If You Want The Cash Come And Collect It

The Malian Agency for the Development of Domestic Energy and Rural Electrification (AMADER) is inviting interested bidders to express their interest in providing lantern distribution incentive payments, Lighting Africa certified solar panels, and corresponding pico-PV materials as part of the SHER project. Read more here: https://www.esi-africa.com/tenders/mali-distribute-certified-solar-panels/

With Love From President Akufo Addo

The organizers of Africa Oil & Gas Talent Summit (AOGS2017), whose theme for this year is “Digital Workplace Transformation for Africa’s Energy Future,” scheduled for 10 to 13 October, 2017, in Ghana has received a letter from President Akufo Addo expressing his willingness to be part of the summit. Read more here: https://guardian.ng/energy/ghanaian-president-to-open-africa-oil-gas-talent-summit/

Gassing Up With Or Without Your Money

A Gas Sales and Aggregation Agreement (GSAA) has been signed by Greenville, an oil and gas company, with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), in Abuja that would facilitate an investment worth $500 million in the first three mini Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG, plants in Africa in collaboration with NNPC/Total Joint Venture and Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria without the financial backing of the banks. Read more here: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2017/08/30/total-greenville-partner-nnpc-invest-gas/

Opportunities Comes But With Energy

Opportunities that exist in sectors such as; energy; healthcare; technology; oil and gas; hospitality; tourism; infrastructure; manufacturing; and agriculture, for mutually beneficial businesses and economic exchanges between the US and Sub-Saharan countries would be extensively covered at this year’s 2017 US-Africa Business and Economic Development Conference slated for Yale University. Read more here: http://punchng.com/investors-regulators-others-set-for-2017-us-african-conference/

Where There Is A Demand There Is Way

Due to irregularity of gas supply from Nigeria that has marred the West Africa Pipeline Company Limited, WAPco’s commitment in meeting the gas demand in Benin, Togo, and Ghana, the gas distribution company is exploring other alternatives to ensure continuous supply of gas to its customers within the sub-region. Read more here: https://guardian.ng/energy/wapco-seeks-alternative-gas-supply-to-customers/

Energy’s Next Big Destination

With a strong focus on renewable energy going forward with renewable energy share goals of 96 percent by 2030 and 100 percent by 2050, Uganda will be hosting project developers, finance houses and multilateral investors, construction and planning companies, and technology providers from Uganda, the region and from the rest of the world for its inaugural ‘Future Energy Uganda’ summit in a fortnight as the next energy investment destination. Read more here: http://cajnewsafrica.com/2017/08/29/uganda-the-next-energy-investment-destination/

Underwriting Goes Oversea

In spite of efforts by the federal government and the insurance sector operators to ensure that insurance firms benefit from huge opportunities in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria, recent reports by the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITl) revealed that only about 5 per cent of the oil and gas sector’s insurance business are handled by local underwriters as ancillary services that are supposed to be rendered by indigenous insurers to grow their premium income are taken abroad, mainly to London markets whose premium income continues to maintain upward movement year in year out. Read more here: http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/08/30/addressing-human-capacity-in-oil-and-gas-insurance/

The Photocopier

In awe of Iran’s significant economic progress and its position as one of the world’s largest holders of oil and gas reserves, Zambia is eager to learn how to harness its own oil and gas resources borrowing a leaf from Iran. Read more here: https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/zambia-props-irans-oil-expertise/

Uganda’s New Ga-suitors

Ugandan’s oil and gas is set to get a boost as a group of Chinese companies have shown interest in partnering with businesses in Uganda to develop its oil and gas sector. Read more here: http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Chinese-companies-eye-Uganda-s-oil-sector/688322-4075944-fujyef/index.html

Energizing Sub-Saharan African

Renewable energy projects with significant private-sector representation are needed from private-sector developers (local and international), NGOs, universities, or research institutions for financing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more here: http://www.ypard.net/opportunity/africa-eu-renewable-energy-cooperation-programme-%E2%80%94-finance-catalyst

Pay As You Go Solar

Coming in the heels of Nigeria’s Renewable Energy Policy to increase power generation from renewable energy sources from 13 per cent in 2015 to 23 per cent in 2025 and 36 per cent in 2030 is the deployment of 20,000 Azuri PayGo Solar Home Systems, by Azuri Technology in partnership with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), projected to create 500 direct jobs, including solar installer and agents and 5,000 indirect jobs. Read more here: https://guardian.ng/energy/azuri-technology-ndphc-unveil-paygo-solar-system/