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National utility Eskom says it plans to submit a final application to regulators in April to allow it to exceed the emissions limits at the troubled Kusile coal-fired power station while repairs are carried out.

London AIM- and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed Atlantic Lithium expects to receive official approval for Ghana’s first lithium mine in the coming months, despite some investor-driven controversy over its project.

Updated March 2023, this map provides a detailed overview of the hydrocarbons sector in South Sudan. Exploration and production blocks are shown alongside open acreage, with block operators named. Oil fields are marked alongside associated downstream infrastructure such as pipelines and refineries. The map is available as a PDF file using eps graphics, meaning that there is no loss of resolution as the file is enlarged.

US player West Africa LNG has a $300m deal to build a liquefied natural gas import and distribution terminal to supply gas to power-hungry miners and to-be-developed alumina processing facilities in a country where previous efforts to expand the grid have faltered and significant additional generation capacity will be required to develop alumina processing at scale. Chaired by a former US ambassador to Guinea, WALNG has yet to expand on financing and other critical details.

The issue leads with a package of articles and maps focused on Ghana, where President Nana Akufo-Addo’s cash-strapped government is mired in disputes with power producers, oil companies and other big investors, amid creditors’ concerns over its refinancing plans and a build-up of payment arrears. The issue also examines the prospects for Mozambique's gas and LNG projects, with the World Bank Group signalling a shift in its attitude to the funding of natural gas-related projects in the country. Power coverage includes a focus on Algeria, where state gas and power company Sonelgaz’s renewable energy arm is leading the country’s latest attempt to develop a major solar PV project. Oil and gas coverage includes a look at South Sudan, where UK independent Savannah Energy is moving forward with a $1.25bn plan to acquire a string of upstream assets. African Energy also examines US player West Africa LNG’s deal to build a gas import and distribution terminal to supply miners and to-be-developed alumina processing plants in Guinea. The African Energy View looks at the growing competition among international powers to secure supplies of critical raw minerals from Africa, with the US and European Union focused on the ground they have ceded to China in relation to rare earth minerals and other essential supplies.

Tlou Energy said on 15 March it had started the next stage of its Lesedi gas-to-power (GTP) project in Botswana, with drilling commencing on a core-hole ahead of the spudding of an additional gas production well.

The 750MW total capacity Kafue Gorge Lower’s fifth and final generating machine was commissioned on 24 March, lifting Zambia’s installed power surplus close to a peak of 380MW.

Construction of the 69MW Msenge Emoyeni wind farm has started, after the project reached financial close in mid-February, according to the African Clean Energy Developments (Aced) consortium. Rand Merchant Bank was the sole mandated lead arranger.

The Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN) on 15 March commissioned a 1MW solar PV plant, which will provide power to its Gaborone premises. The plant is part of an ‘agrovoltaic’ project which combines electricity generation and food production.

State-owned Unidade de Gestāo de Projetos Especiais (UGPE) published a tender on 8 March to build four solar PV plants, including a 1.3MW plant on Fogo island, a 1.2MW facility on Santo Antāo island and two 0.4MW plants on the islands of Sāo Nicolau and Maio, along with a storage component.

 A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed for Zimbabwe’s first high-powered green hydrogen power plant, to be developed in the Chipangayi Renewable Park (RETPark), in Manicaland province’s Chipinge district.

Revised in March 2023, this map provides a detailed view of the power sector in Ghana. The locations of power generation facilities that are operating, under construction or planned are shown by type – including liquid fuels, gas and liquid fuels, natural gas, hybrid, hydroelectricity, solar PV, wind, wave and biomass.

Climate Finance Partnership (CFP), an investment vehicle run by giant United States fund manager BlackRock, is making its first investment in Africa with a large minority stake in the 310MW Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) project in Marsabit County, northern Kenya.

After years of silence from operator ExxonMobil, a request for expressions of interest (EoI) appears to confirm industry rumours that the US major wanted to shift the Rovuma LNG (Area 4) project's onshore plant towards a modular approach, which would reduce security risks.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s choice of defence minister has underlined the persistent factional and communal conflicts that undermine the country’s efforts to improve its governance and focus on developmental issues.