The European Investment Bank (EIB) is finalising a Sh7.5 billion ($78 million) loan for construction of two solar power plants in Kenya.
The credit is evident that there is growing interest by global organisations in financing renewable projects in the...
Gradual economic growth, changing lifestyles and the need for reliable modern energy access is expected to require actual energy supply to be at least doubled by 2030. For electricity it might even have to triple.
Affordable energy remains a central...
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) will be supporting the refinancing of Mozambique’s latest power station.
The fund has signed a Participation Agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and will be supplying US$21mn in a B loan to the...
London, United Kingdom: InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed a Shareholders Agreement with Berkeley Energy, committing US$30m of equity investment to the ground-breaking Corbetti Geothermal project, doubling its original commitment of US$15m.
‘The US$30...
ABDIJAN, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The African Development Bank said on Saturday it had approved a $100 million loan to develop a bauxite mine in northwest Guinea, as the West African country works to treble output by 2020.
The money...
‘The investor meetings have shown fantastic African interest because of the consumer growth,’ said CEO Christian Chammas.
Vivo Energy’s bet on fuel demand growth in Africa earned it a market value of almost £2 billion ($2.7 billion) in the largest...
Following prolonged delays in the expansion of the Hwange Thermal Power Station, due to financial constraints, the project has secured $116 million to proceed.
The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is set to receive equity contributions from Standard Bank South Africa...
Gender equality could have a significant impact on rural electrification moves in sub-Saharan Africa, new data suggests.
Fenix International, which sells off-grid solar kits in Uganda and Zambia, has uncovered a gender difference: Although only 20 percent of its kits...
Crude oil prices rose above $70 a barrel yesterday, signalling that production cuts by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC had helped in tightening supplies.
International Benchmark Brent crude oil sold for $70.13 per barrel during...
JPMorgan Chase & Co plans to expand its African presence into countries including Ghana and Kenya, Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said in an interview on Wednesday.
“You’ll see us open in some countries we are not in, in Africa you’ll...
