Tunisia Ramps Up its Energy Transition with Series of Solar Projects
Tunisia has already awarded contracts for four utility-scale #PV projects with a total generation capacity of 1.7GW. The solar farms
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Maritime Week Africa 2025 Examines Port Louis as Bunkering Hub Along Cape Route
In the last decade, the volume of bunkering at Port Louis, Mauritius, has more nearly tripled from 284,000 in 2014
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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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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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Power China Breaks Ground on 100 MW Kabwe Solar Project in Zambia
On 1 February 2025, Power China and officials from the Government of Zambia took part in a groundbreaking ceremony for
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