Eskom’s Best Grid Year in Six Comes With a US$187 Million Caveat
Eskom diesel spending fell 82.38% to R1.04 billion this financial year, even as the utility conceded R3 billion in payments...
August 29, 2026Topic
electricity
Tunisia’s Saied Calls the Power Cuts Sabotage and Names No One
Tunisia power cuts and water outages were deliberately planned sabotage, President Kais Saied said, without naming a suspect, agency or...
August 29, 2026
Kinshasa and Luanda Push Shared Oil Zone and Fuel Deal
The Congo Angola oil zone and a Sonangol fuel supply arrangement were pushed forward when the two presidents met in...
August 29, 2026
Nigeria’s Power Grid Fell to 1,132 Megawatts
Nigerian electricity generation collapsed to 1,132 megawatts on Saturday night. Distributors began load shedding and no official explanation followed.
August 24, 2026
Congo Wants 10,000 Megawatts. First It Has to Fix Its Power Company
A Congo Brazzaville electricity plan would lift capacity from about 760 megawatts to 10,000 by 2040, starting with a contract...
August 23, 2026
Ashaiman and Parts of Accra Face 14-and-a-Half-Hour Power Outage Sunday
GRIDCo cuts power in parts of Greater Accra from 3:30am to 6pm on Sunday 16 August 2026 for emergency tower...
August 16, 2026
Nigeria Labour Congress Demands A Fundamental Energy Sector Shake-Up
The Nigeria Labour Congress called in August 2026 for a fundamental shake-up of the energy sector, rejecting a ₦6 trillion...
August 9, 2026 Nigeria Gas Flaring Wastes US$1.1 Billion in Power
Nigeria’s onshore gas flaring rose 18.36% in 2025, wasting 32,300 GWh of potential electricity worth $1.1 billion while the grid...
July 29, 2026
Mexico Bets $40 Billion on a State-Led Renewable Power Build-Out
Mexico unveiled a forty-billion-dollar plan to add huge power capacity by 2030, most of it renewable and state-owned, betting on...
June 25, 2026