The issue leads with a focus on Ghana where a below-inflation rise in tariffs will not solve the power sector’s many problems and questions continue to be asked about the fate of funds raised in 2020 to refinance money owned to IPPs.
African Energy's coverage include a revised Ghana power map and a page of charts illustrating economic trends.
Power coverage includes a look at Zambia where the government has rejected calls to raise
tariffs for residents and cut prices for miners, and an examination of the key targets set out in the Kenya's recently published Energy White Paper. There is also a look at plans for Transco CLSG's interconnector network to develop a second transmission line to connect Côte d’Ivoire (CdI), Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
Oil and gas coverage leads with Senegal/Mauritania, where the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) LNG project’s phase one remains on track for first exports by end-2023, with a Phase II development decision expected in Q3 22 for first gas from end-2026.
African Energy examines claims that Russian crude is being transferred between tankers off the coast of North Africa and in Egypt in order to bypass international sanctions.
African Energy has also been monitoring preparations for Sharm El Sheikh as it becomes painfully clear that African negotiators’ demands cannot or will not be met at COP27.
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