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Africa's Electricity Tariff Reckoning: Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya Are Raising Power Prices — Here Is Who Gains, Who Loses, and What It Means for the Energy Transition
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Africa’s Electricity Tariff Reckoning: Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya Are Raising Power Prices — Here Is Who Gains, Who Loses, and What It Means for the Energy Transition

Seven African markets have raised electricity tariffs in the past twelve months. The economics are defensible — subsidised electricity was destroying utility balance sheets and choking new investment. The distributional consequences are not simple, and the energy transition implications are larger than either side of the debate acknowledges.
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Nigeria's $2 Billion Fibre Gamble: World Bank Milestones, EU Backing, and the Right-of-Way Problem That Could Derail Africa's Most Ambitious Broadband Project
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Nigeria’s $2 Billion Fibre Gamble: World Bank Milestones, EU Backing, and the Right-of-Way Problem That Could Derail Africa’s Most Ambitious Broadband Project

Nigeria has secured over $1.1 billion in development finance for Project BRIDGE — a plan to extend its fibre backbone from 35,000km to 125,000km. The World Bank will only disburse if milestones are met. MTN reported 5,400 fibre cuts in seven months. Whether BRIDGE succeeds or stalls will determine Nigeria’s digital trajectory for the next decade.
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