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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
May 1 'Dumsor' Due to Flooding At Seven Substations
Accra Times
For some couple of months now, Ghanaians have been experiencing power outages popularly known as "Dumsor. Although the government has failed to admit the problem the challenges… Read more »
Power Outage Sparks Days of Protest in Joburg
GroundUp
Protests started on Tuesday, culminating with major roads to Orlando East, Pennyville, and Noordgesig being blocked on Thursday Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Power Utility Eskom Sues Johannesburg for Unpaid Electricity Debt - South African News Briefs - May 7, 2024
allAfrica
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