Energy And Digitalization In Africa - Accelerating Without Compromising The Future [guest column]
allAfrica
600 million. This is the alarming number of Africans who still live without access to electricity. This figure h ighlights the scale of the continent's energy challenge. However,… Read more »
Ethiopian Electric Utility Reports Over 50 Million Birr Loss Due to Theft, Damages - 22 Employees Penalized
Addis Standard
The Ethiopian Electricity Utility (EEU) has announced that property theft and destruction worth 50.2 million Birr occurred in the past seven months of the current fiscal year. Read more »
Power Line Wayleave Charges to Push Energy Costs Up By 30pc
Capital FM
Kenya Power has warned that the proposed Sh200 per meter charge for power line wayleaves could increase the country's energy costs by 30 percent, translating to an additional… Read more »
Uganda's Energy Sector Gears Up for Innovation Convention Amid Rapid Growth.
Independent (Kampala)
Uganda's energy sector is experiencing exceptional growth, fueled by significant oil and gas projects and a surge in renewable energy initiatives. Read more »
Wayleave Charges to Push Energy Costs Up By 30% - Kenya Power
Capital FM
The Kenya Power Company has warned that power bills could rise 30 percent if the utility firm pays counties wayleave charges. Read more »
Nigeria, UN Agency Target $500m in Distributed Renewable Energy Fund
This Day
Nigeria and a United Nations-backed agency, Sustainable Energy For All organisation, known as SEforALL, have set a $500 million target for a fund to finance the roll out of… Read more »
60% Manufacturers Forced Off-Grid Due to Unreliable Power Supply - Minister
Vanguard
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has alerted that more than 60 percent of manufacturing companies in Nigeria have been forced to exit the national grid due to unreliable… Read more »
Katsina Govt Signs MOU With UK Firm On Windmill, Solar Power
Daily Trust
Katsina State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Genesis Power and Energy Solutions UK in London for completion and maintenance of Lambar Rimi 10 MW… Read more »
Southern Africa Pushes for Better Energy Access
VOA
Southern Africa energy experts and political leaders pledged to improve access to energy at a summit in Botswana this week. The commitments come as most countries in the region… Read more »
Zimbabwe Faces Rolling Power Blackouts As Zesa Switches Off Hwange Units for Maintenance
New Zimbabwe
THE month of March is set to bring misery to Zimbabweans, who will have to endure incessant power cuts after the country's electricity utility announced plans to shutdown two units… Read more »
X Influencer Misleads On DR Congo Offer of Rare Minerals to U.S., EU
VOA
African Hub, an X content creator with over 800K followers, misquoted Tshisekedi, claiming he requested the U.S. military intervention in exchange for control over his nation's… Read more »
Somalia Signs Energy Cooperation Deal With Azerbaijan
Shabelle
Somalia's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Dahir Shire Maxamed, has signed a cooperation agreement on energy and oil exploration with Azerbaijan's Minister of Energy,… Read more »
Liberia Secures Electricity Supply Agreement
New Republic
The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with CI-Energies in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire to supply electricity to Liberia. Read more »
Sakaja Says Dumping of Waste At Stima Plaza 'Uncouth, Completely Off'
Capital FM
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has described last week's dumping of waste at Stima Plaza as 'uncouth' and 'completely off.' Read more »
NLC Rejects Migration of Lower Electricity Tariffs to Band A
Premium Times
The labour leaders said the migration would further deepen the misery of Nigerians Read more »
