Ikeoluwa Juliana Ogungbangbe

Nigeria’s transmission grid can handle far more electricity than it has ever received, the TCN chief executive told lawmakers in Lagos this week.

Nigeria has 53 large-scale solar projects worth $11 billion currently underway as the country targets 209,000 megawatts of solar capacity by 2050.

Namibia’s main opposition leader is demanding transparency over a N$612 million solar project linked to President Nandi-Ndaitwah’s sons and a family-owned farm.

Rwanda and Russia have signed a nuclear energy cooperation roadmap, with Rosatom set to build a Nuclear Science and Technology Centre in Kigali.

Nigeria exported N85.7 billion worth of solar panels to the United States, Burkina Faso, India, Indonesia and Ghana in the first quarter of 2026.

Liberia has signed three World Bank financing agreements worth $125 million to expand electricity access, upgrade a key road corridor and strengthen broadband connectivity.

Uganda’s parliament is voting on a Shs734 billion loan from UK Export Finance and Citibank to expand solar irrigation to more farming communities nationwide.

Tony Elumelu’s Heirs Energies has launched a tree-planting initiative along its Agbada gas corridor in Rivers State as part of its sustainability agenda.

Ikogosi Warm Springs Resort has saved N513 million in energy costs after a $200,000 solar investment cut the facility’s diesel dependence significantly.

Nigerian independent oil producers have doubled their share of national output over a decade, growing from 12 percent to 27 percent, Wood Mackenzie data shows.