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Kenya allocates $20.86mn to connect 23,682 Makueni households to electricity
Kenya has allocated KES 2.7bn ($20.86mn) to connect 23,682 households in Makueni County to electricity during the current financial year, as the government expands access to power in rural areas
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Tanzania has nearly completed construction of the 400-kilovolt (kV) electricity transmission line linking Chalinze with Dodoma, clearing the way for power from the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant (JNHPP) to be transmitted to the capital
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Egypt grants Golden Licence to $750mn Nefer Minya solar project
The Egyptian Cabinet agreed to grant the single comprehensive approval, known as the Golden Licence, to Nefer Minya Renewable Energy for a $750mn solar power plant
South Africa grants two-year power tariff relief to manganese producer MMC
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South African utility Eskom rules out fines solely for missing rooftop solar registration deadline
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Nigeria gives Kaduna DisCo one year to improve performance
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SolarAfrica closes financing for first 342 MW of 1-GW SunCentral solar project
South African renewable energy developer SolarAfrica has reached financial close on the final 114-MW plant in the first phase of its planned 1-GW SunCentral solar development, completing financing for an initial 342 MW of generation capacity.
Tanzania development bank expands financing push for renewable energy projects
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KenGen expands long-term power pipeline to 5.5 GW with 2 GW nuclear push
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Zambia approves $982mn energy investment pipeline with 11 new solar projects
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Chinese Sungrow Power lays foundation stone for storage facility in Egypt
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Chariot signs China-backed term sheet for proposed Nigerian lithium programme
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Genser Energy secures $528mn financing to support West African expansion
Genser Energy Investments, a West African gas-to-power and energy-infrastructure company, has completed a €456mn ($528mn) term and revolving credit facility arranged by three major African banking groups to support ongoing projects
Global Atomic delays commissioning of Dasa uranium plant in Niger to H208 over financing
Global Atomic has pushed the commissioning of its Dasa uranium processing plant and initial yellowcake shipments from Niger to the second half of 2028 following financing delays
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