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New York-based Blackstone Group senior managing director and Sithe Global Power board member David Foley said in an interview that the investment giant intends to invest in the 358-480MW Ruhudji hydroelectric project in Tanzania and the 150MW Ruzizi III hydropower plant in Rwanda.

The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (CIC) has been inaugurated in Nairobi. It is expected to support up to 70 sustainable climate technology companies within five years by offering financing and services, and aims to employ 4,600 people directly and 24,000 indirectly over ten years

Angola has launched a $5bn sovereign wealth fund (SWF), whose creation reflects the regime’s commitment to long-term saving that can benefit future generations, while helping to finance grassroots development now, the new Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA)’s promoters argue.

The government has issued a general procurement notice for a study on the integration of wind facilities into the Egyptian power system and modifications to the existing wind integration grid code

Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) has invited bids to supply equipment for the 132kV Gidami, Mendi and Wukro, and 66kV Sekota substations.

In a process delayed by political bickering and dramatic protests, the chosen candidate to take over as Libya’s new oil and gas minister is an environmentalist and senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood-supported JCP, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the former Qadhafi regime, writes John Hamilton

Egyptian Electricity Holding Company and East Delta Electricity Production Company are inviting bids for electrical equipment and instrument installation.

Drilling next year will test whether north-west Africa’s previously unfashionable deep offshore could produce an equivalent of Ghana’s Jubilee field. A declaration of commerciality for the Banda gas field off Mauritania could add to the industry’s interest in lesser-known Atlantic Margin plays, write John Hamilton and Thalia Griffiths

Tullow Oil has announced a second discovery onshore Kenya, with the Twiga South well on Block 13T.

A flurry of announcements about renewable and other IPPs points to some momentum in the South African renewables process, but policy shifts remain a worry for potential developers.

Ugandan and Ghanaian government plans for rigorous local content regimes reflect politicians’ concerns that the fruits of oil production will neither be enjoyed by sufficient numbers of voters nor create sustainable national industries. Implementation may add to the burden on IOCs but is in the interests of all parties, writes Hugh Boylan

Chariot Oil & Gas has received government approval to enter the second renewal phase of two offshore blocks: Licence 14 (covering its northern blocks 1811 A&B) and Licence 15 (encompassing southern Block 2714B).

The government is expected to decide this year on a mooted second train for Equatorial Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas (EGLNG)’s plant.

South Africa objected to United Nations and European Union sanctions on Iran being extended to the oil trade, but it has fallen into line with the boycott of imports from National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).

Vitol and Helios Investment Partners have completed phase three of their acquisition of Shell’s downstream assets, taking over majority shareholdings in its Namibia and Botswana businesses Comprising 34 Shell-branded retail stations, 42 other retail units, 12 Shell Select stores and 130 employees, the businesses have been incorporated into Vivo Energy, owned by Vitol and Helios (40% each) and Shell (20%).