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| African Power Platform - Newsletter #7 | ||||||||
Week 06, 2019 | |||||||||
EDITORIAL | |||||||||
Dear reader, Welcome to the seventh African Power Platform (APP) newsletter. Only two weeks after the launching of our flagship program “Africa Power Access Accelerator” we already received the first couple of applications. I'm sure that by the deadline on the 31st March the turnout will be overwhelming. From the consultancy tenders issued by the IFC (you can find them below) we have noticed this important financial player is betting on the solar rooftop potential in Africa and preparing investments in the C&I space. Definitely a niche to keep paying close attention to. This week we have signed a partnership with the Africa Energy Forum happening in Lisbon this year. Soon we'll share details. It will be a great place for a meetup. Meanwhile, the APP keeps here, serving the power industry in Africa.
Jorge Lascas Founder & Managing Director | |||||||||
FROM THE PRESS | |||||||||
AFRICA: UAE-based solar developer raises $65mln from global investors, eyes larger funding by 2020. Read the article >> Yellow Door Energy plans to use proceeds to break into new Arabian Gulf and African markets. | |||||||||
ZAMBIA: Country looks towards expanding investment in renewable energy. Read the article >> Zambian Minister of National Development Planning Alexander Chiteme has appealed to the Climate Investment Funds (CIFs) for backing as it expands towards investment in renewable energy. | |||||||||
AFRICA: New projects to drive skills development in African energy sector. Read the article >> As Africa braces for an influx of energy projects, development authorities are faced with the task of ensuring that there are enough energy professionals on the continent to meet the growing demand of related skills for the successful implementation of these projects. | |||||||||
MALI: Renewable Energy Week to attract more investment. Read the article >> The Renewable Energies Agency of Mali and other stakeholder groups such as the World Bank and the Climate Investment Fund are organizing the first edition of the Malian Renewable Energy Week to be held from February 19 to 23 in the capital, Bamako. | |||||||||
AFRICA: African energy regulators seal cooperation agreement with European regulators. Read the article >> The Regional Association of Energy Regulators for Eastern and Southern Africa (RAERESA) and the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) signed the three-year collaboration agreement which will be facilitated by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). | |||||||||
AFRICA: Renewable-power Surge Faces Challenge, Too Few Workers. Read the article >> A big challenge stands in the way, experts say: a lack of trained workers able to plan, install and maintain solar, wind and other clean energy systems. | |||||||||
KENYA: Solarcentury to install solar power at Galleria Mall. Read the article >> Solarcentury Wednesday signed an agreement to develop a 562kWp solar power system for Nairobi’s Galleria shopping mall. | |||||||||
EAST AFRICA: KenGen Named Region's Best Sustainable Power Producer. Read the article >> Kenya Electricity Generating Company has emerged East Africa's Best Sustainable Power Producer in the 2018 Capital Finance International Awards. | |||||||||
SOUTH AFRICA: Solar leasing marketplace Sun Exchange raises $1m via ICO. Read the article >> South African solar leasing marketplace Sun Exchange has raised US$1 million from sales of its SUNEX digital rewards token, some way short of its original target of US$5.4 million. | |||||||||
FROM THE MEMBERS | |||||||||
Togo should soon sign the agreement regarding the creation of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ACA), an institution whose purpose is to support trade and investment in Africa. | |||||||||
InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed a Shareholders Agreement with its Preferred Developer JCM Power (JCM), committing up to US$2.3m to co-develop the Golomoti Solar project in Malawi. The 26MWp initiative will be one of Malawi’s first commercial-scale solar photovoltaic plants. | |||||||||
Dulas, a leading manufacturer of solar power refrigerators, has announced today that it has been awarded contracts to supply several hundred Solar Vaccine Refrigerators to Yemen, under a programme of vaccination backed by both International and Yemani institutions. | |||||||||
TENDERS all tenders >> | |||||||||
Submission deadline: 11th February 2019 | Category: Consultancy Region: Global (Including Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania) Entity: IFC - International Finance Corporation
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Submission deadline: 13th February 2019 | Category: Consultancy Region: Burundi | Entity: Virunga Power
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Submission deadline: 18th February 2019 | Category: Consultancy Region: Southern Africa | Entity: IFC - International Finance Corporation
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Submission deadline: 18th February 2019 | Category: Consultancy Region: Southern Africa (Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe) | Entity: IFC - International Finance Corporation
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Submission deadline: 21st March 2019 | Category: Construction Region: Guinea-Bissau | Entity: African Development Bank (AfDB)
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Submission deadline: 7th March 2019 | Category: EPC Region: Mauritius | Entity: Central Electricity Board
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Submission deadline: 14th March 2019 | Category: Construction Region: Cameroon | Entity: Rural Electrification Agency | |||||||||
ACCELERATOR | |||||||||
The “Africa Power Access Accelerator” program, by the African Power Platform, bridges the existing gap between project developers and consultants / technology providers / financiers. First application window closes on the 31st March 2019.
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UPCOMING EVENTS all events >> | |||||||||
Date: 20 - 22 February 2019 | Location: Berlin, Germany
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Date: 26 February 2019 | Location: Nairobi, Kenya
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Date: 18 - 22 March 2019 | Location: Accra, Ghana
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FEATURED REPORT all reports >> | |||||||||
Publication date: 2019, January | Author: London Stock Exchange This list includes several companies in the renewable energy sector, like African Clean Energy, Angola Energy Greentech, Aptech Africa, CrossBoundary, D.light, Karm Solar, M-Kopa, Mobisol, PowerGen, Rensource, Schutter Energy, Solantis Solar, Solarkiosk, ZOLA Energy or Zonful Energy.
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