If the cash-strapped authorities don't settle an U.S.$80 million debt to South Africa's electricity utility, Eskom, by the end of May, massive load-shedding could begin. Read more »
Despite a row over a trade deal, the European bloc, working with the German Development Bank and the French Agency for Development, is funding electrification projects in ... Read more »
Electricity supply would be disrupted in many parts of Lagos this week as Eko Electricity Distribution Company to address technical and maintenance issue. Read more »
Off-grid solar should be Africa's energy future, writes Werner Van Zyl for The Conversation Africa. Off-grid means energy infrastructure that is controlled and managed by local ... Read more »
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has been ordered by the African National Congress to rescind the reinstatement of Brian Molefe, calling the Eskom board's actions "reckless ... Read more »
Brian Molefe, the former Eskom CEO resigned under a cloud after reports of his association with the Gupta family who are accused of state capture in the former public protector ... Read more »
The procurement of 9.6 gigawatts of nuclear energy has been declared unlawful and unconstitutional by the Western Cape High Court, and the all agreements that South Africa pursued ... Read more »
With Zambia in the throes of the worst droughts in history, people are turning to charcoal for their power needs. The Southern African country has long relied on rainfall to ... Read more »
The African Development Bank has approved a U.S.$14.57 million supplementary loan for the country's power project which will be used to rehabilitate and expand electricity ... Read more »
The East Africa's biggest natural-gas reserves holder has taken the first step to join the global race for liquefied natural gas by setting out terms on which foreign investors ... Read more »
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