Djibouti Additional Service Providers: Vehicle Rental, Taxi Companies, Freight Forwarding Agents, Handling Equipment, Power Generation and ISPs
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4.9 Djibouti Additional Service Provision Contact List
Freight Forwarding Agents
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Logistics Cluster Djibouti Clearing and Forwarding Agent Assessment August 2017
Electricity and Power
The organization responsible for electricity generation and
supply is Electricité du Djibouti, known as the EDB. The
organization is state owned. Installed capacity in 1993 was
exclusively thermal, with the majority being diesel fired
plant.
Djibouti currently has installed electricity generating capacity of
85 megawatts (MW), all of which is thermal (oil-fired). In January
2001, U.S.-based Geothermal Development Associates (GDA) announced
that it had completed a feasibility study on the development of a
30-MW geothermal power plant in Djibouti. The study, which
commenced in August 2000, established the commercial viability of
the proposed generating facility. The $115 million plant, to be
located in the Lake Assal region west of the capital, will be
constructed on the build own operate (BOO) financing scheme. The
Global Environmental Facility (GEF), a joint initiative of the
World Bank and the United Nations (UN), has approved a $280,000
financing package to pay for contract negotiations required for the
project. To date, however, these funds have not been released. At
the same time, however, Electricite de Djibouti, the national
electric company, has begun to remove aging diesel-fired generating
units. To continue to provide power to rural residents, the
government, with the help of a grant from a number of Arab
financial institutions, is installing solar and wind capacity. The
primary goal of the project is to replace old diesel powered rural
water pumps with new ones powered by renewable resources, but
excess energy will be used for electrification. Ethiopia has
made plans to begin exporting electrical power to Djibouti and
Sudan by 2010.
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
From the city of Djibouti, telephone connections are available
by satellite to Europe and the West and by land line to the main
cities and towns of the interior; there were 16,800 mainline
telephones and 128,800 cellular phones in use throughout the
country in 2009.
All media are government controlled. In 1983, Djibouti inaugurated
a powerful state-owned AM radio transmitting station, built with
French and FRG funds. A television service was first introduced in
1967. Both are state run and broadcast in French, Afar, Somali and
Arabic. As of 2007, there were 2 radio stations and 1 television
station. In 1997, there were 77 radios and 37 television sets per
1,000 populations.
There were 13,000 internet users in 2008.
Internet Service Providers |
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Are there ISPs available? (Yes / No) |
Yes | ||
Private or Government |
Government | ||
Dial-up only (Yes / No) |
No | ||
Approximate Rates |
Dial-up: |
n/a | |
Broadband: |
n/a |
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Max leasable 'dedicated' bandwidth |
n/a |
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company’s suitability as a reputable supplier/service provider. The
list is provided for general information only and the inclusion of
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