Kenya is heading towards a massive increase in power demand in years to come. (Image source: sxc.hu)

The World Bank has granted a sum of US$45mn to develop power generation facilities in Kenya as part of a deal that brought together power company Gulf Power, the Kenyan government and JP Morgan Chase Bank

Tanzania has spent US$183mn to implement emergency power plans to tackle power outages. (Image source: BFS Man)

Tanzania has awarded a US$30mn contract to Finnish firm, Eltel Group, for the construction of an underground electrical transmission line in Dar es Salaam

Uranium Hunter has acquired properties in West Africa to take advantage of demand for uranium. (Image source: Flickr/Michael Kappel)

Uranium Hunter Corporation has announced it has acquired properties in West Africa in order to explore growth opportunities in the demand and supply of uranium for future world demand of electricity

The contract for the electricity distribution network will involve buying transformers, building lines to the water pumping stations and improving the quality of power supply. (Image source: sxc.hu)

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has revealed plans to roll out water and power sector rehabilitation projects in several parts of Zimbabwe under the support of the Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund (Zim-Fund)

The power will be connected to the national grid through a transmission line that will be built from Makambako in Njombe Region to Songea. (Image source: sxc.hu)

The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco) and Symbion Power have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a 400 MW power plant in the Mtwara region of Tanzania