Electricity access

South Africa

Malawi Switches On 20-MW Battery Storage System to Stabilize Power Supply

July 27 — Malawi has completed the installation of a 20-megawatt utility-scale battery storage system, the only facility of its kind in southern Africa outside…

Power Construction

Zambia to Resume Construction of Power Line to Tanzania

Zambia will soon resume work on the Zambia-Tanzania Interconnector Project, designed to connect its power grid with East Africa’s. The initiative aims to estab…

Microgrid

Minigrid and Large-Scale Green Hydrogen Power Plant to Increase Electricity Access in Nigeria

Source: hyotographics / Shutterstock.comThe people of a rural Nigerian village have waited 91 years for this moment.Founded in 1932, Araromi-Okeodo has never ha…

Power Construction

ECOWAS Kicks off Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Project in Liberia, Mauritania

Renewable energy industry stakeholders in Liberia and Mauritania participated in the formal launch of activities of the Regional Off-Grid Electricity Access Pro…

Energy Transition

UN-Energy Plan of Action to Support Energy Transition Launched

The plan committed to supporting providing electricity access to 500 million people.

Power Construction

SOMALIA: $150 million to Provide Electricity Access to 7 million People

The World Bank approves a $150 million loan to Somalia.

Power Construction

Uganda Launches Last-Mile Connectivity to Increase Electricity Access

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development recently handed over electricity connection accessories to Uganda’s main power distribution company, UMEME Limit…

Electrification

World Bank to Finance Electrification Investments in Angola

The World Bank has approved $250 million to improve the operational performance of the electricity sector utilities and increase electricity access in selected …

Power Construction

AIIB Approves $200m Loan to Improve Electricity Access in Bangladesh

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has agreed to finance the Dhaka and Western Zone transmission grid expansion project in Bangladesh.