African Energy Resources will finalise a environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) and a definitive feasability study (DFS) of the Sese Coal Project and Mmamabula West Coal Project in Botswana
Energy
Kenya to build first nuclear plant by 2025
Kenya has announced that it will build a 1,000 MW nuclear plant worth US$3.5bn by 2025 to support the country’s growing energy needs
Namibia gas-to-power plant to be built within three years
Namibias national power company NamPower and Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) have agreed to develop a gas-to-power plant worth US$1.2bn in Kudu by 2017
EC to aid renewable energy development in Cape Verde
Cape Verde has announced that it will receive US$75.5mn from the European Commission (EC) for the development of renewable energy sources in the island country
Google to fund solar project targeting poverty alleviation
Google has agreed to fund a US$650,000 two-year Randomised Control Trial study (RCT) into the impact of solar lights on poverty alleviation in Africa