Azuri Technologies Ltd, a leading commercial provider of pay-as-you-go solar home solutions to rural off-grid communities, has announced the appointment of Steve Haigh to the senior management team in the new role of vice-president software and services
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Globeleq to acquire South African renewable assets from Brookfield
Globeleq, a power sector leader in Africa, has acquired Brookfield Asset Management’s interests in its South African renewable energy portfolio
Equatorial Guinea directs cancellation of CHC Helicopter contracts
The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea has mandated the country’s petroleum operators to cancel all contracts with Canadian-based CHC Helicopters, due to noncompliance of Equatorial Guinea’s national content regulations
‘Investment in electricity surpasses oil and gas in 2017’
The electricity sector has attracted the largest share of energy investments in 2017, exceeding the oil and gas industry for the second year in row, according to the latest review of global energy spending by International Energy Agency (IEA)
GE Power releases whitepaper on digitisation of energy transmission and distribution in Africa
As Africa faces emerging opportunities to help deliver efficient, affordable and reliable electricity to consumers, GE Power’s Grid Solutions business has unveiled a whitepaper on the “Digitisation of Energy Transmission and Distribution in Africa”