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BOTSWANA: More power from Mozambique; KENYA: KPLC seeks bids for HFO plants; MOZAMBIQUE: EdM seeks substation bids; NIGERIA: GE tie-up; SOUTH AFRICA: Koeberg maintenance; UGANDA: Fichtner to study Isimba hydro project

AFDB: Clean technology fund investment; MALAWI: World Bank funding; SIERRA LEONE: IFC opens new country office

ESKOM: Bank finance deal for Medupi boilers; SONELGAZ: Growth accompanied by rising debt

Buoyed up by the inclusion of the SAPP as a significant player in Eskom’s elaborate World Cup plans, regional officials are sounding optimistic as new generation capacity is finally added, while demand-side management measures start to have an impact. Another attempt at short-term trading is welcomed after the STEM system effectively collapsed, writes Kevin Godier.

There is a sense of relief among the South African business classes that President Jacob Zuma has appointed long-serving finance minister Trevor Manuel to a potentially critical job in his big new government. A court’s decision crushing the highly politicised trade union-led opposition to SA’s biggest listing in years, of telecoms giant Vodacom,

Eight African states have applied to the United Nations to extend their territorial waters beyond the 200-mile limit, while the other eligible coastal states have put in preliminary claims (AE 137/21). Ghana, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, Côte d’Ivoire and Namibia

MAURITANIA: Uranium permit; MOZAMBIQUE: Riversdale wins Benga coal mining contract; NIGER: Uranium projects; NIGERIA: Gas supply constraints continue to hobble industry; NIGERIA: PHCN looks for tariff increase; SOUTH AFRICA: Transformer demand booms, consultant says; SOUTH AFRICA: New Western Cape wind farm scheme; TUNISIA: Nuclear deal with France; TUNISIA: Nexans cables for new airport; ZAMBIA: Lumwana inauguration

The South African electricity company is looking to its partners in the Southern African Power Pool to ensure the 2010 tournament goes ahead without embarrassing power outages. No firm agreements have been negotiated, and most of the partners privately say they are more concerned to keep on their own lights, but Eskom on 27 April announced an agreement for the Southern African Power Pool

Eskom says it’s now keen to see the South African power market open up to more players, but the utility is painfully aware that such a move would need better policy leadership than at present, writes Thalia Griffiths. Eskom chairman Bobby Godsell has a vision for South Africa in which badly needed infrastructure spending is used as the motor to protect the economy from global recession.

ArcelorMittal South Africa has acquired ArcelorMittal Group’s 16.3% stake in Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) for R404.5m ($45m) in cash

Discussing government plans for a second nuclear plant, shelved in December because of the high cost, Eskom chairman Bobby Godsell told an audience at Chatham House the state utility had been unhappy with the bids.

South Africa’s generous new renewable energy feed-in tariff (Refit) regime, announced by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), is a potentially significant catalyst for Africa’s slow-moving carbon credits market. The new regime is designed to spur potential wind, mini-hydro, landfill-gas and solar power investments, where carbon credits are available

Aggreko opens $10m permanent site in South Africa; AREVA: Uranium deal with DRC; Egyptian giant wins WDEPC Abu Qir contract

Bowleven bid slashed; TGS-Nopec completes Somaliland survey; Sipetrol sells Egyptian block; Sasol spreads international reach in PNG

CAMEROON: US bauxite miner seeks power; EGYPT: Ain Sokhna financing; KENYA: Wind map tender; KENYA: Wind turbine tender; MOZAMBIQUE: Coal India wins concessions on two blocks; RWANDA/BURUNDI: Interconnection loan; SOUTH AFRICA: Alstom contract for Koeberg; ZAMBIA: Kariba North construction launched