Nigeria offers to sell power plant to Chinese firm

Africa's most populous nation is privatising the bulk of its power sector to help increase electricity output by 10 times by 2020, although President Goodluck Jonathan's plan laid out three years ago is running behind schedule.
State-owned China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) completed the second phase of the Omotosho
African Energy discovers coking coal at Sinazongwe coal project in Zambia

African Energy Resources has discovered coking coal in southern Zambia from recently received analytical data from its Sinazongwe coal project.
The find confirms the potential for AFR to derive a medium to hard coking coal primary product and a thermal coal
REFILE-Macquarie expands in UK power sector

"We have, in the last three to four months, taken the opportunity to build up that business," O'Kane said, pointing to client requests as the reason for the expansion.
The move highlights the growth opportunities available to some financial players as others have retrenched and
ECOWAS 'determined' to improve energy access

Energy access in West Africa - The regional bloc Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is working with stakeholders to improve access to energy in the region, which is currently under 50 percent, the ECOWAS Commission said in a statement obtained by PANA here Wednesday.