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Nigeria: Govt Opens Largest Off-Grid Solar Power Plant
This Day, 3 September 2019
The federal government will today (Tuesday) inaugurate the largest off-grid solar hybrid power plant in Africa at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), under the Energising Education… Read more »
Bayero University Blazing New Trail With Solar Power Plant
The Nigerian university now has the largest off-grid solar hybrid power plant in Africa which is part of the first phase of the energising education programme, run by the Rural Electrification Agency. The plant will deliver clean and sustainable energy to nine federal universities and one university teaching hospital in the next four years.
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The government has secured a U.S.$200 million loan from the African Development Bank to fund electricity projects in the country. The loan will support rural electrification ... Read more »
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The World Bank report shows that Nigeria scored high as it made improvements in ease of starting a business, getting electricity Read more »
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The government says it has recovered U.S.$65 million debt owed to it by Niger and Benin as part-payment for electricity supplied to the two neighbouring countries. Read more »
