South African Investor Makes Bribery Claims

The Herald

A South African investor, who was recently awarded a licence for a US$250 million 100MW solar project, claims the deal is being frustrated by officials who are pressing for a… Read more »

Load Shedding - Cape Town Warns That Water Supply May Be Intermittent At Stage 6

News24Wire

Capetonians who are seeing red over load shedding should also prepare for possible interruptions to their water supply should Eskom decide to move to Stage 6, it emerged on… Read more »

48 Percent of Zimbabweans Have Access to Electricity - Survey

New Zimbabwe

At least 48 percent of Zimbabweans are connected to the country's power grid, making Zimbabwe number 25 out of 34 surveyed African countries in terms of citizen access to… Read more »

Blackout Looms As Electricity Workers' Ultimatum Expires

This Day

Workers in the electricity industry are set to go on a strike, which would disrupt electricity supply nationwide, following the expiration of their 21-day ultimatum to the federal… Read more »

Twelve Years of Load Shedding - Written, Starring & Directed By the ANC [analysis]

Daily Maverick

The ANC will no doubt deny that it can be held responsible for load shedding and it will explain how mistakes were made. But it has not, as far as is known, closed down Chancellor… Read more »

Eskom Power Crisis Keeps Zimbabwe in the Dark

263Chat

Zimbabwe's hopes for an improvement in power supply have been dashed following a major setback in power generation at South Africa's utility company, Eskom due to a reported… Read more »

Ghana Poised to Generate Revenue From Gas Power

Ghanaian Times

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that significant sums of money in excess of billion dollars will be made in the course of the next 10 years in the generation… Read more »

Ghana to Establish U.S.$2.8 Billion Pulp Mill

Ghanaian Times

Ghana will soon produce its own paper to boost the paper industry in the country and also for export to the West African sub region. Read more »

Progress Toward 'Reliable Energy for All' Stalls Across Africa, Afrobarometer Survey Finds [press release]

Afrobarometer

Efforts to provide "reliable energy for all" are making little progress in Africa, a new Afrobarometer analysis shows. Read more »

Rusumo Project - Energy Ministers Want Power Plant Completion Before 2021

New Times

Although the progress of construction works of 80MW Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project (RRFHP) are at 59 percent, Ministers in charge of Energy in Rwanda, Burundi and… Read more »

Load Shedding Likely to Persist All Week

SAnews.gov.za

Incessant rains which hit the country last week are impacting coal handling and operations, could lead to load shedding for the rest of the week, Eskom said on Monday. Read more »

Welcome to Stage Six Load Shedding - SA Can Probably Kiss 2019 GDP Growth Goodbye [analysis]

Daily Maverick

The last thing South Africa's economy needed was another round of load shedding. It certainly did not need the unprecedented phase of stage six. If it persists this week, the… Read more »

Nigeria's Gas Flaring Profile Drops to 25% in 20 Years

Vanguard

Nigeria's global gas flaring profile has dropped from 65 per cent to 25 per cent in the past 20 years because of increased processing and export of Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG. Read more »

Luanda Under "Blackout" Again

ANGOP

For the second time, in less than 30 days, Luanda is again under a general power cut, due to sudden breakdown in the North and Central Interconnected System. Read more »

Kenya Rises to the Top Five in Global Clean Energy Ranking

East African

Kenya has been ranked fifth globally in an annual Bloomberg index measuring investments and opportunities in clean energy, underlining the country's position as the centre of… Read more »