High-voltage electricity transmission towers stretch across the countryside, illustrating the infrastructure required to expand regional power grid capacity in East Africa|Mjengo Hub Regional power transmission coverage falls drastically short of international benchmarks, creating massive infrastructure development demands across four nations.
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Nairobi is set to host one of East Africa’s biggest gatherings for the renewable energy and power sectors at the 11th Solarexpo Kenya 2026 and 13th Power & Energy Kenya 2026 exhibition.
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved an EUR 100 million loan to Gotion Power Morocco to finance the development of an integrated cathode-to-cell lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery gigafactory in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Free Trade Zone, Morocco.
Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, has quit RE100, the global corporate initiative whose members commit to using 100% renewable electricity. That’s because Meta is bankrolling a fleet of new gas-fired power plants to fuel its expanding AI data centers.
The inaugural Power Africa Today conference, taking place at African Energy Week (AEW) 2026, in Cape Town on October 12- 16, will convene a strong lineup of senior policymakers, regulators, researchers and industry leaders at The new platform will examine the policy, financing and infrastructure needed to expand electricity access modernize transmission networks and accelerate…