Whatever African market your business is moving into; whether you are acquiring or investing in a new energy asset, competing in a tender, or evaluating a range of opportunities, our experienced team of staff experts and extensive network of in-country contacts and researchers, can provide you with essential insights and on the ground context.
Our consultancy services offer:
In 2023, we provided a continent-wide assessment of gas-to-power opportunities for an international original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to identify future market openings and opportunities. The study mapped major electric power offtakers in several of the continent’s largest markets and analysed the prospects of existing and pipeline GTP projects and their sponsors.
To find out how we can deliver similar value to your business please contact Alex Wark
In 2023, we provided reports on 13 electricity markets in Africa with analysis of electricity market structure, key stakeholders, characteristics of electricity demand (timelines of consumption and peak demand) and generation (timelines of capacity and generation growth), tariff evolution, and trends in regulatory and political oversight. The reports also provided a specific focus on renewable energy and identified routes to market for utility-scale renewable energy developers.
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In Spring 2022, a global energy company requested a political and security risk review for a country they were considering investing in. The country in question was new to them, so they asked for a thorough report which would help inform them on whether to progress their investment plans.
They asked us to answer questions around:
CbI delivered a 34,000 word report based on 25 sources in the politics and economic spheres, civil society, energy industry, activists, academics, opposition, financial/banking sources and government.
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In early 2022 an international energy company requested information on land ownership and social relations in Morocco and the disputed Western Sahara. We carried out on the ground research focused on the following:
We delivered a detailed and comprehensive report to the client covering the above points.
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In 2021, we produced a 200+ page country report analysing the South African power market, including policy and regulation, market structure, supply and demand, politics and economics, the off-grid and commercial and industrial (C&I) markets, the competitive landscape, the transmission and distribution sectors.
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For the South African arm of a US private equity-funded developer we carried out in-depth studies of renewables generation potential and subsequent studies of coal-fired and gas-to-power projects in South Africa and its neighbours.
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We provided a US power developer with a detailed supply and demand analyses on the power sectors of Guinea.
This included:
This report was subsequently updated for the same client and its partners, including US and European development finance institutions.
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We provided a supply and demand analysis on the ESIs of Côte d’Ivoire, Mali and Egypt, including a detailed study of electricity supply and demand, and of domestic gas, to assess the prospects for new gas-fired power plants.
In Côte d’Ivoire, this was to assess the viability of a proposed liquefied natural gas import scheme.
We also advised on the competitiveness of energy prices and proposed electricity tariffs for the projects. As project consultant we provided advisory services to the client from project identification through to final investment committee.
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For a UK development finance institution we carried out an assessment of the impact of electricity supply and the commercial, health and education sectors of the Guinean capital, Conakry. The project involved conducting a survey of 150 organisations in the capital and along with a number of interviews with electricity consumers for the production of case studies. The project is to be used by the client as a baseline and compared with a midline and endline studies to gauge the impacts of their investee, a power generation company located in the capital.
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For a European sovereign wealth fund we provided a detailed supply and demand analysis for Egypt, examining potential electricity and gas supply, the likelihood of implementation of power and gas projects, and expected gas demand from the ESI (including forecasting electricity demand over a five-year period). The report also covered economic, currency convertibility and other risks, and government policy and regulation of the power and gas sectors.
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For a major UK-based developer we compiled a study of the actual and potential ESIs in several southern African markets, including data, suggestions of which planned plants would go ahead, analysis of economic and political pitfalls (including key players) and a range of other indicators.
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Business development manager
Alex leads African Energy’s sales team and is focused on building relations with African Energy’s client base and understanding their needs.
Alex works with public and private sector clients to guide them through African Energy’s flexible range of offerings and to identify the right mix of research, consulting and data services to help plan their business and investment strategies and source new opportunities.
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