The Angolan Ministry of Energy and Water has embarked on projects to revamp the country’s hydropower infrastructure. (Image source: USACE/Flickr)
The Angolan government has announced plans to invest up to US$4.09bn for constructing the Laúca Dam in the Kwanza Norte province, which is expected to generate 2,060 MW of hydroelectric power
The Kariba South plant is powered by the Kariba Dam. (Image source: Dave Cross/Flickr)
Work to expand Zimbabwe’s Kariba South hydro power plant and boost its output to 1,050MW from the current 750MW is set to start in January 2014, a spokesperson for state power utility ZESA has said
Domestic power customers who consume less than 50 kWh of electricity will not be affected by this new system of tariffs, EWURA said. (Image source: Ruben GS/sxc.hu)
Tanzania’s energy and water utilities regulatory authority (EWURA) has announced a 40 per cent increase in electricity tariffs effective January 2014
About 80 per cent of the construction of the Gilgel Gibe III hydropower project has been completed. (Image source: Gisela Giardino/Flickr)
A hydropower project in Ethiopia, with the capacity to generate 1,870 MW of electricity, has been scheduled to commence operations in September 2014
The project includes the construction of 145 km of low-voltage 33 kV lines and 370 km of medium-voltage lines, along with the purchase and installation of 195 transformer stations. (Image source: JeffersonDavis/Flickr)
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has awarded South Sudan a US$26mn grant to rehabilitate and expand the electricity distribution networks in its capital city, Juba
