NIGERIA: DisCos Reject Load Despite Availability

DisCos reject load despite load availability 4,219.31MW load rejected in the third week of May Load…

SOUTH AFRICA: Consumers Without Power Following Snowfall

Consumers without electricity following snowfall Eskom says restoration may take longer SAWS issues Level 5 warning…

World Bank Approves Financing for Increased Energy Access in Zanzibar

The funds are part of the ZESTA project that aims to expand clean energy access. The…

NIGERIA: Lagos Begins Retrofitting Street Lights

LASG begins retrofitting of street lights To convert existing street lights to LED The Lagos State…

Solar Hybrid Power Plant to be Deployed for Burkina Faso Gold Project

Orezone has signed a PPA with Genser Energy for the supply of energy from a solar…

Accelerating Off-Grid Electrification with Natural Gas

  In sub-Saharan Africa, about 600 million people lack access to electricity. For example, in Nigeria,…

A tale of Two Electricity Markets

Across the continent, electricity markets currently deal with rising debt, inadequate generation, poor network infrastructure, and…

SIERRA LEONE: Community Angered by Persistent Outages

Sorie town residents decry persistent outages Residents also complain of low voltage issues Poor infrastructure to…

Three Off-Grid Power Plants Set to Power Three Cities in the D.R. Congo

A consortium of Gridworks, AEE Power, and Eranove will deploy three off-grid projects in the DRC.…

Where Power Meets the Soil

Agriculture is the largest sector of the Nigerian economy, employing over two-thirds of the entire labour…