Progress in rolling out of national power grids has stalled across Africa
Coming up: Megawatt Africa trade fair & conference, 17-19 June 2020, Accra, Ghana: http://megawattafrica.com/--Three years ago the African Development Bank launched an initiativ…...
Read More Saudi's ACWA Power To Drive Solar Energy Development In Ethiopia
Dec. 23 -- ACWA Power, a leading international developer and operator of power generation and water desalination projects, signed two long-term power purchase agreements (PPA) with …...
Read More Chinese group unveils plan for new African wind power giant
Sany Heavy Industries announces 600MW agreement in Tanzania that could set new regional benchmarkDec. 20 2019 -- by Yuki Yu in BeijingChina’s Sany Heavy Industries said it secured …...
Read More African Energy Chamber Endorses Energy Ops-Security Agora as Key Platform to Discuss the Physical Se
In line with the African Energy Chamber’s repeated calls on African governments and oil companies to do more to protect the security of energy infrastructure in Africa, the Chamber…...
Read MoreZimbabwe: Arcadia Lithium Project re-evaluated
The Zimbabwean Lithium Arcadia project is preparing to play in the big league. According to an updated feasibility study, the mine will have a longer operating life and an annual pr…...
Read More US talks fail to solve Egypt -Ethiopia Nile dispute
On 6 November, ministers from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt met in Washington DC as the Trump administration used its diplomatic clout to push for a breakthrough in one of Africa’s mos…...
Read More Disputes and delays: Uganda’s long road to first oil
Oil deposits have sat beneath the shores of Lake Albert, in western Uganda, for millions of years. Since its discovery in 2006, plans to extract the oil, estimated at over 1bn recov…...
Read More Scepticism follows Russia-Nigeria deal announcements
Nigeria had much to celebrate when deals were struck at the Russia-Africa Summit in October, but as Will McBain reports, there are doubts about whether all of the projects will be i…...
Read More Algeria: Condor selected to build 50-megawatt solar power plant
By Luchelle Feukeng The Algerian government has chosen Condors offer to build a 50 MW solar power plant, following a call for tenders issued a few months ago for the construction of…...
Read More Construction of Blitta power plant in Togo set to commence
Construction of Blitta power plant is set to kick off after the Togolese government entrusted the project to Amea Togo Solar. The subsidiary of the Emirates-based company Amea Power…...
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