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Ghana terminates PDS concession but still hopes for private participation
The United States’ Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) on 23 October withdrew $190m of grant funding to Ghana, the same day the government formally began the process of cancelling a concession agreement between the state-owned Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Power...
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Ghana
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Ghana renegotiates with IPPs
Ghana has one of the higher prices for electricity in the region, with tariffs ranging from $0.05-0.14/kWh for residential consumers and $0.12-0.21/kWh for non-residential consumers. The last substantial tariff increase in 2016 resulted in significant grid migration and the...
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Ghana
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South African government tiptoes around hard issues in Eskom paper
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) on 29 October released the Roadmap for Eskom in a Reformed Electricity Supply Industry 2019 report, which claims to propose “bold actions” and to be “the largest institutional transformation that South Africa has undertaken in a...
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Southern Africa
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Angola/DRC: Hopes for progress on maritime border issue
Changes of president in Luanda and Kinshasa have not so far delivered any progress in the long-running maritime border dispute between the two countries, but Congolese experts say they are hopeful of movement in the coming months to agree a common border and obtain United...
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Angola
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Kenya Power launches live line maintenance
Kenya Power has launched a live line maintenance service at a cost of $20m, aimed at maintaining the network while reducing scheduled outages. The initiative is part of the wider Kenya Electricity Modernisation Programme funded by the World Bank with $257m. The project also...
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Kenya
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Cameroon: Investors sought for small hydro schemes
Private investors will be offered the opportunity next year to construct and operate the first two of a series of small hydropower plants across West Africa that are being promoted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization to improve power supply to rural...
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Cameroon
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Senegal: Bid round offers ten blocks
Petroleum and energy minister Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé launched Senegal’s first licensing round on 5 November, offering existing open acreage and new ultra-deep blocks. Speaking at the launch at Africa Oil Week in Cape Town, Cissé said the round aimed to encourage the...
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Senegal
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Russia remains an economic minnow Putin has made into a big fish
The United States is no longer the global hyperpower, former colonial powers have lost their captive markets and China has emerged as an economic superpower in Africa but not yet a dominant global force. While geopolitical tectonic plates shift, African governments are being...
Africa
Frelimo triumphs, good governance loses in Mozambique polls
While the $2bn-plus ‘tuna bonds’ scandal rumbles on in international courts, Mozambique’s reputation has generally been boosted on President Filipe Nyusi’s watch. The authorities have coped relatively effectively with crises like Cyclone Idai and in ending armed conflict with...
Mozambique
Community engagement means asking the people’s view
Project developers and financiers spend inordinate amounts of time and money assessing risks and their mitigation. But when traditional credit and political risk calculations are being made, they still too often overlook the populations whose land they are building on, even...
Africa
Tunisia has left Ben Ali era behind, but future remains uncertain
Former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s death on 19 September did not grip the majority of Tunisians as much as the presidential election earlier that week, which has left two populist outsiders competing to replace the late Béji Caïd Essebsi in a second round of voting,...
Tunisia
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17 November 2019 to 18 November 2019
Solar asset management MENA
With the recent wave of solar energy projects installed across the region, an impressive remaining...
Renaissance Downtown Hotel, Dubai
North Africa
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18 November 2019 to 21 November 2019
Mastering Renewable & Alternative Energies
The course is designed to provide clear, independent and business-focused guidance on market...
Dubai, Singapore
Africa
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Big Five Board Awards 2019
The Big Five Board Awards offer an unrivaled evening of networking for Africa's leading oil and gas...
London
Africa
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25 November 2019 to 27 November 2019
Africa Energy Expo
As investors and world leaders seek a new clean energy frontier, renewable energy development...
Movenpick Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya
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25 November 2019 to 26 November 2019
Ethiopian International Mining Conference & Exhibition
Building on the success on the previous edition, the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum in Ethiopia in...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
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26 November 2019 to 29 November 2019
GECF 5th Gas Summit
the Republic of Equatorial Guinea will host the 5th Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum....
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
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02 December 2019 to 03 December 2019
Regional Energy Summit: West Africa
The 4th annual Regional Energy Summit: West Africa (RES: West Africa) will arrive for the first...
Senegal
Senegal
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