In Tanzania, Stiegler’s Gorge Dam, due to be built on a Unesco World Heritage site, will cost more than initial estimates, an independent study showed...
Congo inks agreement with Africa50 to triple power capacity
The Congolese government has inked an agreement with the pan-African investment platform Africa50 to mobilize funds for tripling the capacity of the C...
Ghana’s oil production to go up to 420,000 barrels by 2023
Ghana’s Minister of Finance Ken Ofori Atta last weekend, told investors in Oslo, Norway, that overall crude oil production from Ghana was expect...
Morocco: Fuel price caps opposes government to competition council
On the same day the competition council issued a scathing report criticizing the government’s plan to set caps on fuel prices, governance minister res...
Oil: Shell, NNPC launch $10bn deep-water project in Nigeria
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) have invited bidders to tender for a ...
Renewable energy to bring savings to Africa’s mining sector – Report
A recent report by THEnergy and Voltalia indicates that the use of renewable energy in the African mining sector can realize significant cost savings ...
Electricity : Liberia to connect additional 33,000 new customers
The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has resumed work on the Monrovia-Bomi Corridor/Liberia Accelerated Electricity Expansion Project-Additional ...
Algeria: illegal power connections cost over $92 mln in 2018
Algerian Electricity and Gas Regulatory Commission (CREG) has revealed that fraud on energy installations, unlawful connections to the power grid in p...
Lekela Power signs PPA for 250-MW wind project in Egypt
Lekela Power, a pan-African renewable energy generation company, has sealed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Egyptian Electricity Transmissio...
Italian Enel starts construction of 140 MW wind farm in South Africa
Enel Green Power RSA has begun construction of a 140 MW wind farm, in the Amatole District in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. In a statement rel...