The board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on 16 September approved a financing package for the $121m Uganda Rural Electricity Access project. The package comprises a $100m loan alongside a €11.2m grant from the Sustainable Energy for All...
An €85m ($96m) loan is under appraisal at the European Investment Bank for the interconnection of the Gambia River Basin Organisation (OMVG) member countries. The project to link the grids of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Gambia and Senegal will play an...
The Manitoba Hydro International-led project implementation unit at the Liberia Electricity Corporation has begun prequalification for an operation, maintenance and training contract for the 88MW Mount Coffee hydroelectric plant. Applications...
A new discussion paper circulated by French engineer Alain Léautey has cast further doubt on the likely output of the Grand Inga hydroelectric scheme. In the analysis, titled Inga 3: utopie ou réalisme?, Léautey, who spent years working on the...
A concession agreement between the Congolese state and Brazilian-owned Construction, Finance & Engineering Congo (CFE Congo) for a 100MW hydropower project at Mbimbi Mayi Munene on the Kasai River in Western Kasai province was published in...
Norway’s Spectrum ASA has announced an agreement to acquire 28,000km of long offset 2D seismic data offshore southern Somalia. Spectrum’s survey will cover areas licensed to Pecten, a joint venture of Shell and ExxonMobil, which have been under...
The independent power producer (IPP) office at the Department of Energy (DoE) has decided to push back the deadline for responses to its request for proposals (RfP) for the coal baseload IPP procurement programme a second time to 2 November as...
Finance minister Calle Schlettwein is caught between debt concerns and political pressures as he argues the case against developing the Kudu gas field in a debate that has pitted the ruling Swapo party’s patronage networks against financial...
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has emerged as lead financer of the 1,800MW Damanhour combined-cycle gas turbine power plant in the Nile Delta. A €548m ($620m) loan for the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) is under appraisal,...
The Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board (KNEB) and the China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) signed a memorandum of understanding on 7 September that will see China assist with training and skills development as well as providing technical...
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