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COMMENTARY
GERD: Gulf states support Egypt and Sudan after third filling 4
INVESTMENT
Zimbabwe calls on private sector to invest
in domestic wind power potential 5
Zim distributor announces five-day power cuts 5
KCB Bank secures $150mn loan from IFC to
boast climate finance in Kenya 6
Holders of defaulted Sri Lankan bonds watching
how China will handle Zambia’s debt treatment 7
Saudi ACWA Power announces plans to expand into Morocco 8
GRID
Siemens secures €50mn deal to upgrade
power utilities for Egypt’s AEDC 9
Malawi orders scrapping of idle IPP licences 9
GAS GENERATION
NCDMB says Nigeria should market its gas to LNG-to-power projects 10
RENEWABLES
SOLA, African Rainbow Energy close 200-MW solar deal 11
Chariot Limited makes green progress in Zambia, South Africa 12
HYDROGEN
HDF Energy’s Namibia green hydrogen plant to open by 2024 13
GEOTHERMAL
KenGen begins geothermal drilling in Djibout 14
NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP 15
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