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COMMENTARY
Ex-CEO of power utility Eskom says government meddling, entrenched
corruption made job impossible 4

POLICY

Eskom names interim CEO amid departing head’s allegations of rampant
corruption 7
Tax breaks for private sector renewable energy investments 8

INVESTMENT
Sasol launches €50mn venture capital fund to facilitate decarbonisation 9

New fund for $92.5mn solar in Africa 9
Swiss impact investor responsAbility commits $10mn for South Africa
solar energy projects 10

RENEWABLES

Air Liquide, Sasol sign two PPAs with TotalEnergies 11

Evtec Energy to build $150mn solar power plant in Nigeria for MICT’s
Tingo Foods 11

Sungrow offers PV, energy storage solutions for South Africa 12

PERFORMANCE

Zimbabwe’s ZESA Holdings misses 2022 power output target by 7% 13

HYDROPOWER

Mainstream Energy Solution wins $1.3bn Zungeru hydroelectric plant
contract 13

TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

Kagame’s $800mn project for rural electrification in Zimbabwe to go
ahead 14

NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL (NRG
POWER)

NewsBase’s Power Roundup Global [NRG Power] 15

OUR CUSTOMERS 16

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