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Eskom's R6.6 Billion Electricity Theft Loss and Hacked Vending System Expose National Infrastructure Risk
Eskom is reporting R6.6 billion in electricity theft losses alongside a compromised prepaid electricity vending system, exposing critical infrastructure vulnerabilities at the country's national power utility. The figures add a significant…
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NCBA and BasiGo Launch Asset Finance for 1,000 Electric Buses in Kenya
Latest: Deal confirmed and framed as Kenya's largest local-bank EV commitment, with NCBA financing 1,000 BasiGo electric buses
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Eskom Profit Doubles Despite Falling Sales, R111B Municipal Arrears
Latest: New figures reveal R6.6bn in electricity theft losses and a compromised vending system, deepening the governance picture at Eskom beyond its doubled profit headline.
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Access Bank Ghana Secures Carbon Broker Licence in Voluntary Carbon Market First
Latest: Zambia's live carbon registry with a bilateral agreement positions Africa's carbon market infrastructure as an investable layer, adding country-level implementation to the continental Article 6 transaction shift reported yesterday.
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- 2026-09-02Unverified — not yet reviewed
Eskom's Theft and Hack Crisis
Eskom is reporting R6.6 billion in electricity theft losses alongside a compromised prepaid electricity vending system, exposing critical infrastructure vulnerabilities at the country's national…
- 2026-09-02Unverified — not yet reviewed
Energy CP Oversubscribed in Nigeria
Pivot Integrated Energy Services has closed its debut commercial paper issuance at N100 billion after the instrument was oversubscribed, indicating strong Nigerian debt capital market appetite for…
- 2026-09-02Unverified — not yet reviewed
Odyssey's $74M Solar-Data Raise
Odyssey has raised $74 million to scale its solar financing model and support data centre energy infrastructure, a raise with relevance for African markets where solar and data centre co-location are…
- 2026-09-01Unverified — not yet reviewed
Eskom-Business Truce on Grid Reform
Eskom and the Business Leadership South Africa lobby have reached a truce over grid reform, signalling progress toward establishing an independent transmission operator for South Africa's electricity…
- 2026-09-01Unverified — not yet reviewed
Spiro Builds Out West Africa Team
Electric motorcycle company Spiro has appointed an automotive industry veteran to lead its West and Central African operations, a leadership build-out that follows the company's $270 million…
- 2026-09-01Unverified — not yet reviewed
Nigeria's CNG Rollout Underdelivers
Nigeria's $2 billion compressed natural gas rollout programme is delivering limited results relative to the capital deployed, according to new reporting. The outcome is being cited as a cautionary…
- 2026-09-01Unverified — not yet reviewed
Eskom Profit Doubles Amid Debt Risk
Eskom's profit has doubled even as electricity sales volumes fell, but the utility simultaneously faces R111 billion in outstanding municipal debt and more than R45 billion in unrecognised losses…
- 2026-09-01Unverified — not yet reviewed
Uganda EV Transit Scales to Kira
Ebus Xpress has launched 15 electric buses in Kira, Uganda, moving the country's electric mass transit programme from a Kampala-only pilot into a broader operational deployment. The expansion signals…
- 2026-09-01Unverified — not yet reviewed
SA Grid Cyber Blind Spots Exposed
A survey, reportedly vendor-sourced, finds that 80 percent of South African energy sector leaders say they lack full visibility into their grid's cybersecurity risk profile, identifying a significant…
- 2026-08-31Unverified — not yet reviewed
Dangote May Cut Fuel Supplies
The Dangote Refinery has indicated it may cut petrol supplies to import-dependent marketers over product quality concerns, a move that could materially reshape Nigeria's domestic fuel supply…
- 2026-08-31Unverified — not yet reviewed
NUPRC Asserts Host Community Control
Nigeria's Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has reaffirmed its exclusive oversight authority over host community development funds, clarifying governance rules for Nigeria's upstream oil and…
- 2026-08-30Unverified — not yet reviewed
NERC Issues 194 Power Licences
Nigeria's electricity regulator NERC issued 194 licences and permits in 2025, with mini-grid and metering deployments accounting for much of the activity, representing measurable regulatory momentum…
- 2026-08-30Unverified — not yet reviewed
Nigeria Probes N120B Power Losses
Nigeria's federal government has ordered an investigation into N120 billion in power losses recorded on the Ikorodu–Sagamu industrial corridor, a route whose outages directly raise operating costs…
- 2026-08-29Unverified — not yet reviewed
Kenya's Biggest EV Finance Deal
NCBA Bank and electric bus operator BasiGo have sealed an asset finance agreement targeting 1,000 electric vehicles, described as the largest EV fleet-finance commitment by a local Kenyan bank to…
- 2026-08-29Unverified — not yet reviewed
Ghana Launches Solar Net Metering
Ghanaian President Mahama has announced plans to introduce net metering, a policy that would allow businesses to sell excess solar power back to the national grid. The reform is framed as a concrete…
- 2026-08-29Unverified — not yet reviewed
Morocco Leads Africa's EV Battery Race
Morocco is emerging as Africa's leading electric vehicle battery manufacturing destination, driven primarily by Chinese investment that is repositioning the country within global EV supply chains.…
- 2026-08-29Unverified — not yet reviewed
Swedfund's $20m Climate Bet
Swedish development finance institution Swedfund has committed $20 million to AfricaGoGreen, targeting the structural gap between available climate capital and bankable green projects on the…
- 2026-08-29Unverified — not yet reviewed
SA Eyes First Green Bond
South Africa is reportedly considering its first sovereign green bond issuance by March 2027, which would open a new climate finance instrument for one of Africa's largest economies. The move would…
- 2026-08-29Unverified — not yet reviewed
Nomba-Synafare Solar SME Lending
Nomba and Synafare have launched a fintech-solar partnership offering $1.4 million in structured solar financing targeted at 300 Nigerian small and medium businesses.
- 2026-08-29Unverified — not yet reviewed
Sahara Power Breaks Ground in Lagos
Sahara Power has begun construction of a $12 million, 12-megawatt independent power plant in Lagos, adding modest but concrete private generation capacity to Nigeria's largest city. The…
- 2026-08-29Unverified — not yet reviewed
SA Targets EV Battery Value Chain
The South African government has signalled its intent to position the country within the global electric vehicle and battery value chain, presenting the ambition as a strategic opportunity for…
- 2026-08-29Unverified — not yet reviewed
SA Power Market Opens to Competition
South Africa's shift toward electricity wheeling and a competitive wholesale market is creating new opportunities for independent power producers beyond the load-shedding emergency context. The…
- 2026-08-29Unverified — not yet reviewed
Neighbours Owe Nigeria Power Debt
Benin, Togo, and Niger collectively owe Nigeria $11.16 million in outstanding electricity bills for 2025, according to new data. The figure reveals real financial constraints on Nigeria's…
- 2026-08-29Unverified — not yet reviewed
Wärtsilä Powers Senegal's Gas Future
A Wärtsilä power plant is being deployed to anchor Senegal's Diamba Sud gas field, providing energy security infrastructure while the country plans its transition beyond carbon-intensive generation.…