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An arm of public utility Rwanda Energy Group is seeking contractors to build a substation at Bugesera Industrial Park.

Rwanda
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Rio Tinto’s MoU with Kigali to explore and mine lithium signals the continued interest of mining majors in African transition minerals.

Rwanda
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The Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) co-ordinator of military operations in North Kivu, Lieutenant General Fall Sikabwe on 16 January announced the launch of joint operations with Southern African Development Community (SADC) forces in eastern DRC, mainly drawn from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi. They will be targeting 23 March Movement (M23) rebels, who are widely believed to be backed by Rwanda.

DR Congo | Malawi | Rwanda | South Africa
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Few countries generate such strong opinions, for and against, as Rwanda, which is ruled with an iron fist by an apparently ageless President Paul Kagame. All but set for re-election again in August 2024, Kagame continues to make himself very useful to allies, acting as a regional policeman while also a player in his neighbours’ conflicts, while drawing in finance despite criticism of governance abuses, write Tonderayi Mukeredzi and African Energy staff .

Rwanda | Burundi
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With an official access rate of around 70% in 2023, of which some 20% comes from off-grid solutions such as solar home system and mini-grids, Rwanda has made major strides towards electrification. African Energy takes a closer look at the country's energy mix and pipeline of power generation projects.

Rwanda
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The Shema Power Lake Kivu (SPLK) independent power producer (IPP) in Rwanda has started supplying the grid, project director Tony de la Motte told African Energy. While the onshore methane-to-power plant has been fully commissioned, an equipment breakdown means SPLK is not yet at its full commercial operating capacity.  African Energy has taken a closer look at the project and the progress of other planned Lake Kivu power plants.

Rwanda
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The state-owned Powerchina group’s Sinohydro Corporation has been awarded the contract to build the Muvumba multipurpose dam and associated hydroelectric power (HEP) plant in Rwanda's Nyagatare district.

Rwanda
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Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has signed an agreement with London Stock Exchange (LSE)-listed Aterian to become operator of the Kinunga lithium mining project in Rwanda.

Rwanda
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The state-owned Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has agreed a $20m concessional loan to upgrade transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure in the Kamonyi district of Rwanda.

Rwanda
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Uganda-based Serengeti Energy has doubled its shareholding in the 2.6MW Rwaza-Muko run-of-river hydro power plant, making it the project’s largest equity holder. The acquisition aligns with Serengeti’s plan to develop and operate 300MW of small- to medium-sized HEP projects in its portfolio by 2030.

Rwanda
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Energy trader BB Energy Group has made an early-stage minority investment in Kigali-based developer GasMeth Energy Global and its project to extract, process and distribute methane gas from the Rwandan side of Lake Kivu.

Rwanda
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Energy leasing firm Solarise Africa (Solarise) has secured debt finance from a group of investors led by the Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI), which it will use to grow its commercial and industrial (C&I) business in Africa.

Kenya | Uganda | Rwanda | Zambia | South Africa
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Uganda-based developer Equatorial Power (EP) has secured grant finance from two multilateral finance institutions to scale up its mini-grid business in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

DR Congo | Rwanda
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Progress has been reported on a $400m compressed natural gas (CNG) plant on the shores of Lake Kivu, at Bwishyura, in the Karongi district of Western Province. Methane gas from Lake Kivu will be converted into CNG, which will be used as a substitute for petrol and diesel fuel and liquid petroleum gas (LPG).

Rwanda
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The European Union intends to support The Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) mission in Cabo Delgado with an amount equivalent to the €15m ($15m) that the European Council recently committed to the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (Samim), EU high representative Josep Borrell said in Maputo on 8 September.

Mozambique | Rwanda