This week's top stories include the Karlotta storm sweeping across northern Morocco, cooperation between Ethiopia and Djibouti on drinking water supplies, and the beginnings of battery recycling in Nigeria.
Niger was in the news this week, with one question on the agenda: how to solve the electricity problem, which has been exacerbated by the sanctions imposed by Nigeria following the coup d’état of July 26, 2023? Among the solutions available in Niger is solar off-grid. This solution is at the heart of a partnership recently signed between two companies for the electrification of rural areas.
NIGER: after sanctions, can off-grid power solve the electricity problem?
Still on the subject of renewable energies, Afrik21 has learned of the granting of a $300 million credit facility to the Trade and Development Bank (TDB). This financing will primarily benefit member countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
Clean energy: who will benefit from the $300m IDA loan in East Africa?
In the same region, Ethiopia will boost water supply to the capital of Djibouti, thanks to a project to increase the capacity of a pipeline linking the two countries on the Horn of Africa.
Drinking water: Ethiopia to boost supply to Djibouti’s capital
Further north, in Morocco, the authorities remain vigilant as storm Karlotta sweeps across southern Europe before reaching the Moroccan coast.
What is this « Karlotta » storm blowing across northern Morocco?
And in Nigeria, Mobile Power is recycling. It is the first company in the rural electrification sector to embark on such a process in Africa, as part of its sustainability strategy.
Batteries électriques : Mobile Power met le cap sur le recyclage au Nigeria
See you next week,
