Olu Verheijen, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu’s Special Advisor on Energy, will participate as a speaker at AEW: Invest in African Energies as the country undergoes major sector reforms and developments Nigeria’s Special Advisor to President Bola Tinubu on Energy, Olu Verheijen, has joined the 2025 edition of African Energy Week… +
With South Africa now chairing the G20, the continent will gain a pivotal voice in global decision-making, making aef 2025 the launchpad for a bold message to the world: Africa knows what it needs, and it’s ready to lead Powering AI data centres, accelerating large-scale solar projects and leading the… +
Algeria has established itself as a strategic supplier of natural gas, outpacing competitors in the Eastern Mediterranean thanks to the size of its reserves, the strength of its infrastructure, and a favorable geopolitical climate. While energy projects in Egypt and Cyprus face technical and diplomatic obstacles, Algiers is pursuing a… +
African countries need to tap the power of the grid and every resource available to them in order to achieve what the West takes for granted every day By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org). As the hottest year ever recorded draws to a close, climate change is… +
GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today announced the successful completion of the modernization of global energy and chemical company Sasol’s Secunda power plant in Mpumalanga. The modernization included the replacement of the existing pre-combustor system with a new DLN1+ combustor supplemented by the Fuel Gas Module (FGM) skid to increase… +
A high-level delegation from the Gambia River Basin Development Organisation (OMVG), led by its High Commissioner Demba Jallow, visited the headquarters of the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on 5 May 2025, to discuss ongoing regional development initiatives. Established in 1978, OMVG is an inter-regional cooperation organization comprising… +
In South Africa, to improve access to essential services, the City of Johannesburg, under the leadership of Mayor Dada Morero, has decided to invest nearly 300 million rands (around USD 17 million) in the electrification of its informal settlements. This measure, announced on May 10, 2025, aims to provide thousands… +
Ethiopia has signed investment deals for its minerals and energy sectors worth more than $1.7-billion, mostly with Chinese firms, its finance ministry said. The East African nation, which struck a four-year, $3.4-billion program deal with the International Monetary Fund last July, is in the midst of a far-reaching reform drive, including the flotation of… +
Namibia expects a final investment decision (FID) by TotalEnergies on its Venus discovery by late next year, a senior government official said on Tuesday, even as the company pushes for incentives to lower production costs. The French oil major has joined peers like Shell and Galp in developing offshore blocks in the… +
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) says the decision by the Energy Regulator to approve a curtailment framework will help unlock scarce grid connection capacity for wind projects in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape. The approval was made by the Energy Regulator, Nersa’s highest decision-making structure, on April 29. The decision arose from its adjudication of an… +
