The project will provide Nigeria with an extra 563 MW of electricity. (Image source: Oran Viriyincy/Flickr)
The Niger Delta Power Holding Company has announced that its National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) located in Ikot Nyong, near Calabar, is expected to start generating power from the end of Q1 2013
The construction of the power plant will take place within Dangote’s US$400mn cement project in Zambia. (Image source: sxc.hu)
Dangote Cement Zambia has launched the construction of a 30MW coal-powered electricity generation plant, worth US$50mn, at its Ndola factory in Zambia
Honeywell Group and General Electric (GE) have entered into an agreement to develop Honeywell’s 150MW power generation facility in Ogun State, Nigeria
The Ethiopia-Kenya power project will be a 1,068km high voltage transmission line with a power transfer capacity of up to 2,000MW. (Image source: Rambla/Flickr)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a third round of loans, worth US$115mn, for construction of the power transmission line between Ethiopia and Kenya
Rwanda will look to produce at least 320MW from hydro power by 2017. (Image source: AS Ramnath/sxc.hu)
The Rwandan government has said it will invest US$4.7bn in the countrys energy sector over the next five years to help it meet its ambitious target of producing 1,000MW of electricity by 2017
