Partnership to connect 300 million to electricity by 2030
The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group are partnering on an ambitious effort to provide at…
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AfDB to boost electricity, transport infrastructure in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed to supporting East African countries to accelerate structural transformation, reinforce resilience,…
Kenya host electricity on public private partnership meeting
The African Development Bank recently hosted a workshop for stakeholders in Kenya’s energy sector to discuss the new…
Meeting focuses on investment in electricity in Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the RES4Africa Foundation hosted a high-level public-private dialogue on…
Ethiopia’s Warder gets electricity from main grid
Warder, the capital of Dolo zone in Somali region of Ethiopia, has got electricity service from Kabridehar power…
War affected Ethiopia’s Humera to get electricity after two years
Humera town of Ethiopia and its surroundings, which have been without electricity for more than two years due…
Foundation launches $2 million green energy prize competition
The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation today launched the Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy, a $2 million…
Ethiopia, South Sudan eye to interconnect via energy grid
The officials of the Government of Ethiopia and South Sudan expressed their intent to interconnect the two neighboring…
GERD of Ethiopia commences power generation
The Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) today commenced generating electric power, says the Government of Ethiopia.
Reports reveiws electricity market regulatory in Ethiopia, South Africa
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the RES4Africa Foundation have jointly released a series of country regulatory…
Ethiopia GERD to produce electricity in few months
The Ministry of Water and Irrigation of Ethiopia says the controversial Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam GERD (GERD) is…
Angola secures $530 million for energy project
The African Development Bank has committed $530 million to finance the construction of a 343 km, 400 kV…
Ethiopia’s Tigray region returns to darkness
Tigray region of Ethiopia once gain returned to darkness after ‘remnants of Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF)’ reportedly…
Butajira City infrastructure investment paying off
Effective investment in infrastructure by Butajira City, one of the fastest growing cities of Ethiopia, has been paying…
Ethiopia restores telecom, electricity services in Tigray
The Government of Ethiopia said it has restored telecom and electricity services in most of the towns in…
Ethiopia’s mega dam to generate electricity
Two turbines of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will start generating hydropower after five months, said Prime…
Ethiopia – Addis Ababa revokes 1,178 investment licenses
The capital of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa City, has revoked a total of 1,178 investment licenses for failure to…
Ethiopia earns $916 million from export
Ethiopia has earned a total of $916 million from export of different commodities and electricity over the first…
Ethiopia to launch $2.5 billion geothermal electric project
Ethiopia, the east African nation currently facing severe energy shortage, is set to begin implementation of a new…
Korea Exim Bank provides $264 million to Ethiopia
South Korea Exim Bank has provided $264 million loan to the Government of Ethiopia supporting ongoing development projects…
Kenyan, Chinese companies secure Ethiopia’s geothermal deal
A Kenyan and two Chinese companies have secured a geothermal power project in Ethiopia after the government re-launches…
Ethiopia collects $114 million from selling electricity
Ethiopia Electric Utility (EEU) collects 3.2 billion birr (about $114 million) bill from its customers during the first…
Ethiopia eyes selling electric power to Gulf countries
The Ethiopian Government expressed its plan to sell electric power to Gulf Countries by signing and agreement to…
Reducing risk for private investment in off-grid energy
By Oliver Waissbein – In 2011 Rwanda was literally in the dark– 89 percent of the country, about…
Consortium set to reduce Ugandan electricity costs
A consortium of development finance institutions and commercial lenders today announced completion of the refinancing of more than…