The newsletter leads with a report from Marc Howard in Dar es Salaam unpicking the government of Tanzanian President Samia Hassan’s warm welcome for private capital in the power sector, while calling on investors to take on project risk themselves and ruling out sovereign guarantees. This detailed review of sectoral progress is accompanied by an updated power sector map, news on early stage power projects from Masdar and TotalEnergie, and the host government agreement for the Lindi LNG project.
Disaster and structural change in South Africa
We have also analysed the malfunctions at South Africa’s Kusile coal-fired power plant which compelled President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare a National State of Disaster. The African Energy View examines the president’s plan to create a new electricity ministry.
Succession manoeuvres in Equatorial Guinea
Our lead upstream story is an analysis of the impact of Gabriel Obiang Lima’s departure from Equatorial Guinea’s oil ministry, both on the hydrocarbons sector, and the outlook for presidential succession.
New green hydrogen hot-spot in the Horn of Africa – join the conversation
Our top future fuels story looks at how CWP Global’s recently announced Djibouti project could extend into Ethiopia, making the Horn of Africa one of the continent’s green hydrogen hot spots.
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