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Burundi sets out to take electricity access past 50% by 2030 with Weza Power

20th October, 2026

Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit returns to Livingstone for third edition

The Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit returns to the Radisson Blu Mosi-Oa-Tunya in Livingstone from 3 to 5 November for its third edition, as Zambia’s installed generation reaches 4,722MW and Zimbabwe reports 635MW of private generation under construction.

EXCLUSIVE: Zambia’s grid must reach the copper, says First Quantum’s Anthony Mukutuma

Anthony Mukutuma is Country Director for First Quantum Minerals in Zambia, where the Kansanshi S3 expansion is in operation. He tells ENN that Zambia remains energy deficient, that mining is not constrained by generation in the near term because mines take longer to build, and that the grid has to be expanded now.

In Lusaka Province, construction begins on Kafue Solar

Solarcentury Africa and Alensy Energy Solutions have started building Globeleq’s 56MWp Kafue Solar project in Lusaka Province, which will sell its power to ZESCO for 25 years from the third quarter of 2027. The three companies’ chief executives explain what the plant means for them and for the grid in a key industrial region.

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Burundi sets out to take electricity access past 50% by 2030 with Weza Power

A 25-year, $1.4bn partnership signed in Bujumbura on 16 October gives Weza Power, part of Anzana Electric Group, the distribution network in half of Burundi. It plans 52,000km of new and upgraded lines and more than 1.2 million new connections as access rises from about 15%.

Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit returns to Livingstone for third edition

The Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit returns to the Radisson Blu Mosi-Oa-Tunya in Livingstone from 3 to 5 November for its third edition, as Zambia’s installed generation reaches 4,722MW and Zimbabwe reports 635MW of private generation under construction.

EXCLUSIVE: Zambia’s grid must reach the copper, says First Quantum’s Anthony Mukutuma

Anthony Mukutuma is Country Director for First Quantum Minerals in Zambia, where the Kansanshi S3 expansion is in operation. He tells ENN that Zambia remains energy deficient, that mining is not constrained by generation in the near term because mines take longer to build, and that the grid has to be expanded now.

In Lusaka Province, construction begins on Kafue Solar

Solarcentury Africa and Alensy Energy Solutions have started building Globeleq’s 56MWp Kafue Solar project in Lusaka Province, which will sell its power to ZESCO for 25 years from the third quarter of 2027. The three companies’ chief executives explain what the plant means for them and for the grid in a key industrial region.

EXCLUSIVE: Lagos moves its power market from best effort to contract

Biodun Ogunleye, Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, tells ENN how the state plans to turn its newly devolved electricity market from best effort into contractual obligation, and what investors should watch over the next two to three years as Lagos builds towards 6GW and beyond.

Can Enugu price 100MW of solar at a tariff its people can afford?

Eauxwell Nigeria has put a $200m programme for 100MW of distributed solar with battery storage to Enugu State. Governor Peter Mbah welcomed it but wants the investors’ tariff assumptions reviewed first. The state’s regulator has set Band A at ₦160.4 per kWh, and the state is building out its own grid.

Selous solar project for Afrochine’s smelter gets a parent-company payment guarantee

A direct agreement signed in Harare puts Zhejiang Dinson Holding Group behind the electricity payments its subsidiary Afrochine Smelting owes the 115MW Selous Solar PV Project in Zimbabwe, adding security for lenders led by the Trade and Development Bank as the plant heads for commissioning in 2027.

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A third plant for Lomé’s port as Togo plans 120MW of gas power

Togo is preparing to procure a 120MW dual-fuel plant at the Lomé Thermal Power Plant site, running mainly on natural gas, with World Bank support under its Mission 300 energy compact. The selection process is expected to launch in the fourth quarter, with peak demand growing about 10% a year.

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Menengai takes Kenya’s geothermal fleet past 1,000MW

Kenya’s geothermal plants produced 6,420.51GWh in the year to June 2026, 40.91% of all the electricity the country generated, according to the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority. New capacity of 70MW at Menengai, from Kaishan Renewable Energy and Globeleq, lifted the installed geothermal fleet to 1,013.7MW.

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Ghana power sector puts 35 mini-grids and nuclear on its 2027 list

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Burundi sets out to take electricity access past 50% by 2030 with Weza Power

A 25-year, $1.4bn partnership signed in Bujumbura on 16 October gives Weza Power, part of Anzana Electric Group, the distribution network in half of Burundi. It plans 52,000km of new and upgraded lines and more than 1.2 million new connections as access rises from about 15%.

Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit returns to Livingstone for third edition

The Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit returns to the Radisson Blu Mosi-Oa-Tunya in Livingstone from 3 to 5 November for its third edition, as Zambia’s installed generation reaches 4,722MW and Zimbabwe reports 635MW of private generation under construction.

EXCLUSIVE: Zambia’s grid must reach the copper, says First Quantum’s Anthony Mukutuma

Anthony Mukutuma is Country Director for First Quantum Minerals in Zambia, where the Kansanshi S3 expansion is in operation. He tells ENN that Zambia remains energy deficient, that mining is not constrained by generation in the near term because mines take longer to build, and that the grid has to be expanded now.

In Lusaka Province, construction begins on Kafue Solar

Solarcentury Africa and Alensy Energy Solutions have started building Globeleq’s 56MWp Kafue Solar project in Lusaka Province, which will sell its power to ZESCO for 25 years from the third quarter of 2027. The three companies’ chief executives explain what the plant means for them and for the grid in a key industrial region.

EXCLUSIVE: Lagos moves its power market from best effort to contract

Biodun Ogunleye, Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, tells ENN how the state plans to turn its newly devolved electricity market from best effort into contractual obligation, and what investors should watch over the next two to three years as Lagos builds towards 6GW and beyond.

Can Enugu price 100MW of solar at a tariff its people can afford?

Eauxwell Nigeria has put a $200m programme for 100MW of distributed solar with battery storage to Enugu State. Governor Peter Mbah welcomed it but wants the investors’ tariff assumptions reviewed first. The state’s regulator has set Band A at ₦160.4 per kWh, and the state is building out its own grid.

Selous solar project for Afrochine’s smelter gets a parent-company payment guarantee

A direct agreement signed in Harare puts Zhejiang Dinson Holding Group behind the electricity payments its subsidiary Afrochine Smelting owes the 115MW Selous Solar PV Project in Zimbabwe, adding security for lenders led by the Trade and Development Bank as the plant heads for commissioning in 2027.

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A third plant for Lomé’s port as Togo plans 120MW of gas power

Togo is preparing to procure a 120MW dual-fuel plant at the Lomé Thermal Power Plant site, running mainly on natural gas, with World Bank support under its Mission 300 energy compact. The selection process is expected to launch in the fourth quarter, with peak demand growing about 10% a year.

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