Difference between an Africa Tender & SA Tender

At Leads 2 Business we have two different research Departments in Tenders; South Africa and Africa.

In the Africa Department, we research in 17 different counties. Examples of areas of coverage include Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. These tender opportunities are intended for our clients whose primary business focus is in Africa or alternately for those who wish to expand their company’s coverage, serviceable regions and scope of work into Africa.

Tender notices are sourced throughout Africa via our extensive network of newspapers, online resources and personal contacts. Should a tender be in another language we translate it into English as a courtesy for our subscribers.

Key considerations to our research team are content, timeous acquisition of tender information and the critical details that facilitate ease of communication, more specifically: telephone numbers, postal addresses and e-mail addresses of the contacts on the tender.

In Africa, it is common for a non-refundable fee to be charged to obtain Tender Documents. Africa Tenders also require us to specify “Local Time” next to the closing date and/or site inspection because of the time difference and subscribers must also take note of the dialling codes for the specific region.

Below are examples of an SA Tender and an Africa Tender View:

We also offer different services at Leads 2 Business depending on which regions you’d like to receive Leads for (all prices exclude VAT):

Tenders South Africa                            R 1200.00 per month
Tenders Africa                                      R 1443.48 per month
Tenders (South Africa and Africa)         R 2069.57 per month
Projects (South Africa and Africa)         R 2556.52 per month


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Featured Tender: Road Design Construction

Zimbabwe – DTA 882072

Contract Number:

CBPOA/ROAD/08/21 – Charlotte Brooke Property Owners Association

Description:

Charlotte Brooke Property Owners Association (CBPOA) in sinviting registered and established companies to tender for the following requirement: Road Design Construction

Category Industry
Infrastructure, Building Institutional
Region Site Inspection
Zimbabwe No Details
Closing Date Contract Period
10 September 2021 at 10:00 (Local Time) No Details

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About Michelle Ngubo

I have been working at L2B since March 2014 and my current position is Tenders Africa Deputy HOD and Classy is the best word that describes me.

Featured Project: Beitbridge Border Post

Zimbabwe

Description
The Zimbabwean side of the Beitbridge border post is now on track to get a $296 million (R4.6 billion) upgrade. Zimborders, which has a concession to design, build and operate the border post for more than 17 years as part of a public-private partnership project. The project will include a major upgrade of the entire border post including roads, ICT infrastructure as well as the construction of a number of social projects to improve the town of Beitbridge’s critical infrastructure including a fire station, residential buildings, a sewerage dam, civil services and new water reservoirs. GPS coordinates lat: -22.2181161; long: 29.9862368.

 

Status Region
Underway Zimbabwe
Category Value
Building R 100 million+
Industry Timing
Office & Commercial, Transport Terminal 3 years
Sector Class
Public Private Partnership Open Tender / Turnkey


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Featured Tender: Construction and Commissioning of a Re – Fueling Facility for Kariba and Chirundu Stations

Featured Tender: Construction and Commissioning of a Re – Fueling Facility for Kariba and Chirundu Stations – Zimbabwe

Contract Number:

ZIMRANCB21/2020 – Zimbabwe Revenue Authority

Description:

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) invites prospective suppliers to participate in the following tender: Construction and Commissioning of a Re – Fueling Facility for Kariba and Chirundu Stations.

Category Industry
Trades, Building Institutional
Region Site Inspection
Harare 2020-04-06 10:00 AM
Closing Date Contract Period
21 April 2020 at 10:00 (Local Time) No details

 


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About Michelle Ngubo

I have been working at L2B since March 2014 and my current position is Tenders Africa Deputy HOD and Classy is the best word that describes me.

Developing Africa … is Africa the new China?

When I first stepped into the Private Projects Department, I had a vague idea of what to expect from Africa.

Developments like:

Hope City in Ghana

 

Hope City
Hope City

 

Desert Rose International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Namibia (it’s just a desert there, right?)

 

Desert Rose Namibia
Desert Rose Namibia

 

Mall de Mozambique

 

Mall of Mozambique
Mall of Mozambique

 

and a whole brand New City to be built in Egypt (another desert??)

 

New City Egypt
New City Egypt

 

These are some of the developments that spring to mind…developments that take your breath away…but how on earth are these small, money-hungry countries going to fund, let alone develop these ambitious projects? Projects so ambitious they raise eyebrows…well, mine mostly.

For example.  Zimbabwe wanting to build a Disney Land at Victoria Falls…a pipe dream at the moment, but what a dream!! Just to keep tourists there longer than a day or two.

Disneyland
Disneyland

 

African Development Bank is one way, but most of the investments are coming from China.

The Chinese footprint in Africa has been cemented. In the last decade, investment in Africa by the world’s second-largest economy has surged to $2.9 billion from $75 million, and with it, China’s influence can be seen everywhere.

The next question… who is going to build these huge developments?

China of course.! If a Chinese company has invested in a Project, you can be sure that they will be building it too. Build, Own, Operate. But there are benefits, the Chinese do subcontract some of the work to the locals.

Swaziland, however, in an effort to ensure that their local contractors still have work and can tender for contracts, have implemented the rule that any projects less than E120 million cannot be awarded to foreign companies.

So, what has this have to do with developing Africa? Just feeding Africa does not solve anything. Providing them with employment that doesn’t warrant anything more than maybe digging a hole in the ground, painting a room, something that doesn’t require much skill, but providing these people with employment, a sense of self, educating them. Providing them with purpose. A trade. Hope. To me, that is really developing Africa.

When I used to imagine Africa, I used to think of trees, rivers, wildlife, war, jungles and deep dark Africa … nothing much could be happening there right?

How wrong was I !?!

 

Sources
Financial Gazette
Ghana Gist
Mc Cormick
ABS
Namibian Sun

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