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Two approaches to LNG

5 January 2022

Two LNG projects in Mozambique and Mauritania appear to be gaining some headway, but their sponsors are following different strategies.

AfrElec: MIGA issues 20-year guarantees for Mozambique’s CTT

4 January 2022

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has issued guarantees of 20 years for the 450-MW Central Térmica de Temane (CTT) power generating plant in Mozambique.

Golomoti JCM UK Ltd seeks MIGA cover for solar plant in Malawi

3 January 2022

Golomoti JCM UK Ltd has applied for risk coverage for its $24mn investment in the 20-MW solar power generating plant in Malawi.

MIGA issues guarantees for Gabon’s 35-MW hydroplant

3 January 2022

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) has issued risk guarantees of about $28.7mn to investors of 35 megawatts (MW) hydroelectric power plant in Gabon.

World Bank to fund $150mn power recovery plan for Somalia

17 December 2021

The World Bank is to lend $150mn to boost electricity access across Somalia by funding off-gird green power initiatives in a bid to alleviate poverty and to boost post-COVID-19 economic recovery.

Eskom could face immediate closure of power plants to meet pollution standards

17 December 2021

Eskom’s efforts to be exempted from the South African government’s stringent new pollution standards have proved fruitless, putting in danger up to 16,000 MW of coal-fired generating capacity.

Zimbabwe power crisis worsens

17 December 2021

Zimbabwe’s electricity grid collapsed on December 14, as some of the Kariba Dam’s generating units closing down for repairs.

Kenya’s Olkaria 1 Unit 6 83-MW geothermal plant set to start operating in 2022

16 December 2021

Kenya’s 83-MW Olkaria 1 Unit 6 geothermal plant, now under construction, should start feeding into Kenya’s national grid in early 2022.

Uber partners with Kenya’s Opibus to deploy 3,000 electric motorcycles

15 December 2021

Opibus is partnering with Uber Technologies Inc to deploy in 2022 up to 3,000 electric motorcycles to drivers in East Africa following successful pilot program.

Kenya’s cost of electricity to drop by 15% before end of 2021

13 December 2021

Kenyan consumers are set to benefit from reduction of electricity bills in two tranches with first 15 % drop effective before December 25, 2021.

Green Tech: Agilitee Africa set to build electric car assembly plant in Ghana

10 December 2021

The idea, when established, will further boost the government's vision to fully integrate Ghana and make it a competitive hub in the automobile industry

Eni, Sonangol to build Solenova 50-MW solar project in Angola

10 December 2021

Italy’s Eni and Angola’s Sonangol are to develop the Caraculo solar photovoltaic project in tNamibe province of Angola.

Uganda tops AfDB Electricity Regulatory Index for fourth consecutive year

10 December 2021

Uganda’s electricity sector has been judged Africa’s best regulated across a number of key metrics for the fourth consecutive year, the African Development Bank said as it published its 2021 Electricity Regulatory Index.

AfDB funds Kamanyola-Bujumbura power line in Burundi

10 December 2021

Construction engineering firm KEC International is to build the Kamanyola-Bujumbura energy transmission line and Bujumbura substation in Burundi, the African Development Bank said.

Ormat earns high revenues from Kenya’s Olkaria wells

10 December 2021

US power company Ormat continued to earn huge payouts from Kenya Power despite lower output at its Olkaria geothermal wells, exposing the downsides of protective electricity purchase contracts.

AIA Group divests from coal

9 December 2021

Global insurer AIA Group has become the latest insurer to divest its coal mining and coal interests by selling $10bn of investments in the fuel.

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