May 10
Nigeria: Watt a Mess - How the Power Sector Spent Billions to Generate Darkness [analysis]
Premium Times
Why a government will opt to liberalise its key economic sector, jeopardise the security of the nation, and push its economy to the brink beats my imagination! Read more »
Nigeria: Tariff Hike - Labour Threatens to Picket Offices of Electricity Regulatory Agency On Monday
This Day
Organised labour, under the auspices of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), has given the federal government and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory… Read more »
Liberia: Hydropower - the Key Component to Liberia's Industrialization & Economic Growth Into the 21st Century and Beyond [opinion]
FrontPageAfrica
Industrialization is the process by which an economy is transformed from primarily agricultural (subsistence farming) to one based on the manufacturing of goods. Individual manual… Read more »
May 09
Nigeria: Two Weeks Blackout - We Are Helpless, Taraba Govt Cries Out
Vanguard
Taraba State Government has cried out that it is currently helpless regarding the two weeks power outage that is making life difficult for inhabitants of Jalingo, the state… Read more »
Malawi: Lilongwe Moves Towards No Blackouts Again As Kanengo Power Substation Doubles Power Supply
Nyasa Times
Officials from Escom are now over the moon after Kanengo Power Substation has doubled its power supply to 158 megawatts from 85 megawatts. Read more »
May 08
Sierra Leone: DFC, Sierra Leone Promote Access to Reliable Energy With Up to $412 Million in Additional Financing and Political Risk Insurance [press release]
DFC
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation's (DFC) Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) Nisha Biswal and Chief Minister of Sierra Leone David Moinina Sengeh today… Read more »
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Africa: Paris Summit Aims to Secure Commitments Toward $4b Needed to Close Clean Cooking Funding Gap for African Women
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Development partners gathering in Paris on 14 May are expected to pledge towards the $4 billion needed to provide clean cooking access for 250 million African women by 2030. Read more »
Kenya: Grid Supply Restored to Kisii County After Substation Attack
Capital FM
The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) has reconnected Kisii County to the power grid after an attack on its substation plunged the county into darkness on Tuesday. Read more »
Rwanda: Project in Pipeline to Restore Congo-Nile Divide
New Times
The government has embarked on a new initiative aimed at restoring the Congo-Nile Divide through a comprehensive approach to combat deforestation and erosion while enhancing… Read more »
Tunisia: Municipalities - Public Lighting Accounts for 80 Percent of Energy Consumption
Tunis Afrique Presse
Public lighting accounts for 80% of total municipality energy consumption, President of the General Authority for Prospecting and Supporting Decentralisation (French: IGPAPD) Habib… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Launches the National Clean Cooking Policy
Daily Trust
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the long- awaited National Clean Cooking Policy, which seeks to expand access to clean cooking energy solutions to all households… Read more »
May 07
South Africa: Power Utility Eskom Sues Johannesburg for Unpaid Electricity Debt - South African News Briefs - May 7, 2024
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South Africa: City Power's Eskom Debt Reaches 'Unprecedented Levels'
SAnews.gov.za
Eskom says it will approach the courts in a bid to have City Power pay its R1 billion debt to the national power utility. Read more »
Nigeria: NLC, TUC Give NERC Sunday Deadline to Reverse Hike in Electricity Tariff
Vanguard
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, have given the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, till May 12 to withdraw… Read more »
Nigeria: Jalingo Residents Demand Connection to Kashinbilla Hydro-Power Station Amid Power Outage
Daily Trust
In the wake of a prolonged power outage lasting over 12 days in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, residents are demanding immediate action to connect the town to the… Read more »
May 06
Nigeria: Nigeria Cuts Electricity Supplies to Benin Republic, Togo, Niger to Boost Domestic Supply
Vanguard
The Federal Government has decided to improve the domestic power supply by cutting the sales to cross-border in the Niger Republic, Niger Republic and Togo. Read more »
South Africa: Fact Check - Has Load Shedding Stopped Because of the Elections? [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The DA suspects Eskom of playing a power game to keep the lights on until after the May 29 elections, but experts say there's more to the improved electricity situation than just… Read more »
Namibia: World Bank Loan to Namibia Supports Renewable Energy Integration
World Bank
--Today marks the approval of Namibia's first ever World Bank financed energy project, aimed at improving the reliability of the country's transmission network and enabling… Read more »
Nigeria: Illegal Sand Excavation Threatens Transmission Towers in Edo State - TCN
Premium Times
The company explained that the activities of excavators on this particular site have largely affected the integrity of Towers 15 and 16 at the Umelu community in Benin City. Read more »
South Africa: Government Notes Strides Made in Energy Plan Delivery
SAnews.gov.za
Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says government is making strides in the delivery of the energy plan unveiled by President Cyril… Read more »
Nigeria: Discos Announce Tariff Reduction for Band a Customers
Premium Times
The distribution companies said customers in Band A will now pay N206.80/kwh from N225/kwh. Read more »
South Africa: Load Shedding Remains Suspended
SAnews.gov.za
Eskom says load shedding remains suspended due to the continued sustained improvement in generation performance and a 4 400MW reduction in unplanned outages. Read more »
Liberia: EU Head of Delegation, Amb. Nona Deprez Emphasizes EU's Commitment to Liberia's Energy Sector [press release]
FrontPageAfrica
At the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of three 33-kilovolt distribution networks and customer connections to the cities of Buchanan, Greenville and Barclayville, the… Read more »
Liberia: RREA, LEC Launch World Bank U.S.$16m Lessap Project Phase Two
New Dawn
Rural Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) and the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) have officially launched the second phase of the World Bank-funded US$16 million Liberia… Read more »
Nigeria: Just-in - Ikeja Electric Reduces Tariff for Band a Customers
Leadership
In a move aimed at providing relief to its customers, Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IE) has announced a significant reduction in electricity tariff for customers under Band… Read more »
May 02
South Africa: 'No Electricity, No Vote', Shout Angry Limpopo Villagers
GroundUp
Promise Maremeni is a dressmaker. But she is losing business because she has to use a manual sewing machine instead of an electric one, because her village has been without… Read more »