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African governments are united in calling for a better deal from the new global round of climate talks in Copenhagen.

Ethiopia held a dedication ceremony for the $350m Tekeze dam on 14 November.

Belgium’s Office National du Ducroire/Nationale Delcrederedienst (ONDD) has downgraded several sub-Saharan countries this year because of their short-term political risk, according to country analyst Inge Lambrechts.

EGYPT: Two new finds for Dana Gas; ETHIOPIA: Government plays down Ogaden rebel threat; GABON: Perenco acquires Marathon fields; NIGERIA: Seismic acquired over Aje field block; SOMALIA: New block for Somaliland bid round; SUDAN: Contract for Seadrill jack-up West Prospero

ANGOLA: Nineteenth oil discovery in Block 31; REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Marine XI drilling; ETHIOPIA: Petronas resumes exploration in Ogaden; MAURITANIA: Total drilling in Taoudeni Basin; NIGERIA: Oriental launches Ebok field development; SEYCHELLES: Black Marlin starts new seismic; TUNISIA: Australian company takes Chorbane permit

Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) has signed contracts with Chinese companies for the construction of the Genale Dawa-3 and Chemoga Yeda hydroelectric power (HEP) projects, and for the Mesobo Harena and Adama wind projects.

The African Development Bank is committed to hydropower, reports François Misser, who met its president Donald Kaberuka and his team

BENIN/TOGO: CEB seeks equipment for Nangbeto; BOTSWANA: Substation and transmission line tender; CAMEROON: Hyundai to build power plant for Logbaba gas; EGYPT: North Giza deadline deferred; ETHIOPIA: Equipment sought for Gibe 3; MOZAMBIQUE: Self Energy sets up local venture; TUNISIA: Bizerte bids due in January

ALGERIA: Hadjret En Nouss start-up, ETHIOPIA: MoU with Sinohydro for two new dams

Dismissed for years as a gas play at best, East Africa is now seeing a brisk pace of activity despite the debt woes besetting some of the region’s smaller pioneers

Canada’s Epsilon Energy has converted its study agreement into a production-sharing agreement (PSA) with the Ministry of Mines and Energy for an area of 79,345km2 in north-west Ethiopia (AE 147/18).

ETHOPIA: Energyst brings in emergency power; NAMIBIA: Tender for diesel plant; TUNISIA: Iberdrola completes grid update

German companies win solar contracts; Aggreko installs 30MW power plant for EEPCo; WAPP and domestic transmission line tenders; ONE buys into Casablanca public lighting; Bids for Ruacana IV civil works, Transmission line tender; Grid expansion tenders

Like Lahmeyer International, Fichtner’s turnover in Africa last year was also around E30m. Apart from

Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation has signed contracts totalling $31.4m with Bosnia’s Energoinvest and Iran’s Sunir to build transmission lines and substations to link its grid with Sudan (AE 154/9).