DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania//-– African heads of state, business leaders, and development partners will converge tomorrow in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit where they will commit to ambitious reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to 300 million people in Africa by 2030.
Washington DC, US// – The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a landmark investment program to bolster regional power system integration, enhance energy security, and advance the transition to a more affordable, sustainable, and lower carbon power sector in West Africa.
Abidjan, Ivory Coast//-Across Africa, the sunlight shines bright and natural resources abound. Yet despite that lies a pressing issue that threatens to stifle the continent’s growth and prosperity: the lack of access to reliable and sustainable electricity.
Accra, Ghana//-Energy Minister-designate John Abdulai Jinapor has outlined a six-month timeline to establish a comprehensive framework for private sector participation in the operations of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
Accra, Ghana//-The Chief of Staff Julius Derbrah is chairing a crucial meeting at the Private Office of President John Dramani Mahama to resolve the looming energy crisis created by the outgone Akufo Addo government.
South Africa// — Energy supermajor Eni has announced it has successfully kicked off Phase 2 of the flagship Baleine field offshore Ivory Coast. Said to be the largest discovery in the country and the first net-zero emission upstream project – in terms of Scope 1 and 2 – on the African continent, this monumental milestone […]
Monrovia, Liberia// — The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has selected Liberia as newly eligible to develop a compact. Liberia was selected as eligible in recognition of the country’s commitment to pursuing critical economic and democratic governance reforms.
Accra, Ghana//– nLine Inc., in collaboration with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), today released the GridWatch Accra Dataset.
Istanbul, Turkey//- — Karpowership, a major international energy company renowned for its innovative solutions, has announced its plans to invest a transformative $1 billion of LNG-to-Power infrastructure that will be based in Mozambique and made available to the entire South African Power Pool (SAPP).
Kigali, Rwanda//-Fortis Green Renewables Investment Management, a renewable energy investment firm currently investing out of its Green Fund I, and AXIAN Energy, a division of the Pan-African Group AXIAN today announced the acquisition of stakes in Gigawatt Global Rwanda Ltd (Gigawatt Rwanda), a solar power plant located in Rwanda, on the grounds of the Agahozo-Snalom […]
