Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) has invested US$300,000 in clean energy company BBOXX for solar energy projects across the continent
Renewables
Uganda partners with Chinese firm to build hydropower dam
Uganda has announced that it has signed a contract with China’s Sinohydro Group Limited to build a US$1.65bn hydropower dam on the White Nile river
GE biogas engines for Tropical Power’s Kenya project
GE will supply UK-based energy project developer Clarke Energy with two of its ecomagination qualified Jenbacher J420 biogas engines for Tropical Powers 2.8MW biogas power project at a farm near Lake Naivasha in Kenya
Nordex to construct Cennergi’s wind farm
![Nordex will start construction work for the complete infrastructure of the wind farm at the site in the third quarter of 2014. (Image source: Jamiecat/Flickr)](/images/nordex__Jamiecat.jpg)
Nordex will start construction work for the complete infrastructure of the wind farm at the site in the third quarter of 2014. (Image source: Jamiecat/Flickr)
Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has received an order from independent power producer Cennergi for the delivery and turnkey installation of the 134.4MW Amakhala Emoyeni wind farm
Nigeria and South Korean firm sign solar power deal
![According to Nigerian minister of power there will be a quantum leap in power generation from solar energy by 10,000MW. (Image source: thegeneration/Flickr)](/images/soalrenergy__theregeneration.jpg)
According to Nigerian minister of power there will be a quantum leap in power generation from solar energy by 10,000MW. (Image source: thegeneration/Flickr)
Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth US$30bn with South Korean firm HQMC for the generation of up to 1,000MW of solar power annually for the next 10 years