Energy Transition

KEY POINTS Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has held fresh talks with Claudio Descalzi, the chief executive of Eni, in Cairo, as the Italian energy group sets in motion another …

KEY POINTS South Africa’s ambitious plan to overhaul its ageing national power grid is facing fresh financial pressure, with Eskom cautioning that rising global demand for transmission lines is likely …

KEY POINTS Eskom has begun preparing a public list of municipalities that owe the power utility billions of rand, a step it believes could stir long-delayed action over what has …

KEY POINTS Nigeria’s fragile power sector is bracing for another disruption as the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has warned it may withdraw its members from duty unless authorities …

KEY POINTS Nigeria’s push to expand grid-connected electricity projects is running into an old and persistent obstacle as lenders and sector executives warn that the deep debts carried by Distribution …

KEY POINTS South Africa’s municipalities are warning that the country’s electricity system is drifting towards an unsustainable breaking point unless sweeping reforms are introduced at Eskom and the National Energy …

KEY POINTS Eskom has raised fresh alarm over the rapid growth of municipal debt, saying the rising arrears remain the single biggest obstacle to lifting the utility’s credit ratings and …

KEY POINTS CrossBoundary Energy has raised 200 million dollars in additional senior debt to accelerate the roll-out of its renewable energy portfolio across Africa, marking one of the largest financing …

KEY POINTS Residents of a modest apartment block in Odukoya Estate, Lagos, have accused Ikeja Electric of plunging them into a week-long blackout after officials disconnected their supply over an …

KEY POINTS Jacob Maroga, who once sat at the helm of Eskom during the early years of rolling blackouts, has argued that South Africa’s enduring power crisis took root long …