AfrElec - Africa Power Monitor

28 November 2023

South Africa goes back to Stage 6 power outages

27 November 2023

South Africa has returned to higher stages of power outages, or load shedding, with the state-owned power utility Eskom implementing stage 6 of rolling blackouts across the country.

Africa’s massive opportunity in critical minerals for the clean energy transition

23 November 2023

Africa is home to one-third of global mineral reserves. An enormous opportunity exists to transform many African economies rich in the critical minerals needed for the clean energy transition.

South Africa secures $1.85bn in funding for just energy transition from World Bank, KfW, AfDB

23 November 2023

South Africa has signed bilateral loan agreements with the World Bank, German state-owned development and investment bank KfW and the African Development Bank to support the country’s just energy transition.

Uranium moves past the $80-per-pound mark, a level not seen in over 15 years

22 November 2023

Uranium prices have surged past the $80-per-pound mark, for the first time in over 15 years.

South Africa: corruption case against former Eskom executive struck off roll

22 November 2023

The Middelburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court, in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on November 21 struck the multibillion-rand Kusile corruption case against Eskom former executive Matshela Koko and his co-accused off the roll.