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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) plans to invest $1.5 billion to support Africaโs Mission 300 programme aimed at connecting millions of people to electricity by 2030.
South Africaโs state owned power company, Eskom, has invited private businesses to buy renewable electricity directly from its energy subsidiary.
Nigeria has approved $2.61 billion (N4 trillion) to offset electricity sector debt and bring stability to the countryโs power generation industry.ย
When President Bola Tinubu signed the Electricity Act 2023 into law, it set in motion a new and disruptive model for Nigeriaโs power sector. From tariff setting to regional control, the Act lays out clear provisions. Hereโs what you should know about the reform.
Egypt has successfully integrated 2,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy, including solar and wind power, into its national grid to boost its electricity supply.
The Moroccan National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE) has officially launched an international tender for the construction of a $6.18 million hybrid solar-diesel power plant with battery storage in El Guerguarat.
Despite low electricity coverage across the continent, some African countries have risen beyond the maze of energy poverty, providing as much as 100% coverage access to their populace.
Africaโs most industrialised nation, South Africa, is grappling with an ongoing energy crisis as load shedding, scheduled power cuts to stabilize the grid, continues to disrupt daily life and economic operations.
Ethiopia is keeping up with plans to inaugurate the largest hydropower project in Africa, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) even as Egypt continues to oppose the project.ย
Cameroon has officially launched construction work on a 225 kV high-voltage transmission line which will link the 216 MW Kribi gas-fired power plant to a new 225 kV transformer substation under construction at the Kribi port in Southern Cameroon.
The 150 MW Laayoune wind power plant is set to power the second phase of the Agadir desalination project in Morocco.
East African nation, Uganda, has officially launched its Nyagak III hydropower project worth about $20 million with the aim to boost the countryโs power supply.
The United States Government has awarded a $5 million grant to support the second and third phases of the Chimuara Nacala Transmission Line project in Mozambique.
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a $200 million grant for Zambia through its International Development Association (IDA) to boost the nation’s electricity access.
South Africa is seeking private developers for a $22 billion (390 billion rand) grid expansion project to bolster the countryโs energy security.
Kenya has launched its very first Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to supply uninterrupted renewable power to its modular data center in the nationโs capital, Nairobi.ย
Portugal is considering a potential connection to Moroccoโs power network three months after a massive power outage plunged the Iberian Peninsula into darkness
South Africaโs state-owned utility, Eskom, eyes a significant boost in power supply through a $6 billion expansion of Mozambiqueโs Cahora Bassa Dam, operated by Hidroelรฉctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB).ย
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.
East African nation, Uganda, has disclosed plans to invest $350 million to expand and improve the power distribution network over the next five years.