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GE Vernova commissions four 175 MW units for Nigeria’s second-largest hydropower plant

Power Player profile: South African billionaire entrepreneur Patrice Motsepe

South African mining billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe is the founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, a diversified mining and minerals company with operations in South Africa and Malaysia.

German developer ABO Wind sells 100-MW South African solar PV project

German renewable energy project developer ABO Wind has sold a 100-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in South Africa to an unnamed investor.

Kenya’s KPRL mulls reviving idle 9 MW thermal power plant

EU allocates $120mn for repair of massive Zimbabwe-Zambia hydropower dam

Germany extends $47mn loan to Kenya for geothermal plant expansion

South Africa’s law enforcement agencies hunt down coal smugglers in five provinces

The South African Revenue Service, together with government law enforcement agencies, on October 12 carried out a coordinated search and seizure operation across five provinces to clamp down on a criminal syndicate of alleged coal smugglers

South Africa’s energy minister Gwede Mantashe on mice, men, and methane

South Africa’s Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe was a guest speaker at the Africa Oil Week conference in Cape Town on October 10.

Africa-focused investor Adenia buys majority stake in South African rooftop solar financing firm Enfin

Adenia Partners, an Africa-focused private markets investment firm has acquired a majority stake in Enfin, a provider of solar funding solutions for commercial and industrial (C&I) clients in South Africa.

Africa should follow renewables path with caution, South Africa’s energy minister says

South Africa’s Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said African leaders should follow China’s example by checking the reliability and efficiency of new energy technologies before unbundling old technologies.

Hydrobox, SolarNow bring Kenya’s first hybrid solar-hydro plant online

Australian metals explorer Askari expands lithium footprint in Namibia

GERD dam to be completed within current fiscal year, Ethiopia’s President says

Leadership crisis at South Africa's power utility Eskom deepens as chairperson resigns

South Africa’s Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has announced the resignation of the embattled state-owned power utility Eskom’s chairman Mpho Makwana.

Brazil to unfreeze $700mn for building of major Mozambican dam after seven-year hiatus

Atlantic Lithium granted approval to divert transmission lines at Ewoyaa lithium mine in Ghana

Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) to begin network distribution revamp with World Bank funding

Kenya set to ramp up geothermal capacity

Kenya has more geothermal power under construction than any other nation. Kenya is the right now eighth-largest consumer of geothermal power globally.