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AXIAN Energy has signed €30m of financing with IFC and Proparco for IPP50, four solar plants in Natitingou, Djougou, Parakou and Bohicon that make up Benin’s first solar project under an independent power producer model, four years after the concessions were signed, with commercial operation planned for the first quarter of 2028.

Nomfundo Maseti, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, on finishing the rules South Africa’s wholesale electricity market needs before it opens in April 2027. In her second week in the role, she tells ENN how NERSA will earn investors’ trust and why gas-to-power should anchor a wider gas market. Her message is continuity with purpose: stable leadership, credible decisions and a regulator equipped for the market ahead.

Andrea Stegher, President of the International Gas Union, on why West Africa’s gas should reach well beyond the power station. In written answers to ENN, he argues that using gas as a feedstock for fertiliser and petrochemicals would help create jobs and give new projects a broader customer base, provided governments give investors predictable rules.