With a potential expansion of domestic gas production, Kenya sets out an ambitious long term

goal to produce 19,000MW of electricity by 2030 using gas. Read more here:

https://www.rigzone.com/news/natural_gas_will_help_kenya_achieve_ambitious_power_generation_goals-05-jan-2018-153037-article/

Scrap It!

Angola, one of Sub-Saharan Africa's top producers of crude oil, has announced plans to scrap its currency peg to the US dollar, allowing the Angolan Kwanza to trade within a band against the US dollar, due to the decreasing trend of international reserves. Read more here :

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/05/opec-producer-angola-scraps-kwanza-dollar-peg.html

100% sufficient 

Newly discovered gas fields off the Egyptian coast, together with the supergiant Zohr field, could prove to be a permanent solution to Egypt's power needs. Read more here :

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/3/12/286650/Business/Economy/Egypts-Zohr-Towards-selfsufficiency-in-gas--.aspx

North Star Arising

Thanks to a major gas find - the Zohr field, estimated to be the largest in the Mediterranean -, as well as other economic reforms, Egypt is fast becoming the choice market for foreign investors in Africa. The gas discoveries are expected to make Egypt a regional energy hub, with net FDI inflows already amounting to 7.9 trillion. Read more here

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-economy-investment/mideast-money-surge-in-foreign-fund-inflows-sets-stage-for-egyptian-boom-idUSKBN1EW05X

Nigeria's power sector

2017 was an eventful year especially for the power sector in Nigeria. Despite a general low in terms of available power generated, consumers continuously becried the exorbitant bills served by the distribution companies. Several efforts by government and industry experts are however preparing the stage for a radical shift towards sustainable renewable energy generation in the country. Read more here : https://www.businessdayonline.com/2017-year-mixed-fortunes-nigerias-power-sector/