The Ethiopia-Kenya power project will be a 1,068km high voltage transmission line with a power transfer capacity of up to 2,000MW. (Image source: Rambla/Flickr)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a third round of loans, worth US$115mn, for construction of the power transmission line between Ethiopia and Kenya
Chinese firm, Guangdong Bureau of Coal Geology, plans to invest at least US$3.5bn in building a 1,200MW thermal power plant in Zimbabwe
Daniel Kablan Duncan, the prime minister of Cote dIvoire, and Zhang Guoqing, Chinese ambassador to Cote dIvoire, have signed a loan agreement for the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the countrys Soubré region
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
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