The Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (Zesco) will implement the project within a period of two years. (Image source: TheAlieness GiselaGiardino/Flickr)
The Zambian government and the World Bank have signed an agreement for the implementation of a project worth more than US$56mn which will help reduce power shortages in the country
The AfDB aid is expected to help Morocco achieve its goal of increasing installed renewable energy capacity to 42 per cent by 2020. (Image source: Accretion Disc/Flickr)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of US$800mn to spur private investment in Moroccos growing wind and solar markets
Fracking involves pumping of pressurised water, chemicals and sand underground to release gas trapped in rocks. (Image source: mrpbps/Flickr)
South Africa has lifted restrictions on shale gas exploration in the Karoo region using fracking
Eton Group is offering US$1.7bn as funds for the project, while Qua Petroleum Refinery is putting in US$1.4bn for the project. (Image source: IntelFreePress/Flickr)
Eton Group and Qua Petroleum Refinery Ltd will invest around US$1.7bn for the construction of a greenfield refinery in the Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria
The gas pipeline will link Mtwara gas fields and Dar es Salaam. (Image source: Project_Manager/Flickr)
Tanzania has secured a US$1.2bn loan from China to finance the construction of a 230km natural gas pipeline linking Mtwara gas fields and Dar es Salaam