Mozambique: AfDB’s Sustainable Energy Africa Fund for Africa Provides $2.5 Million to Increase Penetration of Renewable Energy

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of a grant of $2.5 million to the Mozambican government to develop renewable energy resources. The … Read More

Ghana Signs Grant with AFDB, Switzerland, to Support Development of Mini-grids & Solar PV Net Metering

The government of Ghana has signed a grant agreement with the African Development Fund, and a financing agreement with the government of Switzerland, for the Ghana Mini Grid and Solar … Read More

AfricaGoGreen Fund receives over $30M investments from the AfDB, the SEFA, and the Nordic Development Fund

The African Development Bank and the Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) have approved a combined-equity investment of $20 million in the AfricaGoGreen Fund, a debt fund established to … Read More

NIGERIA: Content Intervention Fund exceeds $500m-Wabote

The Nigerian Content Intervention (NCI) Fund has exceeded half a billion dollars, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has said. … Read More

AfDB Approves $379.6M Desert to Power financing facility for the G5 Sahel countries

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved the Desert to Power G5 Sahel Financing Facility, covering Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. The Bank envisages … Read More

SOUTH AFRICA: Redstone Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Achieves First Debt Draw Down

Commercial operation scheduled to start in Q4 2023; The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) acted as the Mandated Lead Arranger and Coordinating Bank, committing ZAR 2.306 billion to the transaction; The ZAR … Read More

GHANA: AfDB Extends $27.39M Grant to support development of Mini Grid and Solar PV net metering

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $27.39 million grant to Ghana for the development of renewable energy investments in the mini grid and net … Read More

BOTSWANA: AfDB’s SEFA to Provide $1 million in Support Energy Transition Regulatory & Policy Framework

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has approved a $1 million grant to facilitate Botswana’s transition to clean energy. The technical assistance project … Read More

What happens to the African Energy Industry if Western Lenders cut off Loans for Fossil Fuel Projects?

By NJ Ayuk A little more than a year ago, in November 2019, the European Investment Bank (EIB) declared its intention to phase out funding for fossil fuels. Specifically, it said … Read More