Finance

BY Abdulazeez Hameed• 2 min read

Fifteen unnamed African oil, gas and power projects pitched for $16bn at AEW's Deal Room, from an $8m well re-entry to a 180MW gas plant.

BY Abdulazeez Hameed• 2 min read

Africa's new energy bank says lending starts in early 2027, with a corridor model for gas pipelines and power, as South Africa faces losing industrial gas.

BY Clement Abayomi• 2 min read

The government has set aside N$10 million to connect homes in four conservancy areas, and chief Mfumu Mayuni III wants power treated as a basic service.

BY Abdulazeez Hameed• 2 min read

Ethiopia's development bank offers two-year loans and letters of credit to solar importers, as under half of a $40.5m facility had been paid out by 2025.

BY Abdulazeez Hameed • 2 min read

The financing arrangement could help tackle one of Nigeria’s persistent clean-energy bottlenecks by giving approved projects access to working capital for equipment, construction and implementation.

BY Clement Abayomi• 4 min read

The Africa Energy Bank’s launch has been rescheduled from September to November 2026, with lending operations expected to begin by the end of the year.

BY Abdulazeez Hameed • 2 min read

UK funds will take ten tested solar and battery systems from pilot to scale, targeting diesel use in clinics, cold chains and mobile networks.

BY Clement Abayomi• 2 min read

First money flows to build two solar plants in Chad after energy group completes financial funding deals.

BY Abdulazeez Hameed• 3 min read

The IEA's $150bn electricity-access estimate exposes a stark mismatch: most of Africa's unconnected population lives in rural areas, yet financing keeps flowing to cities.

BY Clement Abayomi• 2 min read

Zenith Bank funds 26MW power rebuild as state pushes public-private investments to end water shortages.