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COMMENTARY

Museveni defends oil development plans,
reiterates commitment to net zero by 2050 4

POLICY

EU signs clean energy deal with Morocco 5

GAS GENERATION
Mozambique to dispatch first LNG by end of October 6

MINING
Ironveld makes progress on power supplies at Rustenburg smelter
complex 7

NUCLEAR
Uganda seeks investors to build East Africa’s first nuclear reactor 8

TRANSMISSION

Standard Chartered arranges $566.4mn for Saudi-Egypt electricity
interconnection 9
Nigeria won’t sell TCN, says ministry 9

SOLAR SYSTENS
USAID grants $1.5mn for solar homes
distributor Baobab+ in DR Congo 10

DECARBONISATION

Sasol, ArcelorMittal to decarbonise operations 11

OFF- GRID

DFC commits $40mn to the EEGF to enhance energy access 12

EARTH METALS
Namibia, EU reach provisional deal on rare earth minerals 13

NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP 14

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