The hydro power agreement is an extension of an MoU signed between Nigeria and China’s Sinohydro Corporation to build another hydro power plant on the Mambila Plateau. (Image source: sxc.hu)
Nigeria has signed a pact with Sinohydro-Cneec Corporation to build a US$1bn 700MW hydro power station on the Zungeru River in Niger state
The storage facilities will have a total capacity of 60mn litres, which will be enough to meet Malawis fuel demand for at least 60 days. (Image source: barekim/Flickr)
Malawi has secured a loan of US$76.5mn from the Export-Import Bank of India for the construction of fuel reserve facilities
The project will connect power grids of Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and the DR Congo when completed. (Image source: sxc.hu)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an additional loan amount of US$115mn to finance the construction of an electricity highway running between Ethiopia and Kenya
US Ambassador Deborah Malac and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf share a toast at an event. (Image source: www.monrovia.usembassy.gov)
The US government has granted Liberia US$9.1mn to expand the electricity supply to the country’s capital city, Monrovia, and its surrounding areas
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Power and automation technology group, ABB, has confirmed that it has won orders worth around US$225mn to supply two turnkey photovoltaic (PV) power plants that will be built in Limpopo in South Africa