Solar
Solar-powered laptops for school children in Madagascar
UK battery developer Aceleron have partnered with Malagasy solar start-up Jirogasy to provide solar powered laptops to school children in Madagascar.
Interviews
Elisée Sezan – An African Power & Energy Elites personality
Elisée Sezan is the Chief Executive Officer for Gas-Power, sub-Saharan Africa of General Electric and featured as a leader in African Power & Energy Elites 2021.
Business and markets
Siemens Energy announces job cuts in gas and power division
Siemens Energy has announced the plan to cut 7,800 jobs in its Gas and Power segment by 2025, influenced by changes in the energy market.
Generation
GE secures equipment contract to power 300MW plant in Senegal
GE is set to supply gas power generation equipment for West African Energy’s 300MW combined-cycle power project in Cap des Biches.
Future Energy
Report: Gas and renewables will accelerate the energy transition
Accelerated deployment of renewables and gas power can rapidly change the trajectory on climate change, states GE report.
Transmission and Distribution
Madagascar secures $43m AfDB loan for 2nd phase of power transmission...
AfDB has approved a loan of $42.9m to finance the second phase of a major power transmission and interconnection project in Madagascar.
Generation
Op-ed: The future of natural gas in sub-Saharan Africa’s future
Gas has a crucial role to play in enabling the transition to renewables, says GE Gas Power's commercial growth director, Michael Konadu.
Generation
Tanzania’s Songas gas power project, a successful example of PPP
The Songas gas power project demonstrates that it is a world-class example of a successful Public-Private Partnership (PPP) across Africa.
Generation
Togo ramps-up power supply with support of Siemens Energy
Siemens Energy has delivered a SGT-800 gas turbine to the site of Kékéli Efficient Power to boost power supply in Togo.
Generation
Siemens Energy scores a deal in the Mozambique LNG project
Siemens Energy will supply emissions-reducing power generation equipment and boil-off gas compressors for the Mozambique LNG Project.
Asset Maintenance
Innovative finance model makes gensets pay for themselves
SustainPower launched its range of PRAMAC rich-burn industrial standby gas generators, made by world-leading generator manufacturer Generac.
Business and markets
A Digital Energy Festival for Africa!
The brand new Digital Energy Festival unites African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa, Africa Energy Forum and the Oil & Gas Council’s Africa Assembly under one banner to advance the sector's full value chain.
