Tanzania Doubles Electricity Access

• Sunday, 2nd April 2017
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Tanzanian's overall access to electricity increased from less than 30% to 67.3% during the last decade. The access to power in rural areas increased from just 2% in 2007 to 47.5% in 2017, and urban areas reached 97.3%.

Egypt Exchanges 770MW of Electricity with Libya, Jordan

• Sunday, 26th March 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

The total electricity capacity exchanged with Jordan and Libya is estimated at 770MW. Egypt's Ministry of Electricity aims to increase the electricity connection with a number of neighboring countries to about 2,000M ...

NNPC to Invest $15b in Gas-Based Power Plants

• Tuesday, 21st March 2017
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NNPC announced late March its plan to invest about $15b in building gas-based power plants with combined generation capacities of 4,000MW to boost electricity supply in the country over the next 10 years.

Schneider to Supply Electrical Equipment to Ain Sokhna Complex

• Sunday, 19th March 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

France's Schneider Electric was contracted to supply and install all the electrical equipment of nine factories in the phosphate fertilizers complex in Ain Sokhna. Executive works were awarded to three contractors fr ...

Nigeria Boosts Power Generation Capacity

• Thursday, 16th March 2017
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Nigeria's Transnational Corporation (Transcorp) announced the commissioning of a 115 MW gas-fired turbine at its Ughelli power plant in Delta state, committing to its former promise to generate 25% of Nigeria‘s total ...

Schneider Looks Forward to Change Egypt’s Electricity System

• Monday, 13th March 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

Schneider Electric is willing to change the Egyptian electricity system by providing power management and automatic controls to the New Administrative Capital.

Sierra Leone Lauches $53m Electricity Project

• Sunday, 19th February 2017
• by Editorial Team

The Government of Sierra Leone launched the rehabilitation and extension of the Bo-Kenema Electricity Distribution System in the country to upgrade and construct a 33kV electricity line between Bo and Kenema.

Cabinet Approves EGP 37b Loan for Power Grid Capacity

• Sunday, 12th February 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

The Ismail cabinet reportedly signed off on EGP 37b in loans to the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) to fund expansions to absorb a production capacity of 18 GW by 2018.

EGEMAC Spends EGP 350m on Machinery Supply

• Wednesday, 8th February 2017
• by Dr. Mahinaz El-Baz

The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company has contracted the Egyptian German Electrical Manufacturing Company to supply machinery for two transformer stations in Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada at a total cost of E ...

Nigeria’s Gas Producers Threaten Force Majeure

• Monday, 6th February 2017
• by Sarah Samir

Nigeria's gas producers threatened to declare force majeure over the inability of Generation Companies (Gencos) to settle outstanding arrears of over $630m for supplying gas to its power plants.