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No load shedding is expected today as the generation capacity has sufficiently recovered overnight, Eskom said on Wednesday. Eskom instituted stage 2 load shedding overnight which lasted until 5 am…
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No load shedding expected in South Africa on Wednesday – Eskom
Diversified resources firm, RioZim, says it is in the process of selecting an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor for its 178 megawatt (MW) solar project. EPC contracts are the…
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Riozim to start work on 178MW solar plant
French oil major Total has decided to postpone its application for additional drilling in a South African offshore gas block, a letter seen by Reuters from the consultancy conducting the…
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Total postpones South Africa drilling application
In the presence of the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Cpt. Musa S. Nuhu and Mr Franck Riester, French Minister Delegate in charge of Foreign Trade…
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Nigerian firm Caverton and Thales sign acceptance of Africa’s 1st Level D Helicopter FFS
Renewable energy providers Suntrace and BayWa r. e. have commissioned a 30 MW hybrid solar power plant at the Fekola gold mine. The mine is located in southwest Mali and…
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Suntrace and BayWa connect a 30MW solar power plant at the Fekola mine in Mali
Enterprising solar energy company, Zonful Energy is on a drive to increase mobile internet adoption and usage for rural communities which have previously lagged behind. The company which was awarded…
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Zonful Energy, GSMA target rural digital penetration in Zimbabwe
Amid the availability of large volumes of unsold cargoes in the West African market, three of Nigeria’s major crude oil grades traded at a deeper discount in March, the Organisation…
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Nigerian crude oil sold at deeper discount – OPEC
Shell and Norway’s Equinor have urged the government of Tanzania to take immediate action to conclude talks on the country’s planned LNG export facility, warning that the time to develop…
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Shell, Equinor urge Tanzania to conclude LNG project talks
CONTEMPORARY electricity storage would enhance Namibia’s intermittent renewable power-generation capacity, although the country has no regulatory framework to guide the sector. Increasing Namibia’s power-generation capacity could reduce the country’s overall…
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Namibia’s energy storage regulatory framework on its way
West Africa’s oil exports due for loading next month have struggled to sell, due to weak demand from the region’s regular customers in Asia and Europe and tougher competition from…
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West African crude slow to trade amid weaker buying in Asia, Europe