AfDB Approves $379.6M Desert to Power financing facility for the G5 Sahel countries

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved the Desert to Power G5 Sahel Financing Facility, covering Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. The Bank envisages … Read More

SOUTH AFRICA: Redstone Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Achieves First Debt Draw Down

Commercial operation scheduled to start in Q4 2023; The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) acted as the Mandated Lead Arranger and Coordinating Bank, committing ZAR 2.306 billion to the transaction; The ZAR … Read More

SOUTH AFRICA: Magnora Acquires Project Rights of more than 1700 MW Wind and Solar PV projects

Magnora is increasing its focus in the South African solar and wind market by acquiring 92% of the renewable project development company African Green Ventures (AGV). The remaining 8% will be owned by AGV … Read More

BOTSWANA: Tlou Energy Provides Operational Report

Project Areas The Company has three project areas in Botswana: ·    Lesedi Project – Gas & Solar Power, Hydrogen production ·    Mamba Project – Exploration & Evaluation ·    Boomslang Project – Exploration & Evaluation Lesedi Project Area, Botswana Licences:              Production … Read More

KENYA: Globeleq’s Malindi Solar Plant is Generating Clean Energy to the National Grid

Globeleq and its project partner, Africa Energy Development Corporation (AEDC), has indicated that its 52MWp Malindi Solar photovoltaic (PV) plant has been exporting 40 MWac of power into the national … Read More

EGYPT: Sungrow & KarmSolar Cooperate on the Microgrid BESS Project for Cairo 3A Group

Recently, Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables, signed a new BESS contract with KarmSolar, Egyptian largest private sector solar energy provider. Sungrow will provide 2.576MWp PV inverter … Read More

ZIMBABWE: UN’s SDG-Fund has approved USD 45 M Programme on Catalysing Investments in Renewable Energy

The United Nations SDG-Fund has approved Zimbabwe’s USD 45 Million programme on catalyzing investments in Renewable Energy (RE) for the acceleration of the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) … Read More

Africa “Silent” as Global Oil and Gas investments Expand to Hit $628 billion – Rystad Energy

Global oil and gas investments will expand by $26 billion this year as the industry continues its protracted recovery from the worst of the pandemic and the hurdles imposed by … Read More

BOTSWANA: AfDB’s SEFA to Provide $1 million in Support Energy Transition Regulatory & Policy Framework

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has approved a $1 million grant to facilitate Botswana’s transition to clean energy. The technical assistance project … Read More