US-based Endeavor Energy has signed an agreement with Joule Africa to jointly develop a US$700mn hydroelectric power project in Sierra Leone
Energy
Egypt to launch tender for first nuclear power plant in early 2014
Egypts Ministry for Electricity and Energy has announced that an international tender to build the country’s first nuclear power station will be launched in January 2014
Brazil's Camargo Correa to bid for hydroelectric power projects in Ghana
The Brazilian ambassador to Ghana has announced that Sao Paulo-based construction company Camargo Correa plans to bid for hydroelectric power projects in the African nation
Barclays unit to fund one-third of South Africa’s clean energy projects
The African corporate banking unit of Barclays has agreed to fund almost one-third of the US$3.3bn clean energy projects in South Africa
AfDB grants US$193 million for Mano River Union energy project
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has awarded a US$193mn grant for an electricity networks interconnection project for the Mano River Union countries