“Germany-Africa Economic Relations: Making Deals Post COVID-19” highlighted opportunities for German businesses in Africa’s power production, clean energy, and digitalization and technology sectors; An opening keynote was given by H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima, Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea; Panelists included Ibrahima Mané, Director General for Cooperation & Financing…
Read MoreThe African Development Bank, through the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), recently organised a webinar on the assessment report of the green mini-grid market in Guinea. The webinar, produced by the Carbon Trust firm as part of the implementation of the Green Mini-Grid Market Development Program (PDM MRV), was moderated by the African Development…
Read MoreEgypt’s government has announced that it will withdraw from the latest round of Nile dam talks to hold internal consultations. The statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Water said that its decision to withdraw from the latest round of tripartite negotiations with Sudan and Ethiopia comes after Addis Ababa proposed a new draft of filling…
Read MoreYoung Nigerien entrepreneur Abdou Maman-Kané has recently developed an automatic irrigation system powered by renewable energy (RE) and operating remotely. The system developed by his company Tech-Innov will enable producers in this West African country to improve water management on their plantations. “Tele-irrigation” system is the name Abdou Maman-Kané has given to his invention. The…
Read MoreAmerican Energy Giant, TC’s Energy USA and its partners, Power China Huadong Engineering Corporation Ltd and Seabased of Sweden, have signed a major agreement to finance and revive the Ada Foah Energy Project, which has stalled for years. TC’s Energy Ghana, a Ghanaian owned company is the local counterpart to the project which seeks to…
Read MoreKenya has won an arbitration case over a withdrawn geothermal exploration licence before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Kenyan attorney general Paul Kihara Kariuki said in a statement. The case was filed by US-Canadian renewables developer WalAm Energy Inc in 2015, on claims that the republic of Kenya had unlawfully revoked…
Read MoreThe African Development Bank hosted a webinar to present the findings and recommendations of the Angola Green Mini-Grid Market Assessment report, implemented through the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa. The assessment was conducted with the technical assistance of Carbon Trust, in collaboration with the Government of Angola, and in consultation with key stakeholders such as…
Read MoreThe Senegalese Ministry of Oil and Energy has recently decided to exempt equipments for the production of renewable energies such as solar, wind and biogas from VAT (value added tax). The government’s measure is aimed at accelerating the electrification of rural areas in Senegal. The move has been a much-heard measure by operators in the…
Read MoreOussama Touaba the creator of the first electric car 100% made in Algeria needs financing. The young engineer wants to move from the prototype stage to the production phase of a carbon-neutral urban mobility solution. African products made precisely in Algeria will soon be launched on the world market of electric vehicles. Oussama Touaba, the…
Read MoreCOVID-19’s negative impact on Africa’s economies have magnified the importance of achieving energy security as part of the recovery strategy from the pandemic. This is according to the Africa Energy Indaba 2021 team. Energy security would enable countries to endure pandemics and realise post-crisis economic recovery. This comes after all economic projections predict that African…
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