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COMMENTARY
IEA dismisses near-term peak in oil demand, sees firm outlook for gas 4
Nigeria’s PIB envisions changes in domestic gas sector 6
METERING
Nigeria’s MAPCo to raise $1.2bn to finance new meters 8
ESKOM
Eskom to resume grid project in KwaZulu-Natal 8
GAS -FIRED GENERATION
DNG to start South African LNG bunkering next year 9
COAL
SA’s Thabametsi coal project in severe doubt 9
RENEWABLES
Scatec Solar raises African exposure with acquisition of SN Power 10
Azelio, JET ENERGY to roll out solar storage tech in Africa 10
Engie, OffGridBox to pioneer solar container project in Rwanda 11
Egypt begins work on 2,000MW wind complex 12
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