Zambia launches $2 billion hydro-power project
Zambia has begun the construction of what it says is a major hydro-power project aimed at boosting the country’s electricity generation capacity, Xinhua news agency […]
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Zambia-economic crisis: President seeks God’s intervention
Zambia holds a day of prayer and fasting, with bars shut and football matches cancelled, to seek divine help over the country’s currency collapse and […]
Kenya: Google to buy Africa’s largest wind farm
Google Inc. has agreed to buy a 12.5% stake in Africa’s largest wind project, Kenya’s Lake Turkana, from Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems […]
Zambia forecasts 15% drop in copper output
Zambia is expected to produce 600 000 tons of copper this year, down 15 percent from 708 000 tons in 2014, a government official said […]
South Africa seeks $15 bln by 2022 for new energy production
South Africa’s ageing electricity transmission grid needs investment of $15 billion by 2022 to develop new energy production, an executive at German state development bank […]
Kenya: Electricity users to pay higher bills in August
Electricity consumers in Kenya face double-barreled increments in their August power bills after the energy regulator moved to significantly raise fuel and currency fluctuation levies. […]
Zambia: Copper mines facing 30% cut in power supply
Zambia’s power provider to mining companies, Copperbelt Energy Corp., has announced a power supply cut by 30 percent starting Thursday midnight, the country’s Chamber of […]
Ethiopia: Africa’s fastest growing economy prepares first dollar bond
A source has revealed that Ethiopia is preparing to follow the footsteps of Ghana, Kenya Senegal and Ivory Coast by selling its first dollar bond. […]
Algeria to go nuclear in 2025
Yousef Yousfi, Algeria’s minister of Energy and Mines has told reporters that the government is planning to begin the construction of a nuclear power plant […]
Kenya gets French loan to upgrade electricity distribution
France will extend Kenya a 78.5 million euro loan to help the African country upgrade its power transmission lines and eliminate blackouts. The concessional loan […]