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Morocco reaches 1.9 GW of wind and solar
Morocco has the third-largest renewables capacity among Arabic-speaking countries with 1.9 GW of solar and wind.
Bad weather sees 500MW Sudan power plant go offline
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Angola's president pledges big infrastructure investments in re-election campaign
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British International Investment (BII) to invest $200mn into African hydropower with Norway's Norfund, Scatec
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UK pledges to guarantee $2bn of debt extended by African Development Bank (AfDB) to governments
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South Africa ports utility Transnet in $572mn seven-year infrastructure revitalization spending plan
South Africa: Eskom continues stage 4 load-shedding, blames unlawful labour protests
South Africa: Eskom continues stage 4 load-shedding, blames unlawful labour protests
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EIB to invest in green energy in Mauritania
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ACWA Power signs 1.1-GW wind project deal in Egypt
ACWA Power aims to build a 1.1-GW, $1.5bn wind project in Egypt together with local developer Hassan Allam Holding.

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