The Japanese government, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has donated solar power equipment worth $9.7 million to the Nigerian federal government as part of its efforts to boost electricity production in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Federal Government has reopened discussions with the preferred bidders for three of the 10 power plants built under the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) and supervised by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC).
Ruzizi III, a hydroelectric power project shared by Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, is in line to get an extra $24.17 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Zimbabwe’s power utility Zesa is set to import electricity from the Zambian company Nusenfwa to address power shortages in Zimbabwe.