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AFC agrees €149.6m loan for hydro project
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has finalised a bridge loan facility worth €149.6m ($170m) for the construction of the 44MW Singrobo-Ahouaty hydropower project. The transaction closed in mid-December, when a first disbursement was made for the project, in which the AFC has...
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Côte d’Ivoire
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Projects progress but politics cloud the future in Côte d’Ivoire
New petroleum, energy and renewable energy minister Abdourahmane Cissé’s approval of plans for Paris-based investment company Eranove Group to build a 390MW gas-fired power plant at Jacqueville, near Abidjan, and for Globeleq’s 430MW Azito plant to add another 253MW in a CFA225....
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Côte d’Ivoire
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Zimbabwe: Sable Chemicals, Tatanga Energy plan 400MW solar park for Kwekwe
Sable Chemicals is working with Tatanga Energy, a local energy infrastructure development company, to build the 50MW first phase of a solar park at the ammonium nitrate fertiliser manufacturer’s plant at Kwekwe in central Zimbabwe. The project is a joint venture between Sable,...
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Zimbabwe
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Tunisia: Small wind power licences awarded
Tunisia’s Ministry of Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises has awarded licences to four onshore projects totalling 120MW under its wind energy procurement programme. The projects represent a combined investment of TND400m ($134.5m), according to Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP)....
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Tunisia
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Morocco: Platinum under pressure
Moroccan renewables developer Platinum Power is facing an action for breach of contract in a court in Delaware from its main financial backer. Local media are now reporting that the company is close to bankruptcy and that staff have not been paid for months.Platinum is...
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Morocco
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Namibia: Evolution Africa plants commissioned
South African advisory and private equity company Evolution Africa has confirmed to African Energy that four solar photovoltaic plants being built by its portfolio company Manna Renewables in Namibia came online in December. Two of the projects, in Kokerboom and Mariental, both...
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Namibia
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CrossBoundary Energy Access facility
Mini-grid financing facility CrossBoundary Energy Access (CBEA) has reached first close with commitments from the Rockefeller Foundation and Ceniarth. CBEA has raised $16m to invest in mini-grids serving around 170,000 people. The facility will initially target Nigeria, Tanzania...
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Africa
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Events
02 May 2019 to 03 May 2019
Africa Investment Exchange: Gas
RSA House, London
Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Tanzania, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal
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26 March 2019 to 27 March 2019
Power & Electricity World Africa 2019
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
South Africa
0
15 May 2019 to 16 May 2019
Liberia International Mining, Energy and Petroleum Conference & Exhibition
Farmington hotel, Monrovia, Liberia
Liberia
0
13 June 2019 to 14 June 2019
Zambia International Mining and Energy Conference & Exhibition
The Radisson Blue hotel, Lusaka, Zambia
Zambia
0
15 October 2019 to 18 October 2019
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) from Commercial Perspective
Johannesburg, London, Kuala Lumpur
Africa
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