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Africa power pool integration advances as the electricity highway carries load

23rd July, 2026 · Updated: 22nd July, 2026

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Africa power pool integration advances as the electricity highway carries load

The Ethiopia to Kenya to Tanzania Electricity Highway is in trial operation at 2,000MW as the southern and eastern power pools move towards synchronisation by year end.

Sustainable Energy

Morocco builds pumped storage to hold its solar and wind output

The World Bank has approved $265 million for Morocco’s Ifahsa pumped hydropower storage project, co-financed by the AfDB and implemented by ONEE.

Thought Leadership

South Africa LNG imports could answer both the gas cliff and the power cliff

South Africa has no grid-connected gas-to-power at all, and two supply deadlines arriving in 2030. Standard Bank’s gas sector lead sets out how two LNG import terminals, four bids submitted in May and the 6GW the IRP wants built could change that, and what the whole programme might cost.

Sustainable Energy

Ethiopia wind power reaches 300MW as AfDB approves $110 million

The African Development Bank has approved up to $110 million for the 300MW Aysha wind project, set to become Ethiopia’s largest wind farm, with $381 million more being raised.

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Africa power pool integration advances as the electricity highway carries load

The Ethiopia to Kenya to Tanzania Electricity Highway is in trial operation at 2,000MW as the southern and eastern power pools move towards synchronisation by year end.

Sustainable Energy

Morocco builds pumped storage to hold its solar and wind output

The World Bank has approved $265 million for Morocco’s Ifahsa pumped hydropower storage project, co-financed by the AfDB and implemented by ONEE.

Thought Leadership

South Africa LNG imports could answer both the gas cliff and the power cliff

South Africa has no grid-connected gas-to-power at all, and two supply deadlines arriving in 2030. Standard Bank’s gas sector lead sets out how two LNG import terminals, four bids submitted in May and the 6GW the IRP wants built could change that, and what the whole programme might cost.

Sustainable Energy

Ethiopia wind power reaches 300MW as AfDB approves $110 million

The African Development Bank has approved up to $110 million for the 300MW Aysha wind project, set to become Ethiopia’s largest wind farm, with $381 million more being raised.

Tech & Power Generation

South Africa electricity capacity to more than double under the 2025 plan

Ramokgopa has set out 105GW of new generation and 14,500km of transmission, and wants the towers, transformers and cables built by South African manufacturers

Africa Energy Bank targets the borrowing costs holding African refineries back

The Africa Energy Bank took possession of its Abuja headquarters in February 2026 and is targeting September to begin lending, with $200 billion in midstream needs in view.

Zambia commissions its largest solar plant as rooftops overtake the grid

Hichilema has commissioned Chisamba Phase II, taking the complex to 200MW, while Afrobarometer finds 47% of Zambian homes already sourcing power outside the ZESCO grid.

Youth Sustainable Development Network signs clean energy agreement with Nigeria’s REA

The Youth Sustainable Development Network has signed a clean energy MoU with Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency, witnessed by power minister Joseph Tegbe, focused on productive use.

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