Energy Transition

KEY POINTS Aba Power, Nigeria’s newest electricity distribution company, has resumed full electricity supply to customers following the restoration of gas supply to its embedded power generation partner, Geometric Power …

KEY POINTS South Africa’s energy regulator has approved an application by state-owned power utility Eskom to reduce electricity tariffs by 35 per cent for two distressed ferrochrome producers battling high …

KEY POINTS The Nigerian Independent System Operator, NISO, has traced Tuesday’s national grid disturbance to a voltage fluctuation at the Gombe Transmission Substation, clarifying that the incident did not amount …

KEY POINTS Members of South Africa’s energy regulator, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, Nersa, have expressed uncertainty over Eskom’s request for an interim electricity tariff for Samancor and …

KEY POINTS When much of the national transmission infrastructure was conceived decades ago, Nigeria’s economy was smaller, less industrialised, and far less digitally connected. Today, Africa’s largest economy is powered …

KEY POINTS Retailers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas, are expressing cautious optimism as supply conditions improve across major markets in Nigeria. Cooking gas is currently …

KEY POINTS Nigeria’s electricity sector suffered another major setback on Tuesday morning after the national power grid collapsed, triggering a widespread blackout across several parts of the country. Operational data …

KEY POINTS Large portions of Nigeria went dark on Friday due to a system-wide collapse of the country’s electrical grid, according to the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO). NISO told …

KEY POINTS The renewed interest of Aliko Dangote in Congo’s potash resources is increasingly being viewed through an energy lens, as Africa’s richest man positions his industrial empire to play …

KEY POINTS Eskom says South Africa has entered 2026 with its most stable and resilient power system in at least five years, a development that is helping sustain economic activity …