Malawi has secured a loan of US$76.5mn from the Export-Import Bank of India for the construction of fuel reserve facilities
Energy
AfDB approves new loan for Ethiopia-Kenya power project
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an additional loan amount of US$115mn to finance the construction of an electricity highway running between Ethiopia and Kenya
US grant to fund Liberian power sector expansion project
The US government has granted Liberia US$9.1mn to expand the electricity supply to the country’s capital city, Monrovia, and its surrounding areas
ABB wins South African solar power orders worth US$225mn
Power and automation technology group, ABB, has confirmed that it has won orders worth around US$225mn to supply two turnkey photovoltaic (PV) power plants that will be built in Limpopo in South Africa
Sasol's gas engine power plant goes live in South Africa
Sasol has announced that its US$215mn gas engine power plant in Sasolburg has begun producing electricity for the first time as part of the facilitys test phase