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President of the African Union to finalize a his strong position, especially with regard to said they suffered a loss of N1.66tn in seven
binding legal agreement at last. climate change. This is an area where Kenya years as a result of non-payment for deemed
An official Sudanese diplomatic source has made tremendous progress in her own capacity.
said earlier in October that the Democratic right and where we are firmly committed to The Executive Secretary, Association of
Republic of the Congo, the president of the Paris Agreement, and we’re glad to see Power Generation Companies, the umbrella
the African Union and sponsor of GERD the United States has now rejoined”. Stated body for the Gencos, Dr Joy Ogaji, disclosed
negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and President Uhuru Kenyatta. this on Wednesday at a stakeholders’ meeting
Ethiopia, have yet to set a date for the “And we look forward to working very on the Regulators Monitoring Programme
resumption of negotiations. closely together on that particular agenda, on electricity organised by the Wole Soyinka
Egyptian Minister of Irrigation and Water which, as you know, our country, our Centre for Investigative Journalism.
Resources, Mohamed Abdel-Aty called for continent is the least in terms of emitting but Ogaji said the available generation capacity
a specific time table with the presence of pays the highest price. So, we welcome your dropped to 6,192.34 megawatts this year
international observers regarding negotiations leadership in this area, and I look forward to from 7,792.51MW in 2020 while the average
on the rules for filling and operating GERD. having the opportunity to discuss that further generation capacity rose to 4,120.96MW from
with you”. Concluded President Kenyatta. 4,050.07MW.
In Kenya, where significant new oil According to the APGC, deemed
discoveries are paving the way forward and capacity is the capacity that should have
CLIMATE CHANGE electrical connectivity is now the highest been delivered, but for the system operator’s
in East Africa, the country’s leadership is instruction to a Genco to derate or reduce its
Kenyatta to work closely successfully modeling an energy strategy that capacity to achieve grid balance and stability.
According to her, 34.20% (2,117.86MW) of
honors the dual priorities of economic growth
with Biden on climate and environmental sustainability. the Gencos’ generation capacity are currently
stranded, compared to 48.03% (3,742.43MW)
John Munyes, Cabinet Secretary for
change after White House Kenya’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mining in 2020.
will join leaders of other African oil- and gas-
The government-owned Nigerian Bulk
visit producing countries at Africa Energy Week Electricity Trading Plc buys electricity in
bulk from Gencos through Power Purchase
organized by the African Energy Chamber, in
As Africa continues to navigate its partnership with South Africa’s Department of Agreements and sells through vesting
energy transition, many African leaders Mineral Resources and Energy in Cape Town contracts to the distribution companies,
are responding to calls from the global next month. which then supply it to the consumers.
environmental community to reduce their
reliance on fossil fuels. They are issuing
a strong message defending the critical
importance of oil and gas development to POWER
their economic growth.
During Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Nigerian gencos lose out
visit to the white house as the first African
leader to meet with President Joe Biden at over non-payment for
the White House, he summed up the views
of many Africans when pushed by Biden on unused power
fighting climate change.
“We are also keenly very grateful with Power generation companies in Nigeria have

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