The government on 6 June launched its 2016 licensing round, offering all 37 of the country’s open blocks. The launch took place in Cape Town, and roadshows will be held in London on 20-21 June, in Singapore on 20-23 September, in Istanbul during...
The World Bank on 27 May approved an additional $200m loan for the Electricity Network Reinforcement and Expansion Project (Enrep). The package includes a $5m grant from the Energy Small and Medium Enterprises Trust Fund while the Ethiopian...
Bids were opened on 27 May for two 50MW solar photovoltaic power projects. Italy’s Enel Green Power and a consortium of France’s Neoen and Arizona-based First Solar were provisionally awarded preferred-bidder status. Neoen-First Solar bid a price...
The Kandadji irrigation and hydropower project on the Niger River, 180km north-west of Niamey, was launched in 2008 with an initial target completion date of 2017. The scheme forms part of a wider programme under the supervision of the High...
In the latest round of musical chairs among London-based African power developers, Globeleq’s head of asset management, Chris Ford, is joining Lekela Power, the Africa-focused renewables developer created by emerging market private equity...
Tanzania Electricity Supply Company (Tanesco) has sparked a storm of protest after the leaking of a letter to Symbion Power saying it was “ceasing negotiations” over a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 120MW Ubungo plant, despite having...
President José Eduardo dos Santos on 2 June appointed a new board of directors for state oil company Sonangol. The new team will be headed by his daughter Isabel, a businesswoman who led the commission that formulated proposals for Sonangol’s...
The death on 31 May of Mohammed Abdelaziz, leader of the Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía El Hamra y Río de Oro (Polisario Front) since 1976 and president of the Sahrawi liberation movement’s government-in-exile, the Saharan Arab Democratic...
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold public hearings in the maritime border dispute between Somalia and Kenya on 19-23 September in The Hague. The hearings will concern solely the preliminary objections to the jurisdiction of the...
Oando plc has restructured its debt into a N94.6bn ($475m) five-year consolidated facility with a three-year moratorium on principal. Oando’s acquisition of ConocoPhillips’ Nigerian assets in for $1.5bn in 2013 left it with significant debt and...
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