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1 Delivering Power Solutions to our Private & Public Sector Clients INVESTING IN AFRICA

2 Executive Summary TransCentury ( TCL ) TCL) is pleased to sponsor the 14 th Annual East Africa Power Industry Convention TCL is committed to the power infrastructure sector with operations in 12 countries across East, Central & Southern Africa Our products include: Power solutions across the grid: power cables, aluminium conductors, transformers & switchgear manufacturing with 6 manufacturing plants across Africa Industrial equipment: weighing equipments, power systems, bearings & motors Turnkey projects: power stations, sub-stations, stations, power lines, industrial plants, new mine builds TCL believes there is mutual benefit in private companies working together with the public sector to deliver on power demands across the region We look forward to successfully delivering on Public Private Partnership opportunities to help POWER THE REGION 1

3 TCL at a glance TransCentury Focus of today s discussions Infrastructure Power Transport Engineering Affiliated Holdings Products Power Cables Kenya-Uganda Railway Mechanical Engineering Chai Bora Transformers Switchgear Generators Civil Engineering Logistics Craneage & Erection Weighbridges Oil & Gas EPC Services Tea blender & packager Other areas: Property Development Financial Services 2

4 TCL continues to invest in production facilities across Africa Morocco Tunisia Manufacturing Plants Countries covered by: Algeria Libya Egypt Operating Companies Sales Offices/Agents Senegal Gambia Mauritania Mali Niger Chad Sudan Eritrea Djibouti Guinea Bissau Burkina Sierra Leone Liberia Guinea Ivory Coast Ghana KINSHASA, DRC Copper house wires Copper - armored cables Togo Benin Equatorial Guinea Nigeria Cameroon Gabon Congo Central African Republic Democratic Republic of Congo Angola KITWE, Zambia Turnkey k electrical l projects Zambia Electrical Engineering/ products Industrial Products JHB, South Africa Speciality cables instrumentation, mining and control cables Namibia South Africa Botswana Rwanda Burundi Zimbabwe Lesotho Swaziland Uganda Tanzania Malawi Ethiopia Kenya Somalia Mozambique Madagascar NBO, Kenya Copper house wires Copper - armored cables Aluminium conductors Data Cables Arusha, Tanzania Transformers Switchgear DAR, Tanzania Copper house wires Copper armored cables Aluminium conductors Enamel winding wire 3

5 TCL POWER DIVISION: DELIVERING POWER SOLUTIONS ACROSS THE GRID... 4

6 Delivering power solutions across the grid Selected products in power offering Copper house wires Power generation is a key growth area for TCL Power transmission: Distributor of HV and MV cables Interior data cables Speciality cables Manufacture of distribution transformers Construction of substations Aluminium conductors Transformers Manufacturer of conductors House wiring for Residential/ Commercial Use Switchgear 5

7 Providing industrial equipment & systems Industrial Products Frequency drives Motors Bearings Weighing Equipment Weighbridges Retail scales Platform scales Power Systems Generators 6

8 TCL SUPPORTING THE PUBLIC SECTOR 7

9 Case Study: Successful Partnership in PPP s Tanelec East African Cables (Tanzania) TDFL Private Partner Public Partners Description Results TCL TransCentury Government of Tanzania Operation & management of the sole transformer manufacturing plant in the region Shared profit with public partner Provision of distribution transformers to facilitate grid expansion Tripling of capacity to better serve the region Govt. of Tanzania 70% 30% Private Partner Public Partners Description Results TCL EA Cables (K) East African Cables (K) Government of Tanzania Tanzania Electric Supply Company Tanzania Development Finance (TDFL) Providing power cabling solutions across Tanzania Provision of power cabling solutions to facilitate grid expansion & rural electrification growth Shared profit with public partner Govt. of Tanzania TDFL 51% 29% 10% 10% TANESCO Tanelec Ltd East African Cables (TZ) 8

10 Supporting private market growth in accessing power 6,000 5,500 5,000 Tanzania Electricity Sales 4,800 5,500 es GWh Sal 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,188 CAGR: 9% 3,302 3,483 4,007 3,000 Electricity connections in rural Areas 2,500 Source: EWURA 1100k No. of C ustomers (Million ns) 1000k 900k 800k 700k 600k 500k Source: TANESCO Tanzania Power Connections 990k 890k CAGR: 6% 776k 790k 728k 670k Power Cables Distribution Transformers House Wires Aluminium Conductors 9

11 Supporting major infrastructure projects Project Details Country: South Africa Customer: Eskom Capacity: 4,800 MW Plant type: coal power plant Kusile Power Plant Construction, 4800 MW Kewberg s Participation Current status: ongoing, expected completion in 5 years Solution Supply of instrumentation cables for the power station Timing Orders to be placed over 4 years, to be manufactured locally in South Africa Delivery Just-in-time i supply of mission- i critical cables through local manufacture Kewberg cables used for the project 10

12 Helping move opportunities from resources towards value addition TCL investment in copper rod manufacture in Zambia Copper ore & cathodes, raw materials from mines TCL invested in ZAMEFA, a copper fabricator in Zambia Investment helped create value within Zambian borders, with the manufacture of copper rods & wires TCL exited investment in December 2009 Manufactures copper rods & wires 11

13 Creating New Industries (CDC Case Study) Population: 73.6m TCL Plant TCL s plant (Cableries du Congo) is the ONLY Size: cable plant in 2.3m km 2 Kinshasa GDP growth: 6.9% GDP per capita: $400 Kinshasa Manufacturing house wiring cables for the country, which is 2.5x the size of Tanzania Manufacturing power cables for SNEL to build out a grid across DRC Source: CIA World Fact book 12

14 TCL s value addition to our public & private sector clients Capital Mobilization Capacity to invest sizeable capital for projects, in partnership with our public & private sector clients Strong balance sheet provides flexibility for large projects Capital expenditure to improve local manufacturing of mission-critical products Cost Management Just-in-time arrangements with TCL factories allow for reduction in working capital costs, warehousing costs & supply chain optimisation Experienced technical management teams with expertise in the following areas: Technical Expertise Cable manufacturing Transformer manufacturing Switchgear manufacturing EPC services 13

15 Contact Us East African Cables (Kenya) George Mwangi, CEO Tom Oyugi, Commercial Manager T: Kewberg Cables & Braids (South Africa) Mark Horn, Commercial & Operations Manager T: Avery (East Africa) Michael Ohawa, Head of Industrial Products T: /7 Tanelec (Tanzania) Jose Miguel, General Manager Joseph Kamata, Commercial Manager T: / /4 Cableries du Congo (DRC) Phili Fundu Fundu, Managing Director T: Pende Electrical (Zambia) Edrick Mwenda, General Manager T: East African Cables (Tanzania) Joseph Hunja, General Manager jhunja@eacables.com T: Civicon Group (Eastern & Central Africa) Nigel Horner, Group CEO nigel.horner@civicongroup.com T: /1/2/3/4 14

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