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13th July 2020

Angola: The ESEEP is set for 60% Electrification by 2025

The government of Angola is stepping up efforts to ensure 60% electrification by 2025. The Energy Sector Efficiency and Expansion Program (ESEEP) will create an interconnected national grid supplying north,...

11th July 2020

Nigeria: NNPC Announces 19.14% Increase in Natural Gas Supply to Power Plants for April 2020

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced on Thursday 9th July 2020 that there has been an increase of 19.14% in the average daily natural gas supply to power plants...

11th July 2020

Ghana has already lost $1.04 billion in the Oil Sector due to COVID-19 pandemic

The Director-General of the Ghanaian Petroleum Regulator, Egbert Faibille Jr, revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a shortfall of $1.04 billion for Ghana. Exploration is said to be the...

10th July 2020

Solar X Secures Financing from EAV for Development of Solar Market for Businesses in West Africa

Energy Access Venture (EAV), a seed investment fund that invests in renewable energy in Africa has aided Malian-based solar company, SolarX, in securing a Class/Series A funding for its intended...

10th July 2020

IFC Provides COVID-19 Relief to Mauritania through Addax Energy

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is set to provide $35 million as part of a $200 million credit facility arranged by Societe Generale to aid Addax Energy SA in delivering...

10th July 2020

Guinea: AFC Sings Joint Development Agreement with Brahms Oil Refineries

The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Brahms Oil Refineries Limited on the development and financing of a petroleum storage and associated refinery project...

9th July 2020

Nigeria: DPR Announces it has Received Over 600 bids for the Ongoing Bid Rounds of Marginal Oilfields

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Nigeria has announced that over 600 companies have already applied to be prequalified for the ongoing bid rounds of the marginal oilfields in...

9th July 2020

Embassy of Switzerland in Zimbabwe Switches to Renewable Energy

The Embassy of Switzerland in Harare, Zimbabwe, through its eight large solar panels can now generate up to 160 kilowatts (KW). During the joint commissioning with the Minister of Energy...

9th July 2020

Namibia/Botswana: ReconAfrica Completes Technical Evaluation in the Kavango Basin

Reconnaissance Energy Africa (ReconAfrica) has announced the completion of a comprehensive subsurface evaluation delineating large scale, prospective conventional hydrocarbon-bearing structures in the entire Kavango Basin. ReconAfrica is a junior oil...

8th July 2020

Botswana: Minister, BERA Warns Against Hoarding of Fuel and Illegal Sales

The unprecedented demand for fuel in Botswana which has seen the demand days gone up folds in recent days, and has caused long queues at commercial fuel stations has prompted...