The Call for Monitoring Electricity Contracts

For businesses to be successful, there needs to be some level of hard work and monitoring…

FG Institutes Team to Evaluate Power Sector

  FG creates a new team to monitor the affairs of NESI. Minister of power reassures…

NIGERIA: Power Sector Projects to Gulp ₦806.1 Billion in 2022

The power sector projects receive ₦806.1 billion budgetary allocation Distribution expansion project to get ₦800 million…

Korea to Provide $12.4m for Solar Mini-Grids Deployment in Nigeria

The Korean Government will provide funding for mini-grids deployment in Nigeria Project development is expected to…

Engie Receives Authorisation to Deploy 22 Mini-Grids by 2023

Engie PowerCorner has obtained a license from ABERME to install solar mini-grids in Southern Benin. The…

UGANDA: UMEME Unable to Fulfill 250,000 Requests from Consumers

UMEME is unable to connect consumers Stuck with 250,000 free connection applications Says funding, a challenge…

NIGERIA: Electricity Bill Scales 2nd Reading at the Senate

Electricity Bill scales 2nd reading Lawan refers Bill to Committee Power The electricity Bill 2021 has…

Baobab+ Gets €10m Funding to Expand SHS and Digital Technology Services in Africa

Baobab+ has raised €10m to finance its expansion in Africa. The clean energy provider will use…

UGANDA: Uganda Launches REA Last Mile Connectivity Project

Uganda launches last mile connectivity project UMEME to connect 87,500 rural households AfDB and other partners…

Nigeria: House Moves to Ease Electricity Contracts from Procurement Act

House of representatives make moves towards the exclusion of PPA in the power sector. The House…