Absa Secures $150m Green Finance from the IFC

South Africa is set to benefit from the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) certified green loan in…

Algeria Set to Launch Call for Tenders for 1GW of Clean Energy

Algeria is set to launch a call for tenders for 1,000MW of clean energy. The tenders…

Acwa Power Raises $500m for its South African CSP Plant

Acwa Power has finished the financing phase of the Redstone concentrated solar power plant (CSP). The…

NIGERIA: Transcorp Group Calls for Stakeholder Cooperation

Transcorp calls for cooperation in the sector Seeks an improvement in electricity generation Transcorp recently acquired…

DPA Cancels Solar Power Lease Due to Construction Delays

Distributed Power Africa (DPA) is cancelling an electricity lease contract with Nyanza Light Metals. DPA was…

Fossil Fuels, Africa’s Leading Energy Source

Global Electricity Review issues report Africa largely dependent on fossil fuels 81% of energy generated in…

GERD Set to Commence Operations in August

The GERD is set to commence power generation in August. About 750MW will be generated from…

WEST AFRICA: Regional Market Critical to ECOWAS – President Brou

Regional market key to the success of ECOWAS says Brou Energy generation vital to a viable…

NIGERIA: NIPP Asset Sales Won’t Solve Sector Problems – Rumundaka Wonodi

Asset sale not the solution to sector problems The sales are more of a revenue drive…

NIGERIA: Nigeria Needs At Least 100,000MW to Stabilise Economy – Elumelu

Nigeria needs at least 100,000MW to stabilise economy It also needs to stabilise transmission lines Generation…