A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has revealed that N11 trillion meant to provide electricity was allegedly squandered under the governments of ... Read more »
A Chinese consortium says a decision by the Ugandan government to choose a joint venture made up of American and Italian firms to build a $4 billion oil refinery project is ... Read more »
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has hosted his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni to lay the foundation stone for the project, which is expected to take three years and create ... Read more »
The government has directed some of its institutions - including prisons, hospitals, military camps and schools - to start phasing out the use of charcoal as a source of cooking ... Read more »
The Ethiopia Electricity Utility is unable to keep up with the latest technology in order to deliver a secure, reliable supply, while dealing with challenges like theft, writes ... Read more »
President Yoweri Museveni's oil refinery project has suffered another blow with a major Chinese contractor quitting, writes Haggai Matsiko in The Independent. Read more »
Public Enterprises Minister Lynn Brown has asked that the new interim board investigate the financial affairs of the power utility, following media reports that it was bankrupt. Read more »
The benefits for Ethiopia and for many electricity-importing countries in East Africa are clear. However the implications for downstream countries aren't all positive - and need to ... Read more »
The British government has said that it is ready to invest in pipeline infrastructure, renewable energy, gas and power in the Nigerian oil and gas Industry. Read more »
An association for liquefied petroleum gas says influential Kenyan firms want to monopolise the business in that country. "The consequence of the ban is that some companies in ... Read more »
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