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Dubai-based port operator DP World has signed a 30-year concession with Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) to operate and modernise Dar es Salaam Port.

Zanzibar Electricity Corporation (ZEC) has requested bids for two sets of turnkey design, supply and installation works on Unguja island, as part of the Zanzibar Energy Sector Transformation and Access Project (Zesta).

A Dubai-based company backed by a well-connected but relatively low-profile member of Dubai’s ruling Al-Maktoum family has been signing deals across Africa to generate carbon credits – generating some controversy in the process.

Zanzibar Electricity Corporation (ZEC) has requested bids for two lots of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) transmission works on Unguja island, as part of the Zanzibar Energy Sector Transformation and Access Project.

Washington has added to its support for the Lobito Corridor by backing a new spur to north-western Zambia. With Brussels now also on board, western efforts to counter Chinese influence over critical minerals are gathering pace.

Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)-listed Evolution Energy Minerals has signed a three-year deal with China’s BTR New Material Group for 90% of fine flake graphite production from its Chilalo project in Tanzania.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan appointed Doto Mashaka Bitek as her energy minister, along with a promotion to deputy prime minister, in a 30 August cabinet reshuffle that moved January Makamba to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Co-operation.

Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed Peak Rare Earths (PRE) said on 9 August that it had signed a binding agreement with China’s Shenghe Resources for offtake from its Ngualla rare earth project.

Tanzania faces a $109.5m hit in one of several disputes dating back to late president John Magufuli’s government, after an Icsid arbitral panel decided in favour of the Ntaka Hill nickel sulphide joint venture in the latest – but likely not the last – bill to come due from the former administration’s nationalist economic policies – a legacy President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s reforming government is working to overcome, writes Marc Howard.

Construction of the long-awaited Zambia-Tanzania-Kenya (ZTK) interconnector is expected to start by year-end, according to comments by Zambian utility Zesco’s managing director Victor Mapani to African Energy.

Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) has recorded its highest annual surplus since the state utility was founded in 1964. Tanesco said it had connected 504,000 new households during the 12 months to 30 June 2022, a 21% increase from FY 2020/21 and another record for the company

United Kingdom government-owned Gridworks has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) to develop the country's first independent transmission project (ITP).

Australia Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed Walkabout Resources has finalised a senior debt facility with London-headquartered energy and commodities investor Gemcorp.

Helium One Global has announced its acquisition of an Epiroc Predator 220 drilling rig, which it will use to drill the Tai-C well at its Rukwa project, where civil works have already started.

Control over African mineral reserves means governments now hold a lot of the cards in negotiating with corporations and political leaders, during a period of rising global demand and shifting power balances. Industry players now argue that more equitable partnerships may finally be on the table.