Issue 487 PDF: Middle East investors take a growing position in African power projects


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Issue 487 - 07 Jul 2023

The issue leads with a look at how Middle Eastern investors and developers are increasingly flexing their muscles in the African renewable energy market.

Power coverage examines the World Bank Group’s Scaling Solar programme, which has attracted plaudits and detractors. African Energy has canvassed the opinions of industry players.

African Energy looks at Ghana's claims that a dispute over debts of some $1.6bn owed to at least six independent power producers (IPPs) is over.

Coverage also includes a feature on the progress of Kenyan geothermal projects, an update on how electricity wheeling is gaining traction in South Africa and the first moves in Egypt's renewable energy sector privatisation.

Upstream oil and gas coverage leads with a focus on how investment in E&P activity is increasing around the continent, with emerging resource holders in the south and east of the continent attracting more international interest.

The issue takes a closer look at the race to secure critical and transition mineral resources, with Namibia’s banning of ore exports attracting legal challenges. African Energy also examines controversy in DR Congo’s mining sector, where a recent contract with a UAE company over gold exports is attracting international scrutiny.

The African Energy View focuses on the latest moves in Zambia's debt restructuring, where China continues to play a key role.

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