Urban centres and villages along the transmission line will benefit from the power project. (Image source: sxc.hu)
Tanzania has launched a rural electrification programme with the help of the Swedish government
The World Bank has provided its first Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) for US$145mn to support Nigerias gas sector and bring more electricity to Nigerian consumers
Caterpillar has entered into an international power projects (IPP) agreement with Saudi Arabia-based Zahid Group’s subsidiary company, Altaaqa Global, which will ensure an increase in electricity generation across the African continent within weeks
With energy demand increasing by 12 per cent annually in Mauritania, the addition of solar power will help meet future electricity shortfalls. (Image source: steevithak/Flickr)
Masdar, the Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy company, has launched a US$32mn, utility-scale, 15MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Mauritania
Image source: Wikimedia Commons/USAID.
The Angolan government has announced plans to invest US$17.7mn (AKZ1.7bn) and quintuple the countrys power production capacity by 2017