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South Sudan: Round-the-clock power in Juba
Juba has enjoyed 24-hour electricity since late December following the start-up of a new 30MW power plant and grid infrastructure in November, the first time anywhere in South Sudan has had access to uninterrupted network power. Local developer Ezra Construction &...
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South Sudan
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South Africa: New captive power framework moves closer
A new framework to facilitate investment in captive generation on a much larger scale appears imminent after mineral resources and energy minister Gwede Mantashe told the Africa Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town on 3 February that the government was gazetting a revised...
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South Africa
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Zambia: Zesco, CEC plan new BSA
State power utility Zesco and Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) have agreed to come up with a new Bulk Supply Agreement (BSA) to replace the current 20-year power supply deal which expires next month, according to sources close to the negotiations.The BSA makes CEC the single...
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Zambia
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Tunisia’s Nawara gas starts up
The Nawara gas field in southern Tunisia started production on 5 February. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said it was the country’s largest project with an investment value of 3.5bn dinars ($1.2bn).He said the 2.7mcm/d scheme represented a 50% increase in national gas production...
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Tunisia
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Nigeria: Accugas signs new GSA following Savannah deal
Nigerian midstream supplier Accugas has signed a new interruptible gas sales agreement with Sahara Group affiliate First Independent Power Ltd (FIPL) to provide gas to the Afam power plant. Savannah Petroleum completed the acquisition of Accugas and stakes in the Uquo and Stubb...
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Nigeria
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Côte d’Ivoire: KfW funds grid reinforcement
A cabinet meeting on 5 February approved a €30m ($33m) loan from Germany’s KfW signed on 9 January to finance reinforcement of the interconnection with Ghana. It includes the construction of a 50km, 400kV line running through Abidjan’s northern suburbs between Bingerville on the...
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Côte d’Ivoire
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Benin: New law liberalises sector
Parliament voted on 4 February to adopt a new electricity law opening up the energy sector to private operators and ending the monopoly of Société Béninoise d’Energie Electrique (SBEE) on the production, transport, distribution and sale of electricity. The new law replaces law...
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Benin
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31 March 2020 to 01 April 2020
The Power & Electricity World Africa
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
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