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New push by Turkey’s Karpowership to feed South African grid hit by complaint over environmental application

Kenya says investors in its Mombasa and Naivasha Special Economic Zones have until March 31

Kenya Special Economic Zones Authority says investors interested in setting up factories in its two new special economic zones in the coastal city of Mombasa and the Rift Valley town of Naivasha have to end of March to express their interest.

South Africa's President appoints Electricity Minister amid crippling nationwide outages

Kenya pushes for collaboration in electricity project investments amidst regular outages

Daewoo completes construction of Ras Djinet power plant in Algeria

Global energy sector emissions reach new high in 2022

Global energy-related CO2 emissions reached a new record in 2022 of 36.8bn tonnes, inching up 0.9% from the previous year’s level, the International Energy Agency reported last week.

Kenya’s KenGen, National Oil partner to develop electric vehicle charging hubs

Kenya’s two majority state-owned bodies, electricity generator KenGen and oil retailer National Oil have partnered to develop charging hubs for electric vehicles as demand for charging services rises,

EIB supports Kenya’s clean energy quest through green hydrogen investments

South Africa utility Eskom says new projects pipeline of 20.2GW could eliminate chronic power outages

Nigeria's Buhari inaugurates 50MW emergency gas-fired plant in Borno State

Nasdaq-listed China Natural Resources agrees to pay $1.75bn for Zimbabwean lithium mine

Zimbabweans must brace for more electricity outages due to plant failure, minister warns

Niger’s Appeals Court overturns orders against Global Atomic’s uranium mining subsidiary

Zimbabwe top tea producer Tanganda says switch to green energy to save $700k monthly

ABB joins forces with RES4Africa to progress Africa’s sustainable electrification efforts

Kenya lifts ban on new power purchase agreements, opts for auction over current feed-in-tariff model