The trend of maintenance procurement activities across Africa indicates where operators are spending to keep mines, power stations and processing facilities running. Based on recent tenders and contracts, there is currently demand for outsourced maintenance in different forms to achieve equipment reliability.
Power Generation
South Africa – Mixed Maintenance Activities
In South Africa’s power-generation sector, as you would expect, the state-owned utility, Eskom, is prioritising the maintenance of its critical assets, particularly power stations, to enhance uptime. This is evident from a number of tenders.
A five-year contract covers online mechanical maintenance, outages and repairs to the Fabric Filter Plant at Majuba Power Station. The tender was issued in June and closes on 31 August 2026.
Interestingly, at Lethabo Power Station, Eskom requires human resources for lubrication services for five years. The tender closes on 11 September 2026. What is apparent is the need for specialist lubrication capability within large generating plants, rather than treating lubrication simply as a routine workshop activity.
Other recent Eskom requirements cover mechanical and technical support at Kendal, Kriel, Kusile and Hendrina. The current tender bulletin shows maintenance-related procurement across the generation fleet, including term-service contracts and specialist plant requirements.
At Gourikwa Power Station, Eskom requires a fire-detection system. A tender was issued on 7 August, with a closing date of 3 September. Of course, fire protection is not conventional mechanical maintenance, but the reliability of protection systems is integral to plant availability. Fire remains a high risk at any time.
Mining
DRC – Specialist Maintenance Requirements
Mining companies always have specialist maintenance requirements, and this is the case in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
MMG Kinsevere issued a tender on 1 June seeking qualified providers for mobile equipment maintenance services at the Kinsevere mine. The scope includes mobile-equipment maintenance and damaged-tyre repair. Expressions of interest closed on 15 June.
The tender has since closed, but it demonstrates that outsourced maintenance capability for mobile equipment is sought at major African mines.
Namibia – Maintenance and Repair Services for Coastal Depots
In Namibia, NAMCOR (National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia) issued a two-year tender for maintenance and repair services for its coastal depots serving the Husab and Langer Heinrich uranium mines. The tender closed on 23 July 2026.
Again, it may be argued that this is not a mine-plant contract in the conventional sense. Nonetheless, the maintenance of surrounding mining supply infrastructure, such as depots, fuel systems, storage facilities and associated equipment, forms part of the production-support chain.
Oil & Gas
Angola – Operations & Maintenance
In Angola, Azule Energy invited expressions of interest in July for operations and maintenance services for the New Gas Consortium facilities. The proposed scope goes beyond individual maintenance packages and includes maintenance, asset integrity and reliability improvement.
The facilities comprise an onshore gas-treatment plant integrated with two offshore production platforms. The plant is designed for a gas plateau rate of 412 million standard cubic feet per day.
Nigeria – Lifecycle Services Contract for turbomachinery
In Nigeria, in June, Baker Hughes secured a lifecycle-services contract from ANOH Gas Processing Company for turbomachinery at the ANOH Gas Processing Plant. The agreement spans spare parts, maintenance and repairs, engineering advice, and remote monitoring and diagnostics. The equipment covered includes two NovaLT16 gas turbines. Noteworthy is that the contract combines conventional maintenance with digital monitoring and diagnostics.
The significance is the direction of travel.
What can we gather from this? Major processing plants are embracing maintenance structured around the entire equipment lifecycle rather than isolated repair interventions.
Baker Hughes ANOH lifecycle-services report
Water Treatment
Morocco – Maintenance of Production Facilities
In Morocco, the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water issued a June 2026 tender for maintenance of production facilities in the Zagora-Agdez. The procurement classification included plant repair and maintenance, wastewater-plant maintenance, purification-plant maintenance and heating-plant maintenance.
The tender closed on 22 July.
Key Takeway
Maintenance spending across Africa indicates that keeping existing assets operational is becoming a top priority for industrial operators.
