East Africa

Three Pay-As-You-Go solar home system companies are now operating in Kiryandongo and Rwamwanja refugee settlements and host communities in Uganda.

Project developer and equity fund manager sign JDA to bring the Kaptis hydropower project in Kenya through to financial close and construction in 2020.

Arrears on loans owed by Somalia to the African Development Bank Group have been cleared following the payment in full of $122.55 million by the governments of the United Kingdom and the European Union.

The World Bank approved a grant and credit toward Ethiopia accelerating its economic growth and vision of becoming a lower-middle-income country.

To understand the benefits of hybrid energy systems and the opportunities presented from battery storage, join this live discussion where JinkoSolar and Tesla will present use cases from East Africa that can be replicated by companies in similar markets.

ANNOUNCEMENT: African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa has new dates and will run from 24-26 November 2020 at the CTICC in Cape Town, South Africa.

Kenya Power’s fight to curb illegal connections, theft of electricity and fraud intensified as a member of staff was arraigned on Wednesday 11 March in a Nairobi court to answer to charges of fraud.

The World Bank approved two grants from the International Development Association to support Burundi in improving essential services through solar power.

The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors has moved toward normalising its relations with the Federal Government of Somalia after thirty years.

Toshiba ESS signed an MOU to supply the steam turbine and the generator for the Aluto Langano Geothermal Wellhead Power System in central Ethiopia.