Category: Energy

Seychelles commissions 700 solar-powered transit houses

August 19, 2019

The government of Seychelles has recently commissioned a real estate project that will provide 700 transit houses with solar energy for people affected by disasters. ... Read More

AfDB collects more funds for its Facility for Energy Inclusion

August 16, 2019

Clean Technology Fund approves $20 million investment for AfDB-sponsored Facility for Energy Inclusion The Clean Technology Fund (CTF) one of two multi-donor trust funds within ... Read More

Oil & gas: Congo to become Africa’s third largest producer

August 16, 2019

There is new hope for the oil industry in Congo as the recent onshore discovery made in the Delta de la Cuvette indicates that the ... Read More

Egypt to lead solar energy projects in 7 African countries

August 14, 2019

Cairo-based Arab Industrialization Organization (AOI), a structure owned by the Egyptian government, has announced a plan to build solar power plants in seven African countries ... Read More

From power importer, Lesotho plans to become renewables exporter

August 13, 2019

Lesotho will launch an energy investment and diplomacy drive at the Africa Oil & Power 2019 conference in Cape Town scheduled October 9-11.   “Through ... Read More

Oil & gas: South Sudan, Kenya seek to boost cooperation

August 9, 2019

South Sudan and Kenya seek to boost their cooperation in the oil sector.   To this end, South Sudan petroleum minister Daniel Awow Chuang, and ... Read More

Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline conducive to regional economic development- Nigerian official

August 7, 2019

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 ... Read More

Japanese firm Mitsubishi joins Togo’s Cizo Off Grid initiative

August 7, 2019

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 ... Read More

Nigeria unveils first hybrid solar power plant at Alex Ekwueme University

August 7, 2019

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 ... Read More

Tanzania: No village will be left in the dark

August 5, 2019

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 ... Read More