Uganda cleared to build nuclear power plant in phased approach
KAMPALA — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has cleared Uganda to start building a nuclear facility for power generation,…
South Sudan kicks off plans to nationalize oil industry
JUBA — The South Sudan says it has kicked off plans to nationalize the country’s oil industry in the next…
Africa must define energy transition on its own terms: experts
WINDHOEK– A general consensus held by African energy ministers along with experts in the energy sector has resolved that a…
‘Zimbabwe will have excess electricity by next year’
By BRANDON JOSPHAT ZIMBABWE will have excess electricity next year after the completion of unit seven and eight at Hwange…
Panic as Kenya faces fuel shortages
By TOM MBOYA in Nairobi KENYAN motorists are being forced to drive long distances to look for the very commodity…
Why Nigeria’s electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up
Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi, The University of Queensland and Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke, University of Port Harcourt Nigeria’s national electricity grid has…
India hikes fuel prices for 8th time in 9 days
NEW DELHI– Fuel prices were increased again in India Wednesday for the eighth time in the last nine days. According…
Algeria and Libya are unlikely to plug Europe’s energy gap
Inga Kristina Trauthig, King’s College London and Amine Ghoulidi, King’s College London The ramifications of the Russian war on Ukraine…
Zim faces brutal power cuts
By BLESSINGS MASHAYA BOTH ordinary Zimbabweans and businesses are feeling the pain of ongoing maintenance works at Kariba Power Station,…
‘Power cuts dent capacity utilisation’
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) last week held its annual congress, after a Covid-19 pandemic-induced hiatus, amid concerns over…