AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

IPPs push for end of Kenya Power’s monopoly in electricity generation

Zimbabwean mining company Alabara Resources starts developing coal-bed methane asset

South Africa: 126 arrests over state utility Eskom-related crimes, electricity minister says

AfrElec: Ghana reports making giant strides towards building first NPP

Kenyan lawmakers push for private investors in power transmission projects

Namibia bans export of raw lithium, rare earths and cobalt

South African Presidency prioritises plans to tackle energy crisis, end load shedding

AIM-listed lithium miner Premier African Minerals invests $80mn in Zimbabwean asset

South Africa: MTN launches integrated wind and solar hybrid project

Nasdaq-listed American Resources signs long-term deal to buy South Africa lithium spodumene

GEAPP, Chapel Hill Denham launch $50mn initiative to catalyse distributed renewable energy in Nigeria

Clean energy investment in emerging markets and developing economies remains low, IEA says

Actis and Edra Power Holdings to purchase Beni Suef 4.8-GW power plant for up to $2bn

Actis, a global sustainable infrastructure investor, and Edra Power Holdings, which is a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corp, have reengaged to purchase Beni Suef power plant for up to $2bn from the Egyptian government.

Kenya sees significant increase in geothermal electricity output in Q1

Globeleq breaks ground on 35-MW geothermal plant in Kenya

Some 86mn Nigerians lack access to electricity, report finds

South African business executives lose confidence in economy, survey finds

South Africa: Johannesburg gets to experience what national grid collapse feels like

Renewable energy grid survey in South Africa finds 66 GW under development

Premier African Minerals seals offtake deal with China's CanMax on spodumene from Zimbabwe mine

South Africa's economic growth dampened by low business confidence and electricity shortage, IMF says

South Africa's Eskom suspends power cuts as generation capacity improves

UAE’s Masdar along with Infinity Power is investing $11bn in 10-GW wind power farm in Sohag, Upper Egypt

UAE’s renewable energy company Masdar is investing $11bn along with Egypt-based pan-African power company Infinity Power and construction company Hassan Allam Utilities to build a 10- GW giant wind power farm in Sohag in Upper Egypt.

Mali's Energy Minister resigns as electricity struggles continue

Namibia-focused lithium explorer Andrada Mining lists ordinary shares on OTCQB

ASX-listed metals explorer Askari completes reverse circulation drilling at Namibia lithium permit

Egypt’s El-Sisi urges Ethiopia to accept ‘compromise’ over $5bn GERD dam

Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has once again called on Ethiopia to accept a "compromise" in relation to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that the Horn of Africa nation is building near the source of the Nile.

Southern Africa has 'enormous' potential for green hydrogen production, study finds

The results of the H2Atlas-Africa project, sponsored by the German government, are presented in the form of an interactive atlas, which shows “locations of interest” in Southern African countries.