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Mandated by the European Union (EU), the French Development Agency (AFD) has just signed financing agreements worth 13.7 million euros with the government of Burkina Faso. The funds are earmarked for the energy and education sectors.
The two…
South Sudan is directing massive effort to develop the power sector to reduce a deficit of 170 megawatts by building several generation plants, implementing South Sudan Electricity Master Plan, and expanding distribution systems.
South Sudan…
The World Bank has approved $250 million to improve the operational performance of the electricity sector utilities and increase electricity access in selected cities of Angola.
The Electricity Sector Improvement and Access Project will finance…
The Off-Grid Energy Access Fund of the Energy Inclusion Facility (EIF OGEF) closes the €2 million financing in favour of the French start-up Qotto. This provider of solar home systems will use this funding to electrify rural households in Benin and…
The DR Congolese government announces the resumption of talks with India on the construction of the dam and the 64 MW Katende hydroelectric power station, which are supposed to be in operation since 2015.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…
President Adama Barrow over the weekend commissioned a newly installed $28.4M power plant in Brikama, West Coast Region, The commissioning of the 20MW power plant was part of activities making the country's 56 Independence Anniversary.
The project…
State-owned Equinor ASA of Norway is writing off its $982 million liquefied natural gas project in Tanzania (TLNG), as overall economics have not improved sufficiently to justify keeping it on the balance sheet. This will be reflected in adjusted…
A few days after the conclusion of an agreement on the financing of the new Winch Energy IPP Holdings (WIPP) Platform, between NEoT Off-grid Africa (NOA) and Winch Energy, Afrik 21 met with Frédéric Pfister, the Managing Director of NOA. This is a…
The largest hydropower project in Africa, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is set to be operational by 2023 as per the reschedule. According to Ethiopia’s Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy Eng. Seleshi Bekele, following the…