The City of Cape Town has signed two large PPAs with IPPs, part of a wave of municipalities opting to source their own power ...

A utility-scale gas-to-power plant in Lagos being developed by Sahara Group has started construction.

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International trading giant Vitol has been appointed by Kampala to market Uganda’s share of output from its maiden upstream developments, with a date for first exports now set.

Over 1GW of new capacity was approved in H1 26 as Zambia makes further net metering and open access progress. A new set of ...

Six bidders have been shortlisted for Mauritania’s first-ever battery energy storage system IPP.

An agreement has been concluded for a solar PV and battery energy storage system plant that would be Niger’s largest-ever by ...

Energy conglomerate Sahara Group has commissioned its latest vessel supporting offshore upstream production.

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A shared mobile offshore drilling unit is being considered by the government in an effort to kickstart exploration within ...

Separate developments with more than 100MW aggregate new solar PV capacity are progressing in Mozambique. Meanwhile, a tender has been issued for works related to a large wind IPP.

A World Bank- and Japan-funded scheme has completed upgrades at four Lagos state substations.