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MAN Diesel & Turbo, one of the world’s leading providers of power plant solutions, has opened a new sales office in Lagos, Nigeria.

MAN Diesel & Turbo has been doing business in Africa for over fifty years. Africa still remains with a huge power infrastructure deficit generating only 78GW, which is insufficient for its over 1 billion population and frontier economies.  

MAN Diesel & Turbo is one of about 1,000 German companies that operate in Africa. The company offers complete power plant solutions including gas turbines, steam turbines and compressors. MAN Diesel & Turbo’s engines come with a power output ranging from 450kW to 87MW.

Dr. Uwe Lauber, CEO of MAN Diesel & Turbo, said “By deepening our local footprint we hope to further grow our business affiliations and strengthen our partnership with this country.”

“Today we operate from offices and service workshops in South-Africa, Senegal, Kenya, Angola and Namibia with a team of over 300 employees,” Uwe Lauber said. The establishment of a sales office in Nigeria will see the company actively participate in the power transformation agenda of the country.

Adedayo Olowoniyi, new Managing Director for Nigeria said, “We see tremendous market potential in Nigeria. The privatization of the local power market is driving investment and with only about 5.5 gigawatts installed today, there is a substantial need for additional decentralized generation capacity. The country’s overall economy is growing substantially and our products can help companies secure their energy supply without having to depend on the public grid.”

Olowoniyi was MAN’s Chief Financial Officer for the Sub-Saharan region before being appointed the Managing Director for Nigeria.

In providing gas-to-power solutions, Martin Kalter, Senior Vice President at MAN Diesel & Turbo and Head of the company’s African power plants business said, “Our gas engines, dual-fuel engines and gas turbines are an excellent fit for gas-rich regions, where distribution infrastructure is already in place or developing, such as in parts of Nigeria, for example. In more remote areas and for industrial and mining companies, our diesel engines are the right choice.”