TANZANIA: World Bank Approves Funding for ZESTA

World Bank approves funding for ZESTA Project to benefit 400,000 households The World Bank has approved…

GHANA: Exxon to Relinquish 80% Stake in Offshore Block

Exxon relinquishes its 80% stake Exxon owns an 80% stake in Cape Three Points Offshore The…

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…

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.…

SOUTH AFRICA: Eskom Reaches Load Shedding Agreement

Eskom reaches load shedding agreement with City of Ekurhuleni Asks the city to rectify load shedding…

Where Power Meets the Soil

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

$40bn Investments Needed for ‘Nigeria’s Decade of Gas’ – NNPC

The NNNPC says that that the country’s oil and gas industry will need at least $40…

Tanzania Allocates $77.6m for Rural Electrification

The government of Tanzania intends to electrify all villages without electricity access by the end of…