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Three alumina refineries are under construction in Guinea and the government wants five by 2030, Daouda Diakite told African Mining Week in Cape Town. The country generates about 1,000MW, mostly from hydro, and says industrialisation will need 5,000MW to 10,000MW. Investors and governments across the continent are now weighing that gap.

Vincenzia Leitich, Executive Vice President for Power and Renewables Client Coverage at Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking, tells ENN what a lender needs before a mine can anchor a power project in Zambia or Zimbabwe, and what would make a cross-border power purchase agreement bankable today.

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%.