Nadia Derafa

Gerald Hamuyayi, Lusaka, Saturday, 29 November, 2025 – No transmission means no transition. This stark equation confronts African energy planners who watch renewable projects proliferate whilst the wires to connect them lag years behind. The Southern African Power Pool operates a sophisticated trading platform which enables independent producers to gain market access when they join […]

Gerald Hamuyayi, Lusaka, Saturday, 29 November, 2025 – Transmission can be a business. Investors will finance interconnectors if prices reflect costs and off-takers demonstrate the ability to pay. This paradigm shift to accepting that somebody other than the utility might own and maintain the wires, challenges decades of orthodoxy in African energy planning. Yet the […]

Gerald Hamuyayi, Lusaka, Saturday, 29 Nov 2025 – Energy regulators review applications, environmental authorities call for new assessments, land commissions raise questions about routes, and planning ministries challenge project timelines. A developer trying to build a cross-border transmission line watches his project split across different offices, with each approval triggering new demands from surrounding agencies. […]

Ghana power project strengthens leadership with seasoned finance and energy  infrastructure executive Accra, Ghana (November 28, 2025) – Early Power LTD, the  company responsible for developing and operating the Bridge Power Project in Ghana, is pleased to announce the  appointment of Louis Josiah as General Manager, effective December 6, 2025. Mr. Josiah has served as […]

Significant amendments to the request for proposal (RFP) documentation for South Africa’s much-delayed procurement of 2 000 MW of gas-to-power capacity have been unpacked, including an updated fuel pricing formula and an increase in the minimum load factor to 50% for the 20-year duration of the power purchase agreement. Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) head […]

Off-Grid Europe GmbH (OGE), an international company operating in the field of renewable energies and battery storage with a focus on Africa, looks back on a successful participation in Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s trip to Egypt, Ghana, and Angola. CEO Christiane Kragh accompanied the Federal President’s economic delegation from November 1 to 7, 2025, to […]

GreenCo is pleased to announce the formal signing of a landmark partnership with Kiyona and ZESCO during the Zimbabwe–Zambia Energy Projects Summit, held under the theme “Mines and Energy: How Stakeholders Have Fast-Tracked Private Sector Projects to Become Africa’s Top Investment Destination.” This signing comes at a critical moment, as Zambia faces immediate energy shortages […]

Livingstone, Zambia – 26 November – The Cooma Solar Power Plant—one of Zambia’s most significant upcoming renewable-energy developments—achieved a major milestone during the Zimbabwe–Zambia Energy Projects Summit in Livingstone with the signing of the Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) between project developers GEI Power and YEO, and the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA). The agreement […]