Nigeria Launches $250 Million Energy Initiative for Universities

The Federal Government of Nigeria, in collaboration with the World Bank and the African Development Bank…

Abia State will Become Nigeria’s Electricity Hub, Says Former Power Minister

According to Professor Bart Nnaji, former Minister of Power and current chairman of Geometric Power, Abia…

Bui Power to Boost Ghana’s Grid with 50MW Solar Energy

The Bui Power Authority (BPA) will add another 40 megawatts (MW) of solar on land and…

Ghana Hands Over GH¢6.3m SCADA Centre to Eastern Region ECG

The Ghana Ministry of Energy has handed over a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisi­tion (SCADA) Centre…

Nigerian Government to Invest $800m in Power Sector Upgrades

The federal government has announced a substantial $800 million investment through the Presidential Power Initiative to…

Nigeria to Install 1.4m Smart Meters Nationwide as NERC Sets November Meter-upgrade Deadline

The federal government of Nigeria has secured contracts with several companies to provide and install 1,437,500…

TCN Boosts Transmission Capacity to 6,000 MW Amidst Infrastructure Upgrades

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced its enhanced capability to transmit up to 6,000…

Nigeria’s Discos Generate N3.95 Trillion in Five Years

Recent data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)…

Federal Government Settles N205bn of N1.3tn Debt to GenCos

The federal government announced that it had offset N205 billion of the N1.3 trillion debt owed…

Ageing and Weak Infrastructure Blamed for Nigeria’s Power Woes

Chief Adebayo Adelabu, Nigeria’s Minister of Power, attributed the country’s unreliable electricity supply to ageing and…