Business Ethiopia to start generating power from Nile dam Sunday Addis Ababa – Ethiopia will start generating power from its mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Sunday, government officials... Read more 19 Feb, 2022
Business Eskom suspends load shedding Cape Town – Eskom suspended load shedding on Sunday due to sufficient recovery in electricity generation capacity. The power... Read more 7 Feb, 2022
Business Eskom reduces load shedding to stage 1 from Friday 21:00 Cape Town – Eskom says load shedding will be reduced from stage 2 to stage 1 from 21:00 on... Read more 4 Feb, 2022
Business Thousands lose power but Mauritius escapes ‘major damage’ from cyclone Port Louis – Thousands of homes were left without power in Mauritius on Wednesday but the Indian Ocean island nation... Read more 3 Feb, 2022
Business Parts of Kenya suffer through second day of power cuts Nairobi – Kenya on Wednesday faced a second consecutive day of rolling power cuts after a damaged transmission line caused... Read more 12 Jan, 2022
Business Congo-Brazzaville, DRC sign energy deal Brazzaville – The two Congos have agreed on a joint energy project to meet growing demands for power in... Read more 8 Dec, 2021
Business Eskom to suspend load shedding from 21:00 on Sunday Cape Town – Eskom has said that it will suspend load shedding from 21:00 on Sunday. The power utility... Read more 5 Dec, 2021
Business Eskom announces stage 2 load shedding from Saturday 21:00 to Monday morning Cape Town – Eskom has announced that stage 2 load shedding is set to be implemented from 21:00 on... Read more 4 Dec, 2021
Business South Africa is hooked on fossil fuels: how it got here and how it can get out Hartmut Winkler, University of Johannesburg South Africa has experienced power shortages with rolling blackouts on an unprecedented scale in... Read more 14 Nov, 2021
Business No load shedding this weekend… but some generating units still under pressure, Eskom warns Cape Town – There is no load-shedding anticipated for the weekend, Eskom’s CEO André de Ruyter has said, while... Read more 13 Nov, 2021