AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

17 December 2021

Kenya’s Olkaria 1 Unit 6 83-MW geothermal plant set to start operating in 2022

16 December 2021

Kenya’s 83-MW Olkaria 1 Unit 6 geothermal plant, now under construction, should start feeding into Kenya’s national grid in early 2022.

Uber partners with Kenya’s Opibus to deploy 3,000 electric motorcycles

15 December 2021

Opibus is partnering with Uber Technologies Inc to deploy in 2022 up to 3,000 electric motorcycles to drivers in East Africa following successful pilot program.

Kenya’s cost of electricity to drop by 15% before end of 2021

13 December 2021

Kenyan consumers are set to benefit from reduction of electricity bills in two tranches with first 15 % drop effective before December 25, 2021.

Green Tech: Agilitee Africa set to build electric car assembly plant in Ghana

10 December 2021

The idea, when established, will further boost the government's vision to fully integrate Ghana and make it a competitive hub in the automobile industry

Eni, Sonangol to build Solenova 50-MW solar project in Angola

10 December 2021

Italy’s Eni and Angola’s Sonangol are to develop the Caraculo solar photovoltaic project in tNamibe province of Angola.

Uganda tops AfDB Electricity Regulatory Index for fourth consecutive year

10 December 2021

Uganda’s electricity sector has been judged Africa’s best regulated across a number of key metrics for the fourth consecutive year, the African Development Bank said as it published its 2021 Electricity Regulatory Index.

AfDB funds Kamanyola-Bujumbura power line in Burundi

10 December 2021

Construction engineering firm KEC International is to build the Kamanyola-Bujumbura energy transmission line and Bujumbura substation in Burundi, the African Development Bank said.

Ormat earns high revenues from Kenya’s Olkaria wells

10 December 2021

US power company Ormat continued to earn huge payouts from Kenya Power despite lower output at its Olkaria geothermal wells, exposing the downsides of protective electricity purchase contracts.