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It is estimated that climate change is impacting negatively on Africa’s GDP by 2.8% every year (around $100 billion). In order to tackle climate change challenges in Africa, financing solutions have to be developed not only through external…
The Economic Commission for Africa’s Energy, Infrastructure and Services Section (EISS) of the Private Sector Division has undertaken a series of validation meetings related to implementing regulatory review of the electricity sector in Africa to…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said Thursday that the Nigerian power industry had achieved another improved all-time national peak of 5,420.30 megawatts, a landmark in its bid to improve the country’s power supply. The company in a…
The French Development Agency (AFD) has recently signed a partnership with the Trade and Development Bank (TDB) of Eastern and Southern Africa, a commercial bank owned by the member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed that the Siemens $2 billion power deal, under the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), will save the nation over $1 billion annually. The nation, according to the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed,…
The Ugandan company Umeme will invest 34 billion Ugandan shillings ($9.29 million) for the discharge of electricity from the Siti II hydropower plant in the east of the country. The 16.5 MW facility was built by Elgon Hydro Siti. Umeme, one of…
Covid-19 has amplified the existential crisis facing the fossil fuel industries, and has potentially accelerated the global transition to cleaner energies, with far-reaching consequences for economies in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2020, energy…
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, yesterday, attributed inaccurate billing of consumers to poor installation of prepaid meters in Nigeria. The Commission, which identified poor training of installers as an additional factor, has…
An agreement has been signed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the construction of a 220-15/6.6 kV high-voltage distribution substation in the town of Kasumbalesa. The contract has been awarded by the government to the Egyptian…