Kenya has announced that it will build a 1,000 MW nuclear plant worth US$3.5bn by 2025 to support the country’s growing energy needs
Power Generation
Namibia gas-to-power plant to be built within three years
Namibias national power company NamPower and Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) have agreed to develop a gas-to-power plant worth US$1.2bn in Kudu by 2017
Construction begins on Obama's US$21 billion electrification project
US president Barack Obamas multi-billion dollar project Power Africa will comprise solar and wind installations in six sub-Saharan countries to increase access to electricity
DR Congo gears up for major hydro projects
The World Bank will invest an estimated US$550mn in hydro projects annually over 10 years in collaboration with the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
South Sudan to get US$26 million grant for electricity distribution network
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a grant of US$26mn to rehabilitate and expand electricity networks in South Sudan