The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted a US$1bn loan to Angola for the West African country’s Angola Power Sector Reform Support Programme
Energy
GE and partners to develop Ghana thermal power project
US-based General Electric and its partners, Endeavour Energy and Finagestion, have signed a joint development agreement for the Ghana 1000 project
US’ Ormat among firms chosen to build Kenya power project
Ormat Technologies announced that it has been awarded its first well head power plant project by Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company (GDC) in the Menengai geothermal field in Kenya on a Build-Own-Transfer (BOT) basis
Samsung launches solar-powered internet school in Rwanda
Samsung Electronics East Africa has launched the first solar-powered internet school (SPIS) at GS Kamabare School in Bugesera District, Rwanda
Canadian firm to invest US$5 billion on solar projects in Nigeria
Skypower FAS Energy has signed agreements with both the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Delta State Government for the development, construction and operation of 3,000MW of solar photovoltaic projects