Marc Howard is a journalist specializing in energy and infrastructure in Africa. With a focus on renewable energy, nuclear power, and mining, Marc's articles for African Energy provide in-depth analysis and reporting on the latest developments in the region's energy sector.
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CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) has raised an initial $140m tranche of senior debt from South Africa’s Standard Bank to fund commercial and industrial (C&I) power projects fuelled by renewable energy (RE) across Africa.
The federal government of Somalia has requested bids for a 10MWp solar PV plant with 20MWh of storage capacity, which would be the country’s first utility-scale renewable energy plant. Sited in the Puntland capital of Garowe, the plant is part of a World Bank Group-funded programme to boost generation and create a new sub-transmission network.
Construction has started at data company Teraco’s 120MWp solar PV independent power producer (IPP) project in Free State province. Commissioning is expected in Q4 2026.
A commissioning ceremony has taken place for the Nigelec Mohammed VI thermal plant, gifted to Niger by the Moroccan king.
By: Marc Howard
A seventh loading of oil from the Niger-Benin Export Pipeline (NBEP) since exports resumed in August points to a slight thaw in tensions between Cotonou and Niamey, which have resumed a more normal pattern of diplomatic relations even though the border remains closed, writes Virgile Ahissou in Cotonou with Marc Howard.
Early talks have been held between two West Africa-focused indies, with Kosmos Energy discussing an all-share acquisition of Tullow Oil to create a significant new upstream player with a notable footprint in Ghana, write Marc Howard and James Gavin.
Having excited markets only days before by presenting a prospective merger with Tullow, Kosmos Energy has announced that it doesn’t intend to make an offer. Tullow confirmed the deal was off and announced a separate arbitral decision was imminent in its appeal against a big Ghanaian tax demand.
Commissioning of the 1.5GW Kenya-Tanzania Power Interconnection Project is a significant moment for both countries and the wider Eastern Africa Power Pool. Tanzania has also signed a PPA with Ethiopia to use the line to import power, setting a precedent for regional trading and pricing. The KTPIP is also a core component of the eventual Eapp-Southern African Power Pool link-up, write Kimemia Mugo in Mombasa and Marc Howard, recently in Nairobi.
A further $553m pledge has boosted the outgoing Biden administration’s commitments to the Lobito Corridor and adjacent projects to over $4bn. This points to a significant revitalisation of US ties with African countries – which may be too little, too late, although the Lobito project is unlikely to be halted by a more mercantilist Trump administration.
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