Firms Partner To Connect 10,000 SMEs To Solar Power Global tech giant, Microsoft, through its 4Afrika initiative, has partnered with ICE Commercial Power, a Nigerian-based renewable energy provider to provide reliable solar power to 10,000 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across Nigeria for the next...

UK, AECF Okays £16m To Support Solar Power In Nigeria, Four Others The United Kingdom and Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF) have approved a fresh round of funding worth £16m to support the deployment of solar generated electricity by small businesses in Nigeria and four...

Saudi Arabia Plans 200,000 MW of Solar Power Saudi Arabia and Japan’s SoftBank will partner to develop a massive, multi-billion-dollar solar project in the kingdom that could generate 200 gigawatts (200,000 megawatts) by 2030, SoftBank has said. The deal was signed on the sidelines of a...

The United Kingdom, through its Department for International Development, has approved N4.74bn (£16.7m) for the development of electricity from solar energy in Nigeria. According to SolarNigeria, the agency in charge of the programme in Nigeria, the funds from the UK DFID will be used to...