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Weekly Newsletter - 20/10/2017

Dear <<First Name>>,
Please find below this week's summary of renewable and related energy news for Africa and beyond.
Kind regards,
The REPP Team
West Africa
Ghana: Volta River Authority looking to divest oil and gas assets to private sector - Alternative Energy Africa
Ghana: Government signs MoU with Germany to provide Eur100m to develop renewable energy sector - Alternative Energy Africa
Nigeria: Cross River State signs agreement to build 750MW gas fired power plant - Alternative Energy Africa
Nigeria: Privatisation of the distribution network has not proven successful - ESI Africa
Nigeria: Ministry of Power committed to incorporating renewables into primary energy mix - ESI Africa
Gambia: ITFC and IsDB sign agreement to provide $45m in support of energy sector development - ESI Africa
East Africa
Kenya: M-Kopa raises US$80m from banks and institutional investors to expand across East Africa - Alternative Energy Africa
Kenya: Government sets target for 2,000MW to be supplied by geothermal sources by 2022 - Alternative Energy Africa
Tanzania: 600MW wind farm transferred from Kenya to Tanzania due to lack of regulation in renewable energy sector - Alternative Energy Africa
Tanzania: Tanesco manager for Ruvuma assures investors of region's good financial standing - ESI Africa 
Uganda: 10MW Building Energy solar power plant operational after $19.6m financing secured - Alternative Energy Africa
Uganda: Investors SunFunder, Oikocredit and responsAbility invest $6m to finance deployable solar home systems - ESI Africa
Uganda: Ministry of Financial Planning seek $287m to fund rural electrification projects - ESI Africa
Rwanda: Government looking for big investment into renewable energy sector to stimulate country's green economic development - XinhuaNet
Ethiopia: Global Green Growth Week Conference identifies inadequate financing for renewables as a pressing concern - Inter Press Service
Southern Africa
South Africa: 100MW Xina CSP project operational to provide electricity to 95,000 households - Alternative Energy Africa
South Africa: Tariff cap at $0.77/kWh on renewable energy projects during 3.5 and 4 bidding windows - Business Report
South Africa: RMB and KfW recently close the facility for investment in renewable small transactions - BIZ News
Angola: Wartsila signs framework supply contract for three new power plants - Alternative Energy Africa
Mozambique: $50m partnership agreement between Akon Lighting Africa Initiative and Machel Fidus Association for implementation of rural electrification projects - ESI Africa
Namibia: Nored introduces special tariffs for pensioners and the disabled - ESI Africa 
Africa General / Rest of World
African economic outlook deems East Africa the fastest growing region - ESI Africa
Engie acquires Fenix International, offering solar home systems across SSA - Alternative Energy Africa
Morocco and Russia to increase collaboration in nuclear energy sector - Alternative Energy Africa
Universal energy access within reach according to IEA - Renewable Energy Magazine
Egypt: Solar industry attracts $1.8bn from EBRD and IFC - Bloomberg
Morocco: Country's majority energy mix coming form renewable energy sources - Petroleum Economist 
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