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Algeria enters uncertain new phase as disaffected population finds its voice
The announcement that Abdelaziz Bouteflika would not seek a fifth term in the planned 18 April presidential election answered only some critical questions about Algeria’s immediate future. It showed that the ruling factions were not prepared to turn the state’s mighty armoury...
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Algeria
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PIDG starts to see fruits of restructuring
The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) has launched a new five-year strategy with the goal of building on a governance restructuring carried out in early 2018. PIDG is one of the most active development finance institutions working in challenging countries and...
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Africa
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DR Congo: Tshisekedi pledges $20m for power in wide-ranging emergency programme
President Felix Tshisekedi Tshilombo launched an emergency investment programme in Kinshasa on 2 March, focused mainly on improving the country’s road infrastructure, but also covering energy, education, housing, employment, transport, health, water and agriculture....
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DR Congo
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Libya’s Haftar takes control of oil fields, threatens Tripoli
An early March decision by National Oil Corporation (NOC) to lift force majeure at the Es-Sharara oil field in south-west Libya is just one consequence of recent decisive military developments in the southern province of Fezzan. An illegal three-month blockade was lifted when...
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Libya
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Zambia: Zesco plans $500m bond issue
State-owned power utility Zesco has appointed Standard Chartered Bank as lead arranger for a $500m bond issue planned by May this year to help clear its debts. According to documents seen by African Energy, Zesco owes suppliers just over $900m, around a third of it to...
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Zambia
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InfraCredit green bond for Shiroro in Nigeria
The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) is looking to expand its InfraCredit model, which was established in Nigeria in 2017 by the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority and GuarantCo to provide credit enhancements to infrastructure companies to allow them to...
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Nigeria
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Malawi: Generation expansion continues with solar tender
Malawi is racing to reduce a supply deficit that could top 150MW next year. The country experienced a nationwide blackout in early March after the 130MW Kapichira and 36MW Nkula A hydropower plants had to be switched off to reduce the risk of damage due to flooding. Daily...
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Malawi
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Elections alone won’t deliver a new Tunisia while economy drifts
Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s announcement that he will not seek a fifth term as Algerian president has once again raised questions of gerontocracy and failed governance in Africa. Tunisian head of state Béji Caïd Essebsi benefits from a degree of popular legitimacy but many...
Tunisia
From decolonisation to global trade, African Union plays a bigger role
The advisory ruling that the UK’s sovereignty claim over the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean is illegal, voted 13-1 by judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 25 February, was a triumph for Chagossians exiled in the mid-1960s in a discredited deal that...
Africa
Blackstone pullout reflects loss of patience from commercial investors
It has been known for some time that Blackstone Group was unhappy with Black Rhino Group, but the announcement that the global investor will pull out of its African energy and infrastructure vehicle is a reminder that international money won’t wait around. Blackstone had...
Africa
African growth under pressure as economic storm clouds gather
Updated forecasts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) show global expansion weakening with the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) growing by an estimated 3.7% in 2018, and forecast at 3.5% in 2019 and 3.6% in 2020. The projections are downward revisions from October’...
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02 May 2019 to 03 May 2019
Africa Investment Exchange: Gas
AIX: Gas brings upstream and LNG players together with investors, senior officials, and power...
RSA House, London
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Tanzania, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal
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26 March 2019 to 27 March 2019
The Solar Show Africa 2019
The Solar Show Africa brings together government ministries, utilities, power producers,...
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
South Africa
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26 March 2019 to 27 March 2019
Power & Electricity World Africa 2019
Power & Electricity World Africa creates a platform where leading solution providers can...
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
South Africa
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27 March 2019 to 29 March 2019
The Regional Energy Co-operation Summit: East
The Regional Energy Co-operation Summit: East will take place from 27-29 March 2019 in Addis Ababa...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
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27 March 2019 to 29 March 2019
Africa Energy Forum: Off The Grid
Africa Energy Forum: Off the Grid is the off-grid themed extension of Africa Energy Forum (AEF),...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiopia
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28 March 2019 to 29 March 2019
Renewable Conference North Africa 2019
This conference will focus on four topics: Solar Park, Wind Farm, Energy Storage and Smart Grid. In...
Casablanca, Morocco
Morocco
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01 April 2019 to 05 April 2019
LNG 2019
The 19th International Conference & Exhibition on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG2019) is presented...
ICBC Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center (SWEECC)
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