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Ghana’s government is pushing ahead with private-sector participation in electricity distribution despite improvements at state-owned ECG, raising questions over why privatisation remains central to its power-sector reform agenda.
Dangote Industries plans to build a 1,000-megawatt power plant at its planned refinery in Lamu, Kenya, with half of the electricity expected to be sold to the government.
Ghana plans to add a 1,200-megawatt gas-fired power plant to its electricity system, in what would become the country’s largest single generating facility.
South Africa is moving to end government bailouts for Eskom after years of financial support, with Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa saying the utility must now operate under a more competitive electricity market.
Kenya Power has repaid an Sh8bn Standard Chartered loan contracted in June 2016 at Libor plus 4.5%, cutting its annual finance costs and easing pressure on the utility’s balance sheet.
South Africa has reached 490 consecutive days without load shedding as Eskom continues to maintain a more reliable electricity supply across the country.
Dangote Industries may scale back its planned investment in steel as the group redirects capital towards a more than $10 billion power investment across Africa, Aliko Dangote said.
South Africa’s state-backed utility firm, Eskom, has revealed that it has gone 476 consecutive days without load shedding after fully meeting electricity demand throughout the 2026 winter period.
South Africa’s state-owned power utility Eskom more than doubled its profit in the year ended March as improved generation performance helped end power cuts and reduce operating cost.
Eskom has revealed that seven of South Africa’s provinces are now completely free of load reduction, with the Eastern Cape becoming the latest province to be cleared of the measure.
Zimbabwe’s National Energy Compact commits to issuing private electricity distribution and retail licences by Q1 2026, ending ZETDC’s monopoly and targeting 520,000 new household connections annually.
The significance of the France deal is therefore not that Morocco is already powering Europe. It is that European countries are beginning to look seriously at North Africa as a potential source of electricity generated from its strong solar and wind resources.
Aliko Dangote has pledged $2 billion for a 250MW solar plant and fuel storage terminal in The Gambia, where available generating capacity had fallen below 40MW.
The African Development Bank has approved $302.9 million for a 1,373km Mauritania-Mali power corridor, with construction begun on the first 184km section as part of the Desert to Power initiative.
Zambia is building a 300MW thermal plant with ZESCO as offtaker, targeting grid diversification after the 2024 drought exposed the risks of 80%-plus hydropower dependence.
NTCSA will open South Africa’s first wholesale electricity market before end of September, letting independent producers and traders sell directly to large customers for the first time.
Gabon, EDF Power Solutions, and Gabon Power Company have signed a protocol for a 400 MW hydropower plant that would lift installed capacity by over 50%, targeting a 2030 demand gap.
The World Bank has signed a $1.5 billion loan to support South Africa’s shift to a competitive electricity market, opening transmission to private capital and targeting 300,000 new household connections by 2027.
Eskom has removed more than one million customers from load reduction schedules as it works toward eliminating the measure nationwide by 2027.
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Water and Energy is preparing an $18 billion electrification strategy under the third phase of its National Electrification Programme, targeting universal power access by 2035.
