Niger Expels Three Chinese Oil Executives for Allegedly Infringing Local Labor Laws
Following the expulsion of Chinese executives, Niger Oil Minster Sahabi Oumarou had to intervene to clarify that the Chinese were
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Energy
Nigeria Launches $500M Green Fund at SE4All Global Forum to Catalyze Renewable Energy Access
Nigeria officially launched the Distributed Renewable Energy Fund (DREF) with a capitalization of USD 500 million in a bid to
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US Withdraws from Just Energy Transition Partnership
After reneging on the #ParisAgreement, US President Trump issued another Executive Order to remove the US from the Just Energy
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Gabon to Import Electricity from Equatorial Guinea and Aims for 100% Access by 2035
Gabon is among the handful of African countries with an enviable access rate to electricity as high as 93%. In
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Senegal Refines its First Batch of Petroleum Products
Created in 1961, Senegal’s Societe Africaine de Raffinage (SAR) never really took off. Last week, it finally announced it has
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BII Makes Handsome Profit by Selling Stake in Ayana Renewable Power in India
On 12 February 2025, the British International Investment (BII) was pleased to announce that it has signed a share purchase
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Africa50 to Set Up $500M Green Off-Grid Power Fund
Africa50, a pan-continental infrastructural investor based in Casablanca, is setting up a USD 500 million fund targeted at promoting green
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M300 Africa Energy Summit Touts Electrifying Africa as ‘Mission Possible’
On 27 January 2025, the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit kicked off in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Along with
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China Pulls Out of Grand Inga Dam Project, But World Bank Still In
The Chinese contractor Three Gorges Corporation has reportedly pulled out of the Inga Dam project, which, when built, is set
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DFC Disburses 1st Tranche for 105 MW Gas Power Plant in Sierra Leone
On 10 December 2024, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) effected its first disbursement for a USD 292 million
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