Energy
Infrastructure

Overview

Energy is Africa's most significant infrastructure gap. The continent holds 60% of the world's best solar resources and generates less than 4% of global electricity. KXT's energy practice spans the full project lifecycle: gas monetisation, LNG facilities, modular refineries, petrochemical plants, and utility-scale renewables across Africa's key markets.

We finance, build, and operate. That combination separates us from pure financial investors and pure contractors. For example, our EPC+F model lets us take a project from feasibility to first power within a single counterparty relationship, removing the coordination risk that ends deals in emerging markets before they start.

The projects we target share three characteristics: long-duration contracted revenue (typically 15 to 25 years), government or DFI support, and infrastructure-grade returns that protect capital against inflation. We target projects where the revenue certainty is built into the structure before construction begins.

Market Opportunity

The International Energy Agency estimates Africa needs more than USD 90 billion in energy infrastructure investment every year. Current annual investment sits at less than a third of that figure. The gap is structural, not cyclical.

Gas monetisation is the most immediate opportunity. Africa holds proved natural gas reserves exceeding 600 trillion cubic feet, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and most of it is flared or shut in because the midstream and downstream infrastructure to monetise it does not exist. LNG, GTL, and gas-to-power projects are the fix. Governments in Nigeria, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Senegal are actively seeking developers and EPC partners who can bring financing alongside construction capability.

On the renewables side, the trajectory is steep. Solar module costs have fallen more than 90% since 2010, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency, making utility-scale renewables the cheapest source of new electricity generation in most African markets today. Energy transition mandates are pushing government offtake frameworks toward renewable PPAs, improving project bankability across the continent.

The result is a project pipeline spanning gas in the near term, renewables in the medium term, and grid and storage infrastructure tying both together. KXT is positioned across all three segments.

Investment Focus

KXT targets two categories of energy investment.

The first group include Gas monetisation (LNG plants, GTL facilities, gas pipelines), modular refineries, and petrochemical projects structured under government offtake agreements or export contracts. These assets generate contracted revenue from day one, with inflation linkage built into the offtake structure. They suit EPC+F delivery because government clients typically cannot fund construction without private sector financing.

The second is renewable energy: utility-scale solar, wind, and hydroelectric projects structured under PPAs or blended finance frameworks. Where government budgets are constrained, DFI co-financing, carbon credits, and viability gap funding can close the financing gap. KXT's blended finance capability lets us structure these arrangements directly, rather than outsourcing to a separate financial adviser.

Across both categories, our EPC+F capability is the differentiator. Pure contractors cannot unlock deals when clients lack funding. Pure financial investors cannot execute without a construction partner. KXT does both.

Development and Execution

Our energy teams manage every stage from FEED through commissioning and long-term operations. We deploy BIM Level 3, digital twin technology, and integrated ERP systems across all energy programmes, giving clients real-time visibility into schedule, cost, and quality from the first day of construction.

For midstream and downstream projects, we deliver LNG liquefaction facilities, GTL plants, modular refineries, pipeline networks, and petrochemical units. We manage global and African procurement in parallel, reducing lead times on long-delivery items without sacrificing cost discipline.

For renewable projects, our civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering teams cover site development, grid connection, balance of plant, and commissioning. Where KXT retains the asset under a BOO structure, we run long-term operations and maintenance, managing performance, ESG reporting, and compliance against the PPA or concession agreement.

All energy projects are delivered under a single-point accountability structure: one team, one contract, one point of responsibility from first steel to first power.