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COMMENTARY
Renewables, not gas, key to Africa’s power future 4

ACCESS TO POWER

Poorer countries risk being left behind over power access 5

INVESTMENT

South Africa releases draft plan to attract more investment 6

GRID

China’s Dinson to build $40mn transmission line in Zimbabwe 7

COAL

Edenville Energy takes full control of Rukwa Coal Project in Tanzania 7
Eskom adds 800-MW Kusile unit to commercial fleet 8

HYDRO
Uganda’s Nyamwamba ll HPP secures $10.6mn from EAIF 9

RENEWABLES
Kibo Energy’s bid to acquire solar farm in Zimbabwe collapses 10
South Korean firms eye Tunisia’s tender for solar projects 10

Savannah Energy to build 500 MW of solar and storage in Chad 11
Mozambique to add 200 MW more green power by 2027 12

Ghana’s GCB Bank, France’s AFD to promote renewables 13
Ghana signs $86mn deal with AfDB to support mini-grids 13

STORAGE

Kibo seals energy storage deal in South Africa 14

NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP GLOBAL 15

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