AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

5 March 2020

CrossBoundary Energy finalises $16.5mn injection of equity capital

27 February 2020

UK-based investment fund ARCH Emerging Markets Partners has invested $16.5mn of equity capital in CrossBoundary Energy (CBE), an off-grid solar developer in Africa.

Scatec Solar opens 86-MW tranche at SA’s Dyason’s Klip 1 solar complex

27 February 2020

Scatec Solar has connected a second 86-MW tranche at the Dyason’s Klip 1 solar complex in SA

GERD talks break down again despite US mediation

27 February 2020

Ethiopia has pulled out of US-supported talks with Egypt over the construction of the $5bn Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

SA budget brings little good news for Eskom

27 February 2020

South Africa’s 2020 budget offers little new or innovative for Eskom.

Siemens’ Djibouti wind farm deal highlights opportunities for utility-scale projects in Africa

27 February 2020

East Africa’s utility-scale wind sector received a much-needed boost this week as Siemens Gamesa confirmed that it would supply turbines for an Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)-led, 59-MW wind farm in Djibouti.