The President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (Nigatom), Simon Pesco Mallam, has said that Nigeria targets its first nuclear energy plant by mid 2020. He made this known at the just-concluded 2018 AtomExpo in Sochi, Russia. In his words, “we have a roadmap and that is by the mid
A new round of consultations on Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was launched recently in Addis Ababa. The 9 hour round included three way closed door meetings attended by the Ministers of Water and Irrigation from Egypt, the Sudan and Ethiopia. The meetings were also attended by 40 members of the three way technical committee and representative
South African state-owned power utility Eskom has noted that it will submit a response to some concerns that emerged at the Western Cape leg of public hearings held by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) in Cape Town. The parastatal confirmed in a statement that the written response will be submitted within seven
Kenya Power is again on the spotlight following claims of inflated power bills and a glitch in its electronic payment system that made it impossible to top up tokens on prepaid meters. Thousands of customers started experiencing the hitch in tokens generation on Friday evening, with the problem extending through the weekend. Small businesses such
We recently caught up with Akinwole Omoboriowo II, an entrepreneur, a value-driven businessman and an intellectual. He is the Chairman and CEO of Genesis Energy, an energy solutions firm with experiences operating in a variety of African countries. Mr, Omoboriowo II shared with us his background, as well as inspiring thoughts on entrepreneurship and the
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