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

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

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

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

The US$50mn power plant will supply electricity to Dagotes 3,000-tonne cement factory in Ndola city. (Image source: bestrans/Flickr)

Nigeria’s Dangote Group has planned to commission a US$50mn 30 MW power plant in Zambia during Q1 2014, which will supply electricity to its upcoming cement factory in Ndola city