IAEA: Nuclear good for Nigeria The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gave its approval last week to the possibility of a nuclear power plant in Nigeria to meet the country's growing energy…

Future of Kenya to be found in geothermal resources Kenya has sufficient resources for the majority of its electricity production to be met from its own energy supplies, according to a report from…

Nigeria to get 200MW power plant GE Oil & Gas and Rockson Engineering Nigeria will collaborate to respectively design and construct eight gas turbines capable of generating up to 200 MW in…

Regional integration to meet the challenges of Africa Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga called upon the African states to favour regional programmes during a United Nations conference on Tuesday 2…

CBK infrastructure bond 'twice oversubscribed' A Kenya infrastructure bond has drawn $589 million (£355 million) in bids, Bloomberg has reported. The Central Bank of Kenya reported bids for…

Solar energy being developed in Algeria The Algerian electricity company Sonelgaz has decided to invest in renewable sources of energy. The company has announced the establishment of a plant for…

TBEA: East African energy investment to start with Kenya Kenya will be the point of entry for Chinese energy firm TBEA, which aims to expand its investment in power generation and transmission to…

SA gets EU energy funding boost South Africa (SA) has received a loan of €40 million (£36.3 million) to be invested by the FirstRand Bank in renewable power projects. Focus will be on…

Road asphalting project in Cameroon Cameroon has just received a loan of 11.5 million Dollars from the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development to provide financing for part of a road asphalting…

Kenya to use $2bn fund for renewable energy The Kenyan government has announced its intention to develop renewable energy from a $2 billion (£1.2 billion) fund set up with the aid of the World…