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The federal government of Somalia has requested bids for a 10MWp solar PV plant with 20MWh of storage capacity, which would be the country’s first utility-scale renewable energy plant. Sited in the Puntland capital of Garowe, the plant is part of a World Bank Group-funded programme to boost generation and create a new sub-transmission network.

Somalia
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Etana Energy, the South African electricity trading platform, has secured a $100m guarantee facility to support its growth. British International Investment and GuarantCo will each provide $50m in guarantees, in an arrangement designed to support the development of more renewable energy by offering IPPs greater certainty over future revenues.

South Africa
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Former energy minister Samuel Sarr has been detained by Dakar gendarmerie, following allegations by shareholders of embezzlement at his West African Energy power project. The shock development raises further questions about energy deals made during the 2012-24 Macky Sall administration, writes Waly Dione Faye.

Senegal
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African Energy understands that an audit by international accounting firm Mazars of the independent power producer (IPP) West African Energy (WAE) has discovered that former energy minister and Sénélec chief executive Samuel Sarr had invoiced another IPP developer, Ndar Energy, for CFA5bn ($7.6m).

Senegal
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London AIM-listed Savannah Energy is aiming to complete construction work on the Uquo central processing facility project in Nigeria by year-end. Commissioning is to follow in Q1 2025 around the same time as it is due to secure full control of the Stubb Creek field. The positive developments in Nigeria are in contrast to the ongoing legal cases it is pursuing in Chad and Cameroon and a complex situation in South Sudan – but these issues could all be resolved by mid-2025.

South Sudan | Cameroon | Niger | Chad | Nigeria
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Commissioning of the 1.5GW Kenya-Tanzania Power Interconnection Project is a significant moment for both countries and the wider Eastern Africa Power Pool. Tanzania has also signed a PPA with Ethiopia to use the line to import power, setting a precedent for regional trading and pricing. The KTPIP is also a core component of the eventual Eapp-Southern African Power Pool link-up, write Kimemia Mugo in Mombasa and Marc Howard, recently in Nairobi.

Kenya | South Sudan | Sudan | Uganda | Rwanda | Ethiopia | Tanzania | Burundi
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South African and Namibia-based investors have raised $28m in debt to support the acquisition of the Mariental and Greenam Kokerboom solar PV plants.

Namibia
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The issue leads with Kenya, which is looking to new power developments and imports from the Eastern Africa Power Pool to increase on-grid capacity, with KenGen advancing a new fleet of renewable projects. Meanwhile, a vital new interconnector with Tanzania has been energised and there are signs the IPP moratorium could soon end. Our coverage includes a revised Kenya power map. African Energy also examines a further US pledge of $553m for the Lobito Corridor and adjacent projects, which takes the Biden administration’s commitments to these projects to over $4bn. This points to a significant revitalisation of US ties with African countries – which may be too little, too late, although the Lobito project is unlikely to be halted by a more mercantilist Trump administration. Power sector coverage includes a focus on Zimbabwe, where Chinese IPPs and investors are backing 2.5GW of new coal and solar projects that Zimbabwean authorities claim will end load shedding by 2025 – and end the need for power imports by 2026. However, Harare has a history of announcing megaprojects that do not materialise and, even if these schemes do go ahead, questions remain over whether the grid will be able to handle the additional power – and how the  capital for necessary transmission upgrades would be raised. Oil and gas coverage leads with an examination of a short-lived proposal for an all-share merger between Kosmos Energy and Tullow Oil, which was curtailed on 17 December. The tie-up would have created a West Africa-focused upstream player of significance, with sizeable Ghanaian production. However, both independents said the “preliminary discussions” had ended only five days after being first revealed. Strategy and risk coverage leads with Senegal, where former energy minister Samuel Sarr was recently detained by Dakar gendarmerie, following allegations by shareholders of embezzlement at his West African Energy power project. The shock development raises further questions about energy deals made during the 2012-24 Macky Sall administration. The African Energy View takes a look back at the year, in the process finding some positive signs in African politics, after a year of wasted opportunities and popular backlashes.