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egypt-taps-scatec-as-private-investors-push-toward-42-renewable-power

Egypt Taps Scatec as Private Investors Push Toward 42% Renewable Power

Egypt signed a 25-year, dollar-denominated power purchase agreement with Scatec covering 1.95 GW of solar capacity and 3.9 GWh of battery...
Compagnie du TransGuinéen signed its first rail maintenance...
Read more |  16 January 2026
DEG provided a €30 million loan to Africa Go Green Fund to expand...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Sahel Capital secures $29 million first close for agribusiness fund SCAF II targets West...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Ethiopia aims to commission first nuclear plant within ten years Nuclear seen as...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Development of the Manono project, the DRC’s largest lithium discovery, has been...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Vaalco reports new oil discoveries at Etame field offshore Gabon Pilot wells confirm...
Read more |  16 January 2026
The UK-Kenya Tech Hub has launched Startup 360 Connect initiative targeting 50+...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Rwanda agricultural exports rise 6.4% to $893.16 million Coffee earnings jump 47% on higher...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Prospect confirms gold by-product potential at Mumbezhi copper project Drilling shows gold intercepts...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Nature study examines hominin fossils from Thomas Quarry I, Casablanca Fossils show mixed...
Read more |  16 January 2026
The NCC has hired PwC to assess competition in Nigeria’s telecom market The...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Kipushi zinc output quadrupled to 203,168 tons in 2025 Ivanhoe aims for at...
Read more |  16 January 2026
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reddot Finance

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced in a statement released on...
Read more |  5 November 2016
Morocco’s leading bank, Attijariwafa Bank, has announced on September 19 that it...
Read more |  21 September 2016
UK’s recent exit from the European Union (Brexit), should impact the economy...
Read more |  15 September 2016
Only eight African countries have been listed among the countries with low...
Read more |  17 December 2015

reddot Public Management

reddot Agriculture

Egypt’s EHCSS secures €12 million EU-backed grant for wheat storage Funding to build five...
Read more |  17 December 2025
As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors gathered at the Africa Investment...
Read more |  9 November 2018
Yesterday, the Moroccan sugar company Cosumar announced that it acquired a 55%...
Read more |  3 October 2018
In Ghana, fees for shipping cocoa to Europe will decrease from 39...
Read more |  2 October 2018

reddot Electricity

Following deliberations last July 25, the African Biofuel and Renewable Energy Company...
Read more |  13 December 2018
The African Development Bank Group, in partnership with the French Development Agency,...
Read more |  26 October 2018
Ghana and Burkina Faso inaugurated the 225 KV power line linking them....
Read more |  8 October 2018
Tanzania will need $3.611 billion to complete the nine power plants and transmission...
Read more |  27 September 2018
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) announced that it provided $25 million to...
Read more |  26 September 2018

reddot Mining

South African miner Harmony Gold said it has successfully produced the 1.1...
Read more |  20 July 2016
AIM-listed Bostwana Diamonds and joint-venture partner Alrosa began exploration at the PL...
Read more |  24 March 2016

reddot Telecom

reddot Comms

In Kenya, Facebook will soon start reporting fake news published on its...
Read more |  5 October 2018
On October 26-27, the second edition of Les Panafricaines, the forum of...
Read more |  4 October 2018
From October 29 to November 1, 2018, Tunis, Tunisia’s capital will host...
Read more |  3 October 2018
Last September 27, Rwanda’s parliament passed a law punishing the caricaturing of...
Read more |  1 October 2018
Reuters just extended its video offers aimed at Africans by launching Africa...
Read more |  21 September 2018
Start Network, a global network of forty national and international humanitarian organizations,...
Read more |  4 September 2018

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egypt-taps-scatec-as-private-investors-push-toward-42-renewable-power

Egypt Taps Scatec as Private Investors Push Toward 42% Renewable Power

Egypt signed a 25-year, dollar-denominated power purchase agreement with Scatec covering 1.95 GW of solar capacity and 3.9 GWh of battery...
Compagnie du TransGuinéen signed its first rail maintenance...
Read more |  16 January 2026
DEG provided a €30 million loan to Africa Go Green Fund to expand...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Sahel Capital secures $29 million first close for agribusiness fund SCAF II targets West...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Ethiopia aims to commission first nuclear plant within ten years Nuclear seen as...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Development of the Manono project, the DRC’s largest lithium discovery, has been...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Vaalco reports new oil discoveries at Etame field offshore Gabon Pilot wells confirm...
Read more |  16 January 2026
The UK-Kenya Tech Hub has launched Startup 360 Connect initiative targeting 50+...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Rwanda agricultural exports rise 6.4% to $893.16 million Coffee earnings jump 47% on higher...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Prospect confirms gold by-product potential at Mumbezhi copper project Drilling shows gold intercepts...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Nature study examines hominin fossils from Thomas Quarry I, Casablanca Fossils show mixed...
Read more |  16 January 2026
The NCC has hired PwC to assess competition in Nigeria’s telecom market The...
Read more |  16 January 2026
Kipushi zinc output quadrupled to 203,168 tons in 2025 Ivanhoe aims for at...
Read more |  16 January 2026
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