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South Sudan and Kenya seek to boost their cooperation in the oil sector. To this end, South Sudan petroleum minister Daniel Awow Chuang, and his Kenyan counterpart John Munyes met in Juba to discuss ways of enhancing cooperation in the areas of oil infrastructure development and experience sharing, State-owned radio South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation […]
The gas pipeline project to link Nigeria to Morocco will act as an incentive for further regional integration in West Africa, head of Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari said. Morocco and Nigeria agreed to build the pipeline in late 2016 during a visit by King Mohammed VI to Abuja. Several meetings followed as […]
In Togo, the Japanese firm Mitsubishi has indicated its interest in supplying off-grid energy in rural communities within the framework of the Cizo project launched in 2017. The Cizo project aims to provide electricity to 2 million Togolese by 2022 thanks to a set of 300,000 solar kits installed on both sides of the country. […]
Nigeria has inaugurated its first solar hybrid plant at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University in Ebonyi State. The 2.8 MW capacity infrastructure will operate from solar panels that will be supported by diesel-electric generators. The project is part of the Energizing Education Program (EEP) implemented by the federal government through the Rural Electrification Agency. The […]
Tanzanian Minister of energy Dr Medard Kalemani has warned the public utility Tanzania Electric Supplying Company Limited (Tanesco) that they will face the government wrath if the company fail to connect new customers. According to the minister since the customers are paying, Tanesco should always make sure that there are enough electric poles to connect […]
In Nigeria, 340,000 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have been connected to off-grid electricity scheme through the Energizing Economics Initiative (EEI), According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the EEI is a government initiative implemented by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to support the rapid deployment of off grid electricity solutions to SMEs. The […]
The German government will grant Ghana €5 million for the construction of a plant that will produce electricity from waste. The unit will have a capacity of 400 kW. The grant-related MoU was signed by Anja Karliczek, the German Federal Minister of Education and Research, and Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Ghanaian Minister of Environment, Science, Technology […]
South Sudan’s minister of petroleum Awow Daniel Chuang on Thursday said the world’s youngest nation aims to attract international finance to help develop its oil and gas sector during the upcoming third oil and gas conference in Juba. According to Mr. Chuang, the country seeks investments to revive redundant projects in the oil and energy […]
The European Investment Bank and the International Finance Corporation have announced €47.5 million to finance the construction of two photovoltaic solar power plants In Senegal. The infrastructure will be installed by Engie in collaboration with other partners. According to local media, the two photovoltaic solar power plants will be installed in Kahone and Kael and […]
Algeria’s gas and oil company, Sonatrach, announced Sunday that Iranian authorities had freed its oil tanker one hour 15 minutes after it was forced Friday to enter Iranian territorial waters. The tanker, MESDAR, of 2,000,000-capacity, sailing in the Strait of Hormuz was asked by Iranian coastguard to enter territorial waters, on Friday. Sonatrach in a […]