The Ghana Power Compact is the largest among the Power Africa initiatives. (Image source: James Chew/Flickr)
Standard Bank Group will accelerate its investments in the ‘Power Africa’ initiative over the next five years
The two plants will have a combined capacity of 148.5MW. (Image source: AchimRashka/Wikimedia Commons)
Italian energy company TerniEnergia has signed a deal with an unnamed utility firm to develop two solar plants in South Africa for US$197.3mn
GE will work together with Dangote Industries to support major projects across Africa in industries such as power generation, rail transport and the oil and gas sector. (Image source: General Electric)
An estimated US$2bn worth of investments from multinational conglomerate General Electric (GE) will be distributed across Africa in a bid to help the continent achieve sustainable growth
Aggreko is keen to provide embedded power solutions to Nigeria. (Image source: DonMcCullough/Flickr)
Scottish power solutions firm Aggreko is in talks with five electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) to supply embedded power in Nigeria
The introduction of subsidies and tax rebates would benefit the solar market. (Image source: BrightSourceEnergy/|Flickr)
Revenue from the global solar industry is set to reach US$137.02bn by 2020, according to Frost & Sullivan’s Global Solar Power Market report