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A few days after the conclusion of an agreement on the financing of the new Winch Energy IPP Holdings (WIPP) Platform, between NEoT Off-grid Africa (NOA) and Winch Energy, Afrik 21 met with Frédéric Pfister, the Managing Director of NOA. This is a platform developed by Électricité de France (EDF), the Japanese firm Mitsubishi and […]
The World Bank has approved $250 million to improve the operational performance of the electricity sector utilities and increase electricity access in selected cities of Angola. https://www.esi-africa.com/industry-sectors/finance-and-policy/world-bank-to-finance-electrification-investments-in-angola/
An infrastructure investment fund managed by Old Mutual Investment Group (Namibia) has acquired a majority stake in a 5MW solar photovoltaic plant at Rosh Pinah in the !Karas Region of Namibia. https://www.esi-africa.com/industry-sectors/business-and-markets/old-mutual-raises-its-stake-in-namibias-renewable-energy-market/
Eskom is expected to complete its unbundling into three divisions by December 2022, according to national treasury. https://techcentral.co.za/eskom-to-be-fully-unbundled-by-december-2022/105268/
A recent virtual media roundtable organised by GE Gas Power focused on ‘Pathways to Faster Decarbonisation with Gas and Renewables’. https://www.powerengineeringint.com/renewables/ge-pathways-to-faster-decarbonisation-with-gas-and-renewables/
The mining sector is well positioned to apply impact investment principles to achieve environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets and shareholders increasingly expect large JSE-listed mining companies to move beyond compliance and demonstrate their sustainable ESG impacts throughout their value chains, says ESG advisory firm Impact Capital Africa founder and CEO Brett Wallington https://www.miningweekly.com/article/impact-investing-principles-could-solve-for-the-esg-challenge-in-mining-2021-02-25
On February 4th, 2021, Buy-Us Solar launched a project in Burkina Faso to irrigate using solar energy. The Burkinabe supplier of solar motor pumps hopes to contribute to the development of irrigated agriculture in this Sahelian country. https://www.afrik21.africa/en/burkina-faso-buy-us-solar-launches-solar-powered-irrigation-project/
Solarise Africa, a solar energy provider, has just signed a partnership with Centennial Generating, which provides energy services in East Africa. Through this alliance, Solarise Africa is expanding its services in East Africa, with a focus on the Rwandan, Ugandan and Zambian markets. https://www.afrik21.africa/en/africa-solarise-joins-forces-with-centennial-to-provide-solar-energy-in-3-countries/
The Canadian company NuRAN Wireless has just signed an agreement with Orange DRC, the subsidiary of the French giant Orange, to supply solar-powered telecommunications masts to 2,000 sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). https://www.afrik21.africa/en/drc-nuran-to-build-2000-solar-powered-pylons-for-orange/
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