Energy
Africa’s mini-grid sector offers huge investment opportunities
90 per cent of the global population without access to electricity will be concentrated in the SSA
How Africa will achieve universal electricity access
So attractive is the sector in Africa that the UK has invested over £50 million into clean energy projects on...
Africa’s long journey to clean energy access keeps aborting
The continent needs an estimated US$188 billion to build modern energy infrastructure.
Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan set for Blue Nile dam agreement this January
The giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam-GERD) agreement is set to be finalized later this...
South Africa’s miners decry power crisis crippling business
Players in South Africa’s mining sector have called upon the government to fix the power crisis being experienced in the...
AfDB funds Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project
African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant worth $8 million aimed at supporting the preparation of the Ruzizi IV...
African Development Bank $1m grant to Burundi
The African Development Bank through managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved a $990,000 grant to support the preparation...
AfDB funds South Sudan’s capital city power distribution system
The government of South Sudan has managed to commission a $38 million upgraded power distribution system financed by the African...
Distributed Power Africa to power Kenya data centres
Distributed Power Africa (DPA), a subsidiary of the Econet Group of companies, and Econet is a Pan African Technology, and...
Ethiopia to import oil from South Sudan
Ethiopia will soon start importing cheaper refined oil from South Sudan to cover the more expensive product from the Middle...
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