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Ethiopia: Last chance for compromise as Gerd deadline approaches
The breakdown of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) on 18 June – after nine days of discussions held remotely over video because of Covid-19 restrictions – left both Ethiopia and Egypt holding on firmly to mutually incompatible maximalist positions. On 19...
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Ethiopia
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Zambia: CEC’s fight for survival rages on
A first attempt by Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) at overturning the statutory instrument issued by energy minister Matthew Nkhuwa on 29 May declaring CEC’s network common carrier, as well as the imposition of a tariff a couple of days later, failed when the High Court...
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Zambia
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Sudan: Facing a bleak future, Sudan looks to international support
International efforts to channel financial and technical support to Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s transitional administration will intensify when Berlin hosts a much-anticipated Sudan Partnership Conference on 25 June. Convened by Germany, Republic of Sudan, the United...
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Sudan
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Morocco: Gas-prone north-east attracts more IOC interest
Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (Onhym) announced the signing on 12 June of a two-year reconnaissance contract with ConocoPhillips Morocco Ventures for the onshore Mesorif area in northern Morocco. Bringing in a US major, even at the earliest stage of the...
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Morocco
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Algeria/Tunisia: Gas sales extended to 2027
Following concessions on the pricing of Algerian gas taken by Tunisia through the Trans-Mediterranean Gas Pipeline, Sonatrach and Société Tunisienne d’Electricité et de Gaz (Steg) have agreed to renew their offtake agreement through to 2027, with a possible extension of the...
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Algeria, Tunisia
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ARCH invests in Sun Exchange
Private equity firm ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Ltd has announced the second investment of its Africa Renewable Power Fund, into peer-to-peer PV solar leasing platform Sun Exchange. The investment follows acquisition of a stake in commercial and industrial (C&I) solar...
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Africa
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South Africa: Nuclear industry RfI
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) issued a request for information (RfI) on 14 June to assess nuclear power options for a 2.5GW programme. The programme, for which procurement is not currently anticipated until after 2030, is outlined in the country’s...
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South Africa
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Johnson’s ‘Global Britain’ mega-ministry met with scepticism
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that the Department for International Development (DfID) would merge with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in September is more than an institutional rearrangement of the international relations machinery in post-Brexit...
Africa
Madagascar burdened by virus, debt, payments crisis
Investor interest in Madagascar picked up when companies were attracted by the island state’s potential for power sector developments, as former president Hery Rajaonarimampianina hosted an influential donor and investor conference in 2016.The going has since proven tough for...
Madagascar
Brazzaville struggles with global impacts and domestic failings
Debt restructurings and budget cuts, and reform commitments still to be implemented: in many respects, newsflow from Republic of Congo is much as usual. However, the coronavirus lockdown and oil price slump have severely exacerbated the problems confronting President Denis...
Central Africa
Resource nationalism still central to Magufuli’s populist Tanzania
Questions of greater social equity and sustainable development, more stringent governance and controls over globalisation widely discussed in a world looking to emerge from coronavirus are all ideas that President John Magufuli has worked into Tanzania’s policy mix since...
Tanzania
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AIX: Gas 2020
Part of the AIX: Autumn Meetings in London, the sixth annual Africa Investment Exchange: Gas...
RSA House, London
Africa
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AIX: Grid & Storage
Part of the AIX: Autumn Meetings in London, the meeting will focus on key issues facing Africa’s...
RSA House, London
Africa
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16 August 2020 to 18 August 2020
Solar PV World Expo 2020 (PV Guangzhou)
After 11 years’ development, PV Guangzhou has successfully made itself one of the most well-known...
China Import & Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China
Africa
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31 August 2020 to 01 September 2020
The Solar & Wind Show MENA 2020
After a hugely successful launch in 2019, The Solar Show MENA, co-located with The Wind Show MENA,...
Egypt International Exhibitions Center, Cairo, Egypt
Egypt
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10 September 2020 to 11 September 2020
AIX: Gas
Part of the AIX: Autumn Meetings in London, the sixth annual Africa Investment Exchange: Gas...
RSA House, London
Africa
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AIX: Grid & Storage
Part of the AIX: Autumn Meetings in London, the meeting will focus on key issues facing Africa’s...
RSA House, London
Africa
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22 September 2020 to 23 September 2020
Africa Assembly
The Oil & Gas Council’s Africa Assembly is recognised as the region’s most influential...
Africa
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