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Zimbabwe still plans to engage with SA power utility Eskom in an effort to boost electricity imports despite the board of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) being fired last week for 'incompetence'.  Zesa is the holding company of…
Finnish development financier Finnfund has signed a $5 million long-term senior debt financing to Starsight Power Utility Limited group in Nigeria to encourage green investment.  Starsight offers solar-diesel-battery hybrid generation and efficient…
A group of leading energy and impact investors has urged governments and multilateral and bilateral donors to create a unified Results-Based Financing (RBF) mechanism to support renewable energy mini-grids and bring access to power in Africa. They…
Off-grid solar systems will be deployed at large volumes in rural Kenya with the support of the government and development financiers. A US$47 million pot will be made available to providers of domestic solar for over a million people across…
In accordance with the directives of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to bridge the lingering metering gap through the new Meter Asset Providers (MAP) initiative, Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) has declared intentions to roll out about…
Home to around 1.2 billion people, Africa is set to drive global population growth over the next few decades.  Access to electricity in Africa is a challenge: According to the International Energy Agency, 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa…
Electricity Generating Companies (GenCos) comprising gas-fired and hydro stations released an average of 3,919 MegaWatts (MW) of power into the national grid on Monday [3 June] , a daily energy report has said. The report, which was compiled by the…
The federal government intends partnering with Rosatom to add nuclear energy to Nigeria's energy mix in bids to address the country’s power challenges. Speaking to a local publication, The Nation, Rosatom’s central and southern Africa chief…
Construction of Sahofika hydroelectric plant in Madagascar to begin in December. This is after a framework agreement was signed between the Madagascan authorities and the New Onive Hydroelectric Energy Consortium, composed of Eiffage, Eranove and …