FG Advances Energy Zones Plan to Deliver 24-Hour Electricity in Nigeria’s Key Economic Corridors LAGOS, Nigeria — Energy CrossroadThe Federal Government is intensifying efforts to improve electricity reliability across Nigeria through a proposed Energy Zones initiative designed to deliver stable, round-the-clock power to homes, businesses and industries in the country’s highest-demand economic corridors. Minister of...
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Adebola Unveils Composite Power Strategy to Drive Industrialisation in Oyo
IBADAN, Oyo State — The 2027 governorship candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in Oyo State, Hon. Akim Adebola Yusuf, has outlined plans for a diversified electricity-generation system combining hydropower, solar energy and other generation sources to improve power supply and reduce electricity costs across the state. Adebola, who has a 25-year banking background,...
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Kenya Court Halts Dangote’s $16 Billion Lamu Refinery Work
A Kenyan High Court has ordered construction to be paused on Aliko Dangote’s $16 billion oil refinery in the East African nation, after a group of locals filed a case opposing the project Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa, faces a fresh setback ahead of the opening of a Ksh.2 trillion oil refinery project...
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LEC Unveils Major Power Expansion Plans, Targets 75% Electricity Access by 2030
Monrovia, Liberia The Managing Director of the Liberia Electricity Corporation, Mohammed M. Sherif, says Liberia is making significant progress in expanding access to electricity. The country has set an ambitious target of connecting 75 percent of households and businesses by 2030. Mr. Sherif stated this in an address during Liberia’s second Annual Diaspora Conference held...
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LERC Renews JEP’s Electricity Distribution License in Nimba
The Liberia Electricity Regulatory Commission (LERC) has renewed Jungle Energy Power’s (JEP) Large Micro Utility Distribution License, authorizing the company to continue distributing electricity in Nimba County. The renewal ceremony brought together government officials, local authorities, community representatives, civil society organizations and other stakeholders, including representatives of LERC, the Ministry of Mines and Energy and...
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Liberia’s Electricity Access Hits 39 Percent
Monrovia Liberia’s electricity access rate has increased from 32 percent to 39 percent, according to the government, as the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) moves to expand power connections to more counties and underserved communities. Deputy Information Minister for Press and Public Affairs Daniel Sanoe disclosed the figures during the Ministry of Information’s regular press briefing...
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LEC RECEIVES 14,500 SMART METERS, 60,000 MORE EXPECTED
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — SEPTEMBER 21, 2026: The Liberia Electricity Corporation, LEC, has received 14,500 smart meters as part of efforts to advance its Smart Metering Program. The meters are part of a pilot initiative being implemented in Paynesville and its feeders, aimed at improving electricity metering, distribution efficiency and consumption monitoring. LEC says an additional...
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Ten Years, 450MW and Counting: Karpowership’s Role in Ghana’s Evolving Power Story
Ask someone in Tema who ran a small business in 2014 what dumsor meant to them, and the answer rarely starts with megawatts. It starts with lost hours, spoiled stock, generators running on borrowed diesel. That year alone, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) put the economic cost of the outages at...
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Iran-US Conflict Raises Power Cost Concerns as IBEDC Says Domestic Funding, Not Crude Prices, Remains Key
By Energy Crossroad correspondent Jeremiah Aderibigbe: The Iran-US conflict and its potential impact on international crude oil and gas prices have raised questions about the cost and availability of fuel for electricity generation in Nigeria, but the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) says the more immediate challenge facing the domestic power sector is the flow...
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Ghana Seeks Bigger Role in West Africa’s Power Market
Ghana is looking to deepen its position in West Africa’s electricity market by turning cross-border power trade into a more deliberate part of its energy-security strategy. A proposed arrangement with Nigeria, under which Nigerian gas could support electricity generation in Ghana while Ghana supplies power back to Nigeria, offers a glimpse of that ambition. But...