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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 Neconde Energy has turned to the Federal High Court in Abuja in an attempt to stop the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, from permitting a group of …

KEY POINTS TotalEnergies is facing a fresh legal and reputational storm in France as a human rights group accuses the energy major of complicity in the torture and execution of …

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 Libya’s National Oil Corporation said it is closing in on the last stage of its long-awaited public exploration bid round, marking a pivotal moment for a sector that …

KEY POINTS Nigeria’s state oil company, NNPC, is again under pressure after a fresh audit by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation detailed more than N684 million in …