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                         COMMENTARY
                         Global electricity demand set for modest
                         rebound after rapid fall in 2020                                      4


                         INVESTMENT
                         Green investment forecast to return to pre-COVID levels in 2021       6

                         INVESTMENT
                         AfDB secures $90mn in donor commitments

                         to fund sustainable generation                                        7
                         HYDROGEN

                         Green hydrogen has potential to compete with fossil fuels by 2030     8

                         ESKOM
                         ABB agrees to refund Eskom $105mn                                     9

                         RENEWABLES

                         Nigeria opens EU-supported solar off-grid projects                    9

                         HYDRO
                         Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt all claim to be ready for
                         GERD talks, but no breakthrough yet                                 10

                         GAS -TO -POWER

                         Globeleq secures $250mn in debt funding forTemane gas-to-power
                         project                                                             11

                         NEWS IN BRIEF                                                        11





















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