Zesa Must Sort Out Token System [editorial]

The Herald

It is time the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority Holdings (ZESA) puts its house in order to ensure the pre-paid electronic system does not continue to inconvenience its… Read more »

Energy Ministry Prefers Imported Transformers

Monitor

The Ministry of Energy, save for the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (UEDCL), has defied the Presidential directive to procure locally made transformers in favour of… Read more »

Power Sector - N1.8 Trillion Wasted in 7 Years - Senate

Vanguard

The Senate has started probing about N1.8 trillion the Federal Government invested in the Power Sector through the Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, from 2013 to date. Read more »

The Politics of National Grid and the Modular Alternative [opinion]

Premium Times

If we are truly desirous of a permanent solution to our perennial darkness in Nigeria, it is high time to reverse the extant laws governing electricity generation, transmission,… Read more »

Senate Probes N1.8trn Intervention Fund in Power Sector

Premium Times

The Senate is probing over N1.8 trillion federal government interventions in the Power Sector since privatisation of the sector from 2012 to date. Read more »

Country Launches First Electric Taxi Service and Charging Network

New Zimbabwe

VAYA Africa, a Mauritius-registered Transportation as a Service (TaaS) company, has launched an electric vehicle service in Zimbabwe as part of the company's rollout strategy… Read more »

Outrage Over Zesa System

The Herald

Challenges in purchasing electricity tokens have plunged most houses into darkness, a development that sparked outrage in most suburbs with consumers accusing the power utility of… Read more »

Price Cuts Will Cost State-Owned Electricity Firm U.S.$15 Million

AIM

Mozambique's publicly-owned electricity company, EDM, expects to lose about 15 million US dollars this year from the price cuts ordered by the government, as part of its response… Read more »

Egypt Lodges Complaint to UN Security Council Over Ethiopia's Plan to Fill Dam

East African

Egypt has submitted a complaint letter to the UN Security Council in protest to Ethiopia's plan to fill the controversial hydro-power dam project known as Grand Ethiopian… Read more »

Govt Clears Gh¢2.63 Billion Legacy Owed ECG

Ghanaian Times

The Minister of Energy, John Peter Amewu says the government has cleared the GH¢2.63 billion legacy debts owed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Read more »

Discos, Gencos Lack Capacity - - Gbajabiamila

Vanguard

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday declared the privatisation of the power sector, a failure. Read more »

DPR - Nigeria's Proven Gas Reserves Now 203.16 Trillion Cubic Feet

This Day

The federal government has put Nigeria's total gas reserves as of January 1, 2020, at 203.16 trillion cubic feet (TCF), representing a marginal increase of 1.16tcf or 0.57 per cent… Read more »

Eskom Loses Patience With Non-Paying Mpumalanga Municipalities, Caps Power Supply

News24Wire

Eskom's patience with the non-payment of accounts by Mpumalanga's municipalities have reached breaking point to such an extent that it has capped the amount of power supplied to… Read more »

Protest Rocks Abuja, Osogbo Over Sack of TCN MD/CEO

Vanguard

Protests yesterday rocked Abuja and Osogbo, the Osun State capital, over the sack of the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the Transmission Company of Nigeria,… Read more »

Power Sector Privatisation Has Failed, Needs Review - Lawan

Premium Times

Nigeria's Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has called for a review of the privatisation of the country's power sector. Read more »