by Ehsan Bayat | Nov 22, 2016 | Business, Development, Oil & Energy, Technology, Wireless Service
For many people around the world, it’s easy to take electricity for granted, but that’s never been the case for Afghanistan. Of the country’s more than 30 million people, three-quarters of whom live in rural areas, only 30% currently have reliable access to electrical...
by Ehsan Bayat | Nov 18, 2016 | Business, Development, Oil & Energy, Technology
The recent announcement of Bayat Power’s exciting new Independent Power Producer (IPP) program—an initiative that will see a new, three-phase, US$250M gas-fired power plant constructed in Sheberghan in northern Afghanistan—represents a major step forward for...
by Ehsan Bayat | Nov 15, 2016 | Business, Oil & Energy, Technology
In developed and developing countries alike, energy security is becoming an increasingly important policy issue. Broadly defined by the International Energy Agency as “the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price,” energy security can have...
by Ehsan Bayat | Nov 10, 2016 | Business, Development, Oil & Energy, Technology
Together with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA), the wholly-owned Bayat Energy subsidiary Bayat Power recently announced an exciting new initiative that is set to kick start a dramatic transformation of Afghanistan’s energy industry. Read...
by Ehsan Bayat | Oct 28, 2016 | Education, Entertainment, Phone Services, Technology
The quality of the cameras found in most smartphones today is an amazing gift for photography lovers. Even just a few years ago, smartphone cameras still had a way to go to provide a reasonable level of picture quality, and amateur photographers still preferred to...