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Tlou Energy has said it has now obtained all the required approvals to develop its Lesedi coalbed methane gas-to-power power project. The first phase involves development of 10MW for sale to Botswana Power Corporation (BPC).

The government made a significant step towards establishing the laws and regulations to allow the new transmission system operator (TSO) at Eskom to work, when in February it published the 2nd Amendment Bill for the Electricity Regulation Act. Views on the draft bill, which is currently subject to 30 days public comment, are starting to emerge as the industry absorbs its contents.

Namibia Power Corporation has terminated its power supply agreement with Congo Namibia Trading, a privately held company that serves a settlement near Otavi, Kombat village. Congo Namibia has reportedly been owned by powerful local businessman Knowledge Katti since 2015.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s first budget speech was welcomed as another safe budget in a long history of safe budgets in South Africa. But the challenges facing the government continue to mount: the National Treasury expects the economy to grow by 2.1% in 2022, dropping to 1.8% over the medium term.

Textile exporter United Aryan said it had connected its 1.8MW rooftop solar PV project in Nairobi.

A $260m programme to give 300,000 Lusaka residents access to electricity for the first time is due for completion next year, connecting at least 63,000 households, mostly in densely-populated and restive slums of the city.

The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources is seeking expressions of interest from consultants to support financial planning for its rural electrification strategy, as resources and energy minister Gaston Eloundou Essomba revealed an estimated financing gap of FCFA874bn ($435m) for 2022-30.

National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Mustafa Sanalla met senior executives from a number of international oil companies (IOCs), during a visit to Houston in early March. More than any other official, Sanalla remains the person that upstream companies need to stay in touch with to maintain their interests in Libya.

A 22 March agreement between the government and a joint venture called Koko Rwanda – majority owned by Koko Networks alongside consulting company and co-developer Dalberg – will see Rwanda waive VAT and import duties on equipment and ethanol while Koko Rwanda invests $25m developing a nationwide bioethanol cooking fuel network.

Scatec insider Terje Pilskog replaces longstanding chief executive Raymond Carlsen as chief executive of the renewable energy developer. Carlsen steps down after 13 years in post – a period when the Oslo-based developer has expanded significantly.

Ignoring pressure on him to stand down, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dabaiba has authorised the Ministry of Finance to pay for a major new oil refinery in south-west Libya. The project is already the subject of an intricate financing scheme

Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) chairman Mustafa Sanalla says outgoing Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Dabaiba’s Government of National Unity (GNU)’s failure to pay the national oil company’s budgets means oil production could fall at any moment – and there is no scope to increase gas exports to Italy.

France’s GreenYellow Océan Indien, part of the Casino Group, has signed an agreement with Mauritius’ Central Electricity Board (CEB) to build a 13.86MW plant at Arsenal, in the north of the island. The project, which is expected to generate more than 22GWh, is the second solar PV plant to be developed by GreenYellow for CEB. The company brought online the 16.3MW Solitude solar PV plant as minority shareholder alongside Mauritius construction company Joonas & Co. in February 2019.

London AIM-listed Savannah Energy has joined the trend for independent oil companies (IOCs) to follow their larger peers’ move into renewable energy (RE), with the signing of a memorandum of understanding for a 250MW wind project in Niger. It is understood the project that will emerge is likely to be much smaller than the announced amount.

The prequalified bidders chosen in Mozambique’s sixth licensing round have not had to specify which blocks they are interested in, but the greatest interest is likely to be in the more northerly exploration zones including the Rovuma and Angoche basins