Financing power projects in Africa: From pipe dream to project bankability

Many energy schemes across Africa wither because of the absence of effective financing structures. However, both development finance institutions and commercial lenders are committed to finding solutions that could transform the continent’s prospects. James Gavin reports. The race is on to find new ways of catalysing finance for projects that provide electricity to all Africans….

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Discos’ power supply slumps to 2,962MW

Oke Peter with Agency Report A report obtained Thursday from the System Operations (SO), a department of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has shown that the level of electricity distribution by the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) in the country has significantly dropped to 2,962.82 megawatts (MW) or 46.73 per cent. The report, which…

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