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ARCH invests in Sun Exchange
Private equity firm ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Ltd has announced the second investment of its Africa Renewable Power Fund, into peer-to-peer PV solar leasing platform Sun Exchange. The investment follows acquisition of a stake in commercial and industrial (C&I) solar...
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Africa
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Gabon: IFC considers financing Kinguélé Aval
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering supporting the construction of the 34MW Kinguélé Aval. The private investment arm of the World Bank disclosed on 18 June that it will propose an A Loan of up to €40m, a senior concessional loan from IFC as implementing...
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Gabon
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Somalia: New Mogadishu solar park
Beco, Somalia’s main electricity supplier, has announced the commissioning of an 8MWp solar PV plant in Mogadishu. The commissioning of the company’s second solar PV park, which currently provides electricity four hours a day, has already helped achieve its primary aim of...
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Somalia
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Tanzania: Dongfang to supply turbines for Rufiji scheme
China’s Dongfang Electric Corporation has signed a supply contract with Egypt’s Arab Contractors and Elsewedy Electric for the 2,115MW Julius Nyerere hydropower project on the Rufiji River. Xinhua news agency said Dongfang would provide hydroelectric generating sets and related...
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Tanzania
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Nigeria: Owner’s engineer sought for hybrid project
Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency is inviting expressions of interest from engineering companies to be owner’s engineer for the World Bank Group-backed Energising Education Programme Phase II. The programme will install solar hybrid power plants at educational facilities...
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Nigeria
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Zambia: Ngonye hydro procurement
A request for proposals is scheduled to be issued in Q3 to prequalified engineering, procurement and construction contractors to build the 180MW Ngonye Falls hydropower plant on the Zambezi River. Prequalification for the project got under way last year. The tender comes despite...
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Zambia
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Ethiopia: Last chance for compromise as Gerd deadline approaches
The breakdown of talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) on 18 June – after nine days of discussions held remotely over video because of Covid-19 restrictions – left both Ethiopia and Egypt holding on firmly to mutually incompatible maximalist positions. On 19 June,...
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Ethiopia
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