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
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Tanzania hikes electricity tariff by 40 per cent

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
Ethiopia’s Gilgel Gibe III hydropower project to commence operations in September 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
AfDB grants South Sudan US$26 million for Juba electricity project

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
Gambia, Sierra Leone and Mali receive US$108 million grant from ECOWAS

The EERPIEF programme aims to help establish uninterrupted power supply in the region by 2015. (Image source: Constance/Flickr)
The governments of Gambia, Sierra Leone and Mali have each received a share of US$108mn in grants from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to aid the development of their energy sectors