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Developer SSI Energy has appointed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the 10MW Kahama solar PV plant. Work includes a 3km transmission line to Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco)’s Buzwagi substation.

Tanzanian energy company Taifa Group has formed a joint venture with Mauritius-based General Capital Ltd (GCL) to build Zanzibar’s first utility-scale solar PV plant.

With elections due in August, the ruling Zanu-PF’s grip on power is being threatened by electricity shortages, corruption and soaring inflation. However, critics say an uneven electoral playing field still favours the incumbent, writes Tonderayi Mukeredzi in Harare.

First details have emerged of the integrated power plant at Dangote Group’s 650,000 b/d Lagos refinery, commissioned on 22 May.

Metals miner Pan African Resources continues to scale up investments in renewable energy projects to supply the group’s mines, having commissioned the 10MW Elikhulu Tailings Solar PV in May 2022. African Energy takes a closer look at Pan African’s power generation plans.

Among the more positive signals emerging from the Nigerian oil and gas sector is the prospect of more liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. However, many of Nigeria's West African neighbours already having an FLNG project under construction or reactivation.

A report into the Cabo Delgado insurgency and the future of TotalEnergies' Mozambique LNG project has concluded that the security and humanitarian situation is improving, which could lead to work restarting later this year. The Rufin report has also prompted a $200m action plan to address some root causes of the violence, writes Marc Howard.

The timing of the official commissioning of the 650,000 b/d Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Plant on 22 May said as much about local political sensitivities as it did about the facility’s undoubted importance for the Nigerian energy sector.

In the past three years, the Seychelles has increased its installed solar PV capacity more than fivefold to 12MWp, or around 4% of national power demand, saving millions of dollars in liquid fuel imports in the process.

The cabinet has approved the merger of state-owned enterprises IGas and PetroSA, and the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) to form South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC).

The host government agreement for the Lindi liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, widely known as Tanzania LNG, and a production-sharing agreement (PSA) for offshore blocks 1, 2 and 4 are expected to be signed in the coming weeks.

China’s involvement in a wide-ranging debt restructuring and refinancing deal with other bilateral and multilateral creditors, headlined by a $3bn IMF facility, could set a precedent for other debt-distressed countries around the continent, but some devilish detail remains to be negotiated, writes Jon Marks.

Incoming Nigerian President Bola Tinubu inherits a challenging brief in the upstream oil and gas sector, with concerns over fiscal terms, regulation and other long-standing corporate worries likely to prove resistant to easy resolution.

Is Africa’s upstream cementing its credentials as an exploration hotspot? The continent’s upstream has distinct advantages over other global basins, and has a window of opportunity in which to attract investment from companies that face tax burdens in other jurisdictions, writes James Gavin.

The Ministry of Hydrocarbons’ mid-May roadshow event in London was an effort to firm up international interest in a string of blocks across central DR Congo and along its eastern border. In a problematic region, one big element for success could hinge on linking any finds into export infrastructure due to be built in neighbouring Uganda.