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Joint Task Force (JTF) officers charged with addressing oil theft, illegal refining and pipeline vandalism on 5 December saw smoke rising from forest in Kogi State’s Okene Local Government Area; it was the 52nd makeshift refinery the JTF claimed to have identified and destroyed during a late November/early December crackdown.

Nigeria
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The World Bank has approved $70m of finance for the Electricity Access Scale-up and Sector-Wide Approach Development Project, which aims to improve access to power for households and public bodies. The project, which is co-financed with $10m from the Opec Fund for International Development, has three components:

Rwanda
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The enormous roster of energy sector investment projects announced at the Egypt Economic Development Conference at Sharm El-Sheikh in mid-March includes a number of firm projects to be funded by the government, and a larger number of independent power projects (IPPs) in gas, coal and renewables, some of which represent firm commitments and others which are much less likely to proceed. The overwhelming question is how the promised developments will be paid for alongside even more ambitious plans for the construction of a new $45bn capital city east of Cairo.

Egypt
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With all the talk about leapfrogging the grid, it is surprising how little the possible implications have filtered through to the debate about tariffs. The Africa Investment Exchange: Power and Renewables conference in London on 15-16 November saw a lively discussion about potential grid ‘disruptors’, in particular low-cost, small-scale renewable power sold directly to consumers. The technology has huge potential to provide clean power to households and industry at a fraction of the cost of the grid.

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Perenco to supply gas to Kribi plant; OCI to build Sidi Krir project; Chinese commit to $90m rural electrification scheme; Steel company orders equipment; HCB resumes supply to Zesa; Arab fund provides Roseires funding

Ghana | Cameroon | Mozambique | Egypt | Sudan | Libya | Zimbabwe
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A groundbreaking ceremony for a Ghana-Togo power interconnection scheduled for 10 May had to be postponed at the last minute.

Ghana | Togo
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Kenya’s onshore promise has prompted Tullow Oil to accelerate its drilling programme, and results could prove decisive in settling long-standing disputes over development plans for neighbouring Uganda, but international boundary disputes between Kenya and Ethiopia could pose a risk down the line, writes Adrian J Browne

Kenya | Uganda | Ethiopia
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With a long-running arbitration case over exploration Block A nearing its end in Washington, the government is gearing up to relicense the acreage, CAR’s energy minister told François Misser in Bangui

Central African Republic
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The government signed a partnership agreement on 4 October creating a consortium headed by France’s Total to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal. “The arrival of LNG in Côte d’Ivoire opens a new era in the production of electricity,” energy minister Adama Toungara said at a signing ceremony in the commercial capital Abidjan. The project aims to develop, build and operate a floating storage and regasification unit with initial capacity of 100mcf that would gradually be brought up to 500mcf, according to an energy ministry statement. The ministry estimated the cost at $200m.

Côte d'Ivoire
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Eren Renewable Energy and its partner African Energy Management Platform on 6 March announced the signing of a 15-year power purchase agreement with Iamgold Essakane gold mine to complement its existing diesel power plant with a 15MWp solar farm. The mine is 330km from Ouagadougou in northern Burkina and is not connected to the grid. It is the largest privately held business in the country and produced 400,000 ounces of gold in 2015. The 15MWp solar project, expected to be commissioned by year-end at a cost of $20m, will help decrease the mine’s fuel consumption by approximately 6m litres/yr.

Burkina Faso
Issue 199 - 03 December 2010

IDB funds rural electrification

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The Islamic Development Bank has signed loan agreements totalling $51.7m to finance the last phase of Morocco’s rural electrification programme (Perg)

Morocco
Issue 154 - 09 January 2009

IDA grant heralds utility reform

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The World Bank Group has approved a $190m International Development Association grant for an urban water supply project, paving the way for major reforms at water utility Regideso, which from H2 09 could be operated by a private contractor under a management contract.

DR Congo
Issue 205 - 18 March 2011

KENYA - THERMAL

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Mombasa CTP. 300MW. To be linked to Nairobi via new 400kV transmission line. Fichtner, Mott McDonald, Sinclair Knight Merz, Lahmeyer, Vattenfall and NTPC were shortlisted for feasibility study. Part-funded by WBG IDA

Kenya
Issue 253 - 03 May 2013

DR Congo: EITI suspension


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The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) temporarily suspended the Democratic Republic of Congo on 17 April, saying its reports were not up to standard in terms of full disclosure and the reliability of the figures. EITI national co-ordinator Mack Dumba Jeremy has said that tax authorities have failed to account for $88m in revenue from the mining sector.

DR Congo
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Are Algeria's ambitious energy sector plans feasibile?

Algeria