AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

26 June 2020

Eskom’s debt is its biggest challenge

25 June 2020

Eskom’s debt is its biggest challenge

Egypt and Ethiopia move further apart over GERD

25 June 2020

Egypt and Ethiopia move further apart over GERD

Botswana awards 3 IPP licences

25 June 2020

Botswana has finally pushed forward the country’s emerging IPP sector, signing three licences with developers looking to exploit the country’s coal resources

BP sets net zero target

24 June 2020

Renewables accounted for 40% of the global growth in primary energy in 2019

IRENA calls for $2 trillion of annual green investment

24 June 2020

IRENA has called for the energy transformation to be at the heart of the sustainable recovery agenda

AfDB to lend $253mn to Egypt to boost power sector resilience

18 June 2020

The African Development Bank has approved a €225mn ($253mn) loan to support the resilience and sustainability of Egypt’s electricity sector during the COVID-19 crisis.

Nigeria adamant on July tariff rise

18 June 2020

Nigeria's electricity tariff rise will take place in July, despite doubts caused by the economic impact of COVID-19.

South Africa looks into revitalising nuclear

18 June 2020

South Africa is to look into building 2,500 MW of new nuclear capacity

Green investment dips in Middle East and Africa in 2019

18 June 2020

Renewable energy investment in the Middle East and Africa slipped by 8% to $15.2bn in 2019

IEA puts $3 trillion price tag on a green recovery

18 June 2020

The IEA calls for $3 trillion of new energy investment over three years to avoid emissions bouncing back to pre-COVID-19 levels and to move towards the Paris Agreement goals