James Manda

Jeannette Ilunga, Africa Works, LUSAKA | Friday 28 November 2025 — Zambia’s mines are racing toward a power crunch: by 2031 they’ll need up to three new gigawatts of electricity, yet the investors who could build it are still holding out for a mythical “zero-risk” guarantee. Hydropower has buckled, load shedding has become routine, and […]

Mozel Chimuka, Agora Village, AfricaWorks | LUSAKA, 27 November 2025 — Eight or nine out of every ten reasons a power project fails in Zambia and Zimbabwe trace back to a single word: financing. For decades, the answer was always the same—foreign currency is unavailable, terms are not bankable, utilities will not guarantee payment, and […]

Gerald Hamuyayi, Lusaka, Saturday, 29 November, 2025 – The payments arrive like clockwork, every month, on schedule, in full. Yet the project remains classified as unbankable. International financiers examine balance sheets from state utilities and recoil, deploying risk premiums that make commercial lending impossible. Meanwhile, independent power producers across Zimbabwe and Zambia operate profitably, receive […]

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 […]