Ikeoluwa Juliana Ogungbangbe

Enugu State plans to break ground on a 660MW coal-fired power plant in July, with Governor Mbah promising reliable power for all by 2027.

Nigeria’s new power minister Joseph Tegbe has pledged to stabilize the national grid in 100 days, urging senators to hold him accountable if he fails.

Nigeria’s Senate unanimously confirmed Olasunkanmi Tegbe as minister of power, charging him to fix grid collapse and a N6 trillion liquidity crisis.

Nigeria has over 400 dams and enough hydropower potential to transform its power sector, yet most of that infrastructure sits idle and neglected.

Kenya’s $1 billion Microsoft data center is dead in the water after President Ruto said it would effectively black out half the country.

Sustained rainfall across Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range has pushed Kenya’s hydropower output to 9.57 million kilowatt-hours, easing pressure on thermal generation.

Ghana signed a term sheet with Eni, Vitol and GNPC to boost OCTP gas output by 350 million cubic feet daily by 2028.

Liberia’s government is targeting 70 percent electricity access in four years under a new Millennium Challenge Corporation compact development process.

Kenya’s Ruto told Tanzania’s Parliament the 400KV power interconnector is a regional model and revealed plans for a new East African transmission corridor.

Japan is offering South Africa a yen-denominated energy loan and ammonia co-firing technology to help reduce emissions from the country’s coal-dependent grid.