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Egyptian energy firm, Korra Energi, has secured the contract to build a $1 million hybrid solar power plant for the Esh El Mallaha Petroleum Company (Eshpetco).
Sun King has signed a $156 million (KES 20.1 billion) agreement with Kenya to expand clean energy, marking the largest of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa.
The Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources has disclosed that natural gas from Cyprus’ Cronos field will be connected to gas infrastructure in Egypt to boost production in both nations.
Egypt is increasing its reliance on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports to meet domestic energy needs, following a sharp drop in local gas production and growing power consumption.
East African nations, Tanzania and Zambia, are set to receive $322 million in financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support electricity generation, transmission and clean energy access projects in the region.
French energy major, Total Energies, has said it will not proceed with the development of its multi billion dollar Venus oil discovery in Namibia until it reaches a firm agreement with the Namibian Government.
South Africa’s state-owned utility, Eskom, eyes a significant boost in power supply through a $6 billion expansion of Mozambique’s Cahora Bassa Dam, operated by Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB).
The president of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, is urging the federal government of Nigeria to add refined petroleum products to the list of prohibited imports under the new “Nigeria First” initiative.
The Republic of the Congo is poised to receive an impressive sum of $100 million from the World Bank to support the country’s electricity project known as PASEL.
Italian Eni has signed a five-year agreement with French offshore vessel operator Bourbon to supply six new vessels to boost offshore gas activities in the Republic of Congo.
East African nation, Uganda, has disclosed plans to invest $350 million to expand and improve the power distribution network over the next five years.
Dangote is currently working to upgrade its mega fuel-processing plant in Lagos from an original nameplate capacity of 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 700,000 bpd.
The debt management office of Angola said the country’s oil-backed loans from China will decline to between $7.5 billion and $8 billion by the end of the year.
East African nation, Tanzania, has invested TZS 4.5 billion (approximately $1.7 million) to establish a clean energy factory in the Geita Region of the country.
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is expected to reach mechanical completion by the end of the second quarter of 2026.
Tanzania is expected to finalize a long awaited agreement with international energy partners in the coming days, setting the stage for a $42 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the country’s southern region.
West African nation, Nigeria, granted four off-grid generation licenses in the first quarter of 2025 as part of its efforts to boost electricity supply in the country.
Southern African country, Zambia, has given approval for the construction of a 50MW solar plant and other energy-related projects to boost electricity supply in the county.
The World Bank has stated that indigenous oil companies, alongside the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), now account for 60% of Nigeria’s total gas flaring.
The East African nation, Tanzania, has finalized a power import agreement with Kenya to source electricity from Ethiopia, leveraging the newly energized Isinya-Singida interconnector.
