Energy

Spotlight | Senegal
E-Road Tong plans vast solar farm near Dakar

Hitherto unknown in Africa, the Chinese firm is trying to get a foothold in the Diass Special Economic Zone.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 16.03.2020

Angola
Total Eren teams up with influential businessman to develop solar farm

The French renewable energy firm has joined forces with a company owned by Leonel da Rocha Pinto for a PV project in the south of the country.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 16.03.2020

Sudan
Why Khartoum is backing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam at Cairo's expense

Thinking it had Sudan's support for the Arab League resolution against the Ethiopian dam in the bag, Egypt has suffered a setback.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics Running story - The Renaissance Dam 13.03.2020

Mali
Albatros banks on liberalisation of energy law to target mining clients

Albatros is hoping for the requirement to sell its output to a Malian power distributor to soon be lifted in order to make it easier to develop business directly with mining clients.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 10.03.2020

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi prepares international conference on Grand Inga hydropower project

With African Union support, the DRC will in late April play host to dozens of VIPs to discuss the development of the Congo River scheme that comprises several vast dams.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 09.03.2020

In Focus | Mozambique, Russia
Moscow muscles in as protector of oil firms in Cabo Delgado

Building on from its presence in Central African Republic and Libya, Moscow is determined to create a firm footing in Mozambique, a country that for 20 years was a Soviet outpost. Like in Bangui, the main vector for Russian influence here is military support to local forces working to combat an insurrection that has rocked Cabo Delgado province since October 5, 2017.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy 09.03.2020

The presidents of Mozambique and Russia, Filipe Nyusi and Vladimir Putin, in Moscow, 22 August 2019.

Guinea
Solveo and InfraCo Africa await Khoumagueli plant PPA signature

After almost seven years of development, ground at the site of Guinea's first grid-connected solar farm is expected to be broken soon.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 09.03.2020

Algeria
Milltech hopes to cash in on solar power boom

The Algerian telecoms firm has invested $6.2 million to build a solar panel assembly plant.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 09.03.2020

Morocco
MASEN to open solar farm in Dakhla

Morocco's sustainable energy agency MASEN is set to open the [...]

Subscribers only Energy, Business 05.03.2020

Angola
Why is attorney Gros after China International Fund, Sonangol's ally?

By seizing property from Sonangol's partner, China International Fund, the attorney general is declaring war on the architecture of Angola's relations with China, Manuel Vicente.

Subscribers only Finance, Energy 03.03.2020

Nigeria
Public Investment Corp snatches deal from Erin

South Africa's Public Investment Corp, a former shareholder of the now closed Erin Energy, has found a way to recover some of its debt.