AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

3 May 2023

South Africa: Cosatu suggests dropping condition prohibiting power utility Eskom to invest in new generation from debt relief package

1 May 2023

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has proposed that the prohibition on power utility Eskom investing in new generation capacity be removed from the debt relief package.

ACWA Power’s 200-MW Kom Ombo solar project obtains $123mn financing package

27 April 2023

ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor and operator of power generation, water desalination and green hydrogen plants worldwide, has secured a $123mn financing package to develop the 200-MW Kom Ombo solar project in Egypt.

Financiers exit $2.8bn NNPCL pipeline project

26 April 2023

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has confirmed the exit of financiers from its $2.8bn Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kano pipeline project.