France has sanctioned a loan of KES 8.3 billion (US$98.1 million) for Kenya to upgrade its power transmission lines and eliminate electricity crisis 
The new tariff system is expected to stabilise the power sector. (Image source: Rambla/Flickr)
Nigeria has launched a new power tariff system under which rich consumers will pay more while power costs will be sufficiently reduced for poorer users
Harmony Gold Mining is planning to collaborate with various partners to build a solar power plant in the north of South Africa
The World Bank has announced that it will partly fund the construction of six mini-power stations in rural Tanzania
The Nigerian government has reiterated its target of using coal to generate 30 per cent of the country’s electricity by 2015
