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1 month ago | 
africa-energy.com | Jon Marks
In depth Issue 527 - 29 May 2025 - By Jon Marks | 5 minute read The European Investment Bank is supporting state utility Onee’s grid expansion to accommodate the rising input from solar and wind generation, while developers are looking towards new investments, including Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power – now it has repaired its Noor III concentrated solar plant.
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1 month ago | 
africa-energy.com | Jon Marks
In depth Issue 526 - 21 May 2025 - By Jon Marks | 9 minute read Nigeria may be hard-pressed to provide enough gas to meet its existing export commitments and booming domestic demand, but Abuja insists it will be able to supply both the mega-project at the centre of King Mohammed VI’s Africa policy and a rival scheme promoted by Algeria.
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2 months ago | 
africa-energy.com | Jon Marks
There are some positive trends in industries such as renewable energy to give heart to the Kenyan president’s dwindling band of supporters. But William Ruto’s honeymoon is over, both with many of those who voted for him in 2022 and with the major international institutions that have backed his reform programme.
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2 months ago | 
africa-energy.com | Jon Marks
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
africa-energy.com | Jon Marks
In depth Issue 523 - 25 Mar 2025 - By Jon Marks | 9 minute read Morocco is pursuing its ambition to become a key player in the green hydrogen/power-to-X sector, but also remains committed to developing natural gas production and imports, while it moves slowly ahead implementing details of more mundane electricity sector reforms that should encourage more private sector participation, write Our Casablanca Correspondent with Jon Marks.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
africa-energy.com | Jon Marks
Issue 523 - 24 Mar 2025 - By Jon Marks | 3 minute read In a significant move for the slow-moving liberalisation of the Moroccan electricity supply industry (ESI), regulator Agence Nationale de Régulation de l’Electricité (Anre) has finally set the tariff for using medium-voltage (MV) distribution networks (Tarif d’utilisation des réseaux électriques de moyenne tension de la distribution, known by its acronym Turd).
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Mar 11, 2025 | 
africa-energy.com | Jon Marks
Views Issue 522 - 12 Mar 2025 - By Jon Marks | 7 minute read The new NDC administration is promising a radical shake-up of Ghanaian institutions and spending, including another stab at electricity sector privatisation – in an attempt to carry through what John Mahama promised when he was last president, a decade ago. Delivering meaningful reform will provide an even greater challenge now than it did for his last government, writes Jon Marks.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
africa-energy.com | Jon Marks
In depth Issue 521 - 19 Feb 2025 - By Jon Marks | 13 minute read The zeal with which Elon Musk and others in Donald Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ posse have taken to dismantling the global financial and security order may prove to be a passing phase, but it is more likely to represent a lasting shift that poses some very serious questions for Africa, writes Jon Marks.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
africa-energy.com | Jon Marks
The entry into Goma of rebel and Rwandan forces is a catastrophe for Democratic Republic of Congo and threatens a return to wider conflict in the Great Lakes region. International efforts have so far failed to secure peace in troubled eastern Congo – which will require difficult decisions and major efforts to curb Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s ambitions, overcome DRC President Félix Tshisekedi’s failings and restore trade in the region’s critical minerals to a legal footing.
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Jan 30, 2025 | 
africa-energy.com | Jon Marks
Issue 520 - 30 Jan 2025 - By Jon Marks | 4 minute read Suhail Bahwan Group and its fertiliser venture have experienced a bumpy ride in Algeria over the past two decades, but recent talks in Algiers suggest the Omani group could be ready to agree further investment in the Arzew plant and other big projects.
