Africa State-owned enterprise

1 africa

1.1 kenya
1.2 south africa
1.3 tanzania

africa
kenya

parastatals in kenya, partly lack of expertise , endemic corruption, have largely inhibited economic development. in 1979, presidential commission went far saying constituted serious threat economy , and, 1989, had still not furthered industrialization or fostered development of black business class.

several kenyan soes have been privatized since 1980s, mixed results.

south africa

in south africa department of public enterprises shareholder representative of south african government oversight responsibility state-owned enterprises in key sectors. companies not directly controlled department of public enterprises, various other departments:

airports company of south africa (acsa) – owner of major airports in south africa
alexkor – mining sector (diamond mining)
armscor (south africa) – defence sector (arms procurement agency south african defence force)
broadband infraco – telecommunications sector (long distance , international internet connectivity)
council scientific , industrial research
central energy fund – energy development
denel – aerospace , defence sector (armaments manufacturer)
development bank of southern africa
eskom – energy sector (national electricity utility)
national parks board – nature conservation
pbmr – energy sector (development of pebble bed modular reactor nuclear energy technology)
passenger rail agency of south africa prasa – transport sector (passenger railway services)
petrosa – national oil , gas company
post office – postal sector
rand water – water utility (most based in northern region)
sentech – telecommunications infrastructure
south african airways – transport sector (international airline)
south african broadcasting corporation – telecommunications sector
south african bureau of standards
sa express – transport sector (regional , feeder airline)
south african forestry company – forestry sector (manages forestry on state owned land)
south african national roads agency – responsible maintenance , development of national road network
transnet – transport , related infrastructure sector (railways, harbours, oil/fuel pipelines , terminals)
trans-caledon tunnel authority – water transport authority

the south african government has share in following companies:

telkom sa – telecommunications sector (national telephone network (pstn)) (39.8%)
vodacom – telecommunications sector (cellular services) (13.9%)
sasol – fuel sector (oil, petroleum, gas , coal) (27.3%)

various other smaller state-owned companies exist in south africa.

tanzania

the government of tanzania owns number of commercial enterprises in country via treasury registrar. wholly owns following corporations unless indicated otherwise:

air tanzania
arusha international conference centre
marine services company limited
tanzania electric supply company limited
tanzania railways limited
tanzania telecommunications company limited (65%)
tazara railway (50%)
tanzanian , italian petroleum refining company limited (50%)




^ himbara, david (1993). myths , realities of kenyan capitalism . journal of modern african studies. 31 (1): 93–107. doi:10.1017/s0022278x00011824. jstor 161345. 
^ productivity performance in kenya (pdf): 43. 
^ conflicting information on kenya airways layoffs . 
^ state owned companies , department of public enterprises, republic of south africa. retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ here government’s shareholding in south african telecoms companies , mybroadband.co.za, 23 june 2015.
^ major shareholders , sasol.co.za. retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ treasury registrar . ministry of finance (tanzania). retrieved 11 october 2014.