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Zambia cost-of-service study faces obstruction and delay
Zesco and senior officials are determined to press ahead with tariff increases despite the stalling of a cost-of-service study that was intended to form the basis of a new multi-year tariff determination. Negotiations have been under way since last year with large consumers,...
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Zambia
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As reserves dwindle, Libya militias intensify struggle for resources
The total budget deficit accumulated by Libya’s Tripoli-based administrations since 2011 is now LYD71bn (approximately $50bn), African Energy understands. However, since the House of Representatives legislature re-established itself in Cyrenaica in 2014, the rival interim...
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Libya
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South Sudan signals end to crude cargoes
In lifting contracts agreed by Juba in early July for crude shipments in August, there is no cargo for Sudan Petroleum Corporation, signalling an end to the diversion of oil cargoes to Khartoum to pay South Sudan’s oil debts. Energy minister Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth said in...
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South Sudan
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Nigeria: NLNG awards Train 7 FEED contracts
Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited has awarded contracts to two consortia for front-end engineering design (FEED) work for its long-awaited Train 7 expansion project. A signing ceremony took place in London on 11 July for the project, which aims to increase liquefied natural gas...
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Nigeria
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Guinea renews search for infrastructure investment
Guinea is seeking to attract badly needed development funds by emphasising to mining companies that any agreement on minerals concessions should include an infrastructure component. A delegation led by mines minister Abdoulaye Magassouba and minister for investment and public...
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Guinea
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Cameroon: WBG approves investment package for Nachtigal
Cameroon’s plans to harness the hydropower potential of the Sanaga River took a step forward in mid-July with the approval by the World Bank Group of a $794.5m investment package for the 420MW Nachtigal hydropower project. The run-of-river project, which will cost an...
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Cameroon
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South Africa: Financial reality at Eskom laid bare in annual report
Eskom’s 2017-18 annual report makes unsurprisingly gloomy reading, with the utility fighting to control costs and increase revenue. The announcement of a R2.3bn ($173m) loss and a qualified audit on 23 July came amid a stand-off with unions over pay and the possibility of job...
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South Africa
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Regional: Sovereign borrowing attracts funds despite debt concerns
Lenders have appetite for Africa’s more attractive sovereign credits, including fashionable francophone markets Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal. When in March Senegal raised $2.2bn in a eurobond issue, its Ministry of Finance received $10.3bn-worth of orders for the euro/dollar-...
Africa
Personal politics turned to the good as Ethiopia basks in Abiy effect
Personalities remain a key factor in shaping a continent trying to emerge from lost decades of ‘big man’ politics. While the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) made much of efforts to create a post-conflict ‘developmental state’ in the last two...
Ethiopia
Talking dirty at the AEF: forward thinking at last about King Coal
South Africa needs coal as a major employer as well as an indispensable source of baseload, while Kenya’s leadership seems committed to installing 1.05GW at Lamu, and other projects are being developed from Morocco to Madagascar. Coal remains a key element in many countries’...
Africa
Electricity supply industries must deal with legacy of poor policy
The legacy of colonialism may continue to shape contemporary Africa, but policymakers must also grapple with more recent follies as they struggle to address the legal and financial ramifications of decades of poorly structured and inadequately implemented infrastructure...
Africa
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14 November 2018 to 15 November 2018
Africa Investment Exchange: Power & Renewables
Now in its fifth year, AIX Power & Renewables is held under the Chatham House Rule and...
RSA House, London
Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
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16 August 2018 to 18 August 2018
Solar Power Expo Tanzania
The solar power expo Tanzania provides a platform that introduces individuals to the world of...
Dar es salaam, Tanzania, Mwl. J. K. Nyerere Trade Fair Ground, ''Saba Saba Grounds''
Tanzania
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16 August 2018 to 18 August 2018
East Africa Power and Electricity Expo 2018
In 2013, President Obama launched Power Africa, an innovative partnership to double access to...
Dar es salaam, Tanzania, Mwl. J. K. Nyerere Trade Fair Ground, ''Saba Saba Grounds''
East Africa
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05 September 2018 to 07 September 2018
AOP Africa Oil & Power Cape Town
For the third year running Cape Town is host to the flagship Africa Oil & Power conference,...
Cape Town International Convention Centre
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10 September 2018 to 14 September 2018
Power Week
POWER WEEK Africa is an international conference & summit specially designed for the African...
Africa
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12 September 2018 to 13 September 2018
Future Energy East Africa
Future Energy East Africa has evolved from the East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC)....
KICC, Nairobi, Kenya
East Africa
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17 September 2018 to 20 September 2018
Gastech Exhibition & Conference
The leading exhibition and conference for the global gas, LNG and energy industries
For over 45...
Barcelona, Spain
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