KENYA: COMESA Hails Kenya for Achieving 75% Electricity Access

COMESA hails Kenya for a 75% access rate To upgrade energy infrastructure for improved access Appoints…

NIGERIA: Nigeria Set to Miss Gas Flaring Target

Nigeria set to miss the gas flare target. Retains 7th position in top ten gas flaring…

Namibian Bank Raises Over $16m from Country’s First Sustainability Bond

Bank Windhoek issued US$16.72 million worth of sustainable debt. The country had issued its first green…

Pawame Secures $2.5m, Plans Launch of $5m Series A Round

Pawame has raised $1.7m in grant and $750k in equity financing. The funds will enable the…

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.…

Greenyellow Secures €21m Financing for 30 MW Burkina Faso Solar Plant

GreenYellow has secured a €21 million loan from Dutch development bank FMO. The funds will be…

AfDB Approves $84 Million for Rural Electrification in Rwanda

The AfDB has approved $84.22 million in loans and grants for rural electrification in Rwanda. The…

$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…