Zimbabwe will ramp up its electricity imports over the next few weeks, potentially easing rolling power cuts, after it agreed to make payments to clear its debt to a regional power utility, a treasury official said on Monday. The southern African nation has endured 18-hour
In a statement, NEF, an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), explains that it will award the NEF Fellows at its NEF Global Gathering 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya on 10 March 2020, under the patronage of President Uhuru Kenyatta. The NEF Fellows
Founded by Patrik Huber, Jan Albert Valk and Sakkie van Wijk, Solarise Africa is an energy leasing company for solar and other energy assets focusing on commercial and industrial clients (C&I). The company, which provides smart financing via a selected group of partners, raised the first tranche
The widespread use of charcoal for cooking in African cities can cause devastating damage to forests up to 300 km away, scientist Sebastian Rodriguez-Sanchez found while working on energy and agriculture issues in West Africa. So in 2015, he co-founded a business to try to
Most ethylene capacity additions will be from Egypt with a capacity of around 1.70 mtpa by 2023. Global ethylene capacity is poised to register a considerable growth of 40 per cent from 189.13mn tonnes per annum in 2018 in 264.13 mtpa in 2023, led by
The Nigerian government has agreed to a deal with the German energy company in an attempt to fix the country’s unreliable electricity grid. Nigeria has signed a six-year power deal with German energy giant Siemens, which will result in the production of at least 25,000
With over 20 years’ experience, Lloyd Chater has joined Pinsent Masons’ Johannesburg office as a partner, where he will work across the African continent with a focus on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) which are concerned with equity capital markets and infrastructure and energy assets. Chater joins the firm
Rabat – As the world continues to inch closer to the catastrophic effects of climate change, Morocco features among the world’s most environment-friendly countries. In its resolution to pave the way towards an even more renewable future, the Moroccan government has put together an ambitious
“The Hatta power generation project aligns with DEWA’s efforts to contribute effectively in achieving the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to make Dubai a global hub for clean energy and green economy, and increase the production
The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons held a successful investment drive in China with Chinese investors in an event organised by the Africa Energy Chamber in Beijing, China The Ministry officials delivered presentations on the current EG Ronda Licensing Rounds 2019 for oil and gas