeria, International Commerce Centre, the address residence Abuja and an amusement park. GHANA Nzema Solar Power Station is a 155-megawatt (208,000 hp) solar power plant located at Aiwiaso Village, Nzema East District, Western Region, Ghana. The power station will use a total of 630,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) modules which, when struck by sunlight, will generate direct current (DC) electricity. Using inverters, the DC will be converted to alternating current (AC), which will be fed in the national electricity grid, to power an estimated 100,000 homes. The project will be developed on 83 hectares (450 acres). 26 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com