Dar Es Salaam News
US support for Tanzania's electrical power sector
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary state, has pledged support for Tanzania
Arusha News
Studying biomass production in Arusha
Energy experts meet in Arusha on 10 November to discuss ways to encourage the use of briquettes to substitute charcoal and wood fuel, used widely in cooking throughout Sub-Sahara Africa.
The six-d...
Maputo News
US oil company Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has discovered oil deposits at a depth of 5,100 metres off the coast of northern Mozambique. The announcement was made by Mozambique's minister of mineral...
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia examines wind power project
State electricity company Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) is considering an ambitious proposal for the construction of a 300 MW wind farm in eastern Ethiopia near the Djibouti border, the...
Dar Es Salaam News
Tanzania to start drilling for oil
London-based oil and gas exploration and production company Ophir Energy is to start prospecting for oil off the coast of Tanzania in what will be the first ever deepwater drilling project in the coun...
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia inaugurates new hydropower project
A new hydropower plant with a generating capacity of 460MW has gone into operation in a boost to the struggling power sector in Ethiopia.
The Tana Beles Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project on the sh...
Dar Es Salaam News
French nuclear energy giant Areva has expressed interest in developing Tanzania
Cape Town News
South Africa’s Eskom looks for funds
State electricity provider Eskom has appointed JP Morgan Chase and Swiss bank Credit Suisse to help raise money to fund a five-year expansion plan to address a major electricity shortage in South Afri...
Accra News
Ghana Boundary Commission established
Ghana has set up a commission to determine and demarcate its land and sea boundaries amid fears that Ivory Coast is laying claim to part of its recently discovered offshore oil reserves.
The 14-me...
Nairobi News
Prepaid electricity scheme in Nairobi
Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) is testing a pilot scheme in Nairobi for prepaid electricity sales. Potential customers will be able to pay for electricity in advance, along the same lines as...
Accra News
Ghana to get wind power project
Ghana could get a 80 megawatt wind farm under plans to diversify electricity production in the country.
Currently Ghana generates much of its electricity from two hydroelectric power plants on the...
Lagos News
Nigeria to deregulate domestic fuel market
Nigeria is to deregulate its domestic fuel market on 1 November in an attempt to contain costs and increase competition and efficiency in the sub-sector. The federal government can no longer sustain t...
Nairobi News
Kenya to start drilling for oil
A Chinese company is to start prospective drilling for oil in central Kenya before the end of October, the Daily Nation newspaper reports. The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is to sin...
Lagos News
The Nigerian government has signed a contract with French wind turbine manufacturer Vergnet to design, build, install and maintain a wind farm in Nigeria. The contract is thought to be worth in the re...
Addis Ababa News
Alternative income for women firewood collectors
Former firewood collectors and sellers in Addis Ababa are to benefit from an income-generating scheme set up by the oil and gas company Total allowing them to sell fuel.
Under the project the 25...
Cape Town News
Eskom postpones projects as tariffs rise
State electricity provider Eskom has said it is to postpone seven billion rand worth of new power projects this year due to a funding shortfall. The deferral comes as the utility reported a full-year...
Addis Ababa News
Gilgel Gibe II to be comissioned in September.
The 5.2 billion birr Gilgel Gibe II hydroelectric power project 250 km south-west of Addis Ababa is to go into operation shortly.
Sources at the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) say the...
Dar Es Salaam News
Residents of the middle- and upper-income suburbs north of the centre city area will be affected by power cuts over the coming weeks due to the rehabilitation of two electricity sub-stations in the ar...
Cape Town News
Eskom workers threaten strike.
There is no end to the problems for the new government of president Jacob Zuma with employees of the state electricity provider Eskom now threatening a strike over pay.
The National Union of Minework...
