DR Congo Sharpens Electricity Rules With AfDB Help
DR Congo is strengthening electricity regulation with African Development Bank help, with a study of real power costs and draft...
October 5, 2026Topic
Hydropower
Egypt Denies Any Role in Ethiopia’s Northern Conflict
Egypt says it has no role in Ethiopia's renewed northern conflict. What the denial means for the Nile dam dispute...
October 3, 2026
Ghana MPs Seek Funding Plan for Stalled Pwalugu Dam
Ghana approved a US$895 million dam in 2020 to stop floods from Burkina Faso. It is still unbuilt, and lawmakers...
October 2, 2026
Itaipú Dam Explained, the Brazil-Paraguay Power Deal
Itaipú Dam explained: how the Brazil-Paraguay giant works, who pays for its power, what Annex C is and why the...
October 1, 2026
Gabon, Cameroon and Four Neighbours Back Shared Energy Data System
Six Central African states with 67 million people cannot say how much power they produce. In Gabon, ministers backed one...
September 27, 2026
Washington Puts a US$7 Billion Number on Cameroon
Cameroon United States investment talks opened in Yaoundé around a US$7 billion pipeline, from a 1,080 MW dam to a...
September 1, 2026
Angola Awards US$492.89 Million Dam Deal to Its Own Lender
Angola awarded a US$492.89 million Capanda dam contract without tender to a consortium including Gemcorp, which also provides the credit...
August 26, 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
Tanzania Paid US$2.8 Billion for Its Biggest Dam. Egypt Built It
The Julius Nyerere hydropower plant, 2,115 megawatts built by Egyptian contractors for Sh7.452 trillion, was inaugurated on 22 August 2026.
August 22, 2026