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
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Kenya to auction five oil and gas blocks
The five new blocks will increase Kenya’s exploration areas to 51 from the current 46. (Image source: mrpbps/Flickr)
Kenya will put up five crude oil and gas exploration areas up for auction in the next two weeks
OPIC loans US$250 million to Nigerian fertiliser plant
The project aims to provide a reliable and secure source of low-cost fertilizer and create around a thousand construction jobs and projects around the area. (Image source: vichie81)
A Nigerian nitrogen fertiliser plant is set to receive a US$250mn loan from OPIC to boost agriculture, infrastructure, energy and financial services in the country
Syndicate of banks grant NNPC US$1.5bn loan to pay off debts
The deal is aimed at reducing the possibility of Nigeria defaulting on loans. (Image source: sxc.hu)
Nigerian state oil firm NNPC has been granted a loan of US$1.5bn by a syndicate of Nigerian and international banks to allow the company pay off its debts to international fuel traders
AfDB and Zambia sign US$55 million loan agreement for hydropower project
The agreement was signed by the Zambian minister of finance, Alexander Chikwanda, and AfBD resident representative to Zambia Freddie Kwesiga. (Image source: African Development Bank)
The African Development Bank (AfBD) has signed a loan agreement worth US$55mn with the Zambian government to support the Itezhi-Tezhi Hydro Power and Transmission Line Project
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