AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

Sierra Leone-based Easy Solar raises $7mn to expand operations in West Africa

Sun Africa to invest $2.2bn in Nigerian power infrastructure

Zambia power utility Zesco pays $600mn of $1.7bn debt, unveils plans to build $89mn solar project

South Africa’s government complicit in crime at Eskom, retired police brigadier claims

A retired police officer has told South African Parliament’s public spending watchdog that the government was complicit in criminal activities at the state-owned power utility Eskom.

Power Player Profile: Marcus Nemadodzi, South African power station Arnot general manager

Marcus Nemadodzi, general manager at Arnot power station in Middleburg, South Africa, believes the turnaround in his station’s performance is already under way.

Egypt’s signs MoU with Belgium’s Jan De Nul to export electricity to Europe via subsea cable

Atlantic Lithium rejects takeover bid by major shareholder Assore

Kodal closes $117mn fundraise with Hainan for Bougouni lithium project in Mali

AfrElec: South Africa accelerates plans for 3 GW of gas-to-power projects, says minister

Gabon's Kinguélé Aval hydroelectric project receives first disbursement

AIM-listed rare earths investor Mkango to build and operate 25MW solar plant at Malawi project

South Africa’s power utility Eskom to expand transmission network

Managing Director of Transmission at South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom, Segomoco Scheppers, said the company was working hard to expand transmission lines and unlock future generation capacity for the power grid.

Scottish Enterprise spends GBP9mn to set up cables factory for Xlink's UK-Morocco project

Foreign investors flood Mozambique's solar energy sector despite continuing Islamist insurgency

Oikocredit clears $2mn loan to Zambia-focused off-grid solar systems provider RDG Collective

South Africa publishes draft law to establish national petroleum company