09 November 2026 – Weekend Review of Infrastructure Financing and Investment in Africa
9 November 2026
The selected reports cover several stages of infrastructure development: electricity project registration in South Africa, the inauguration of a biomass power plant and parliamentary consideration of resources for Côte d’Ivoire’s electricity network. In Egypt, a railway collision affects services between Cairo and Upper Egypt. Registered capacity and reported investment values describe a project portfolio; they are distinct from facilities actually in operation and financing disbursed.
South Africa registers 144 electricity facilities totalling 3129 MW and estimated investment of ZAR 78 billion
In an update reported by SolarQuarter on 6 November, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) recorded 144 facilities registered between July and September 2026, representing 3,129 MW and an estimated investment value of ZAR 78.16 billion. The portfolio includes 139 solar photovoltaic projects totalling 2,045 MW and three wind projects totalling 1,063 MW; 76 facilities representing 3,079 MW are intended for the Eskom network. These figures concern regulatory registrations and investment estimates and do not establish that all facilities have been built, connected or brought into operation.
Sources: SolarQuarter · The Profiler
Côte d’Ivoire inaugurates the 46 MW Biovéa biomass plant using agricultural residues
In a report published on 6 November, Côte d’Ivoire’s energy ministry announced the official inauguration on 5 November of the 46 MW Biovéa plant at Ayébo, near Aboisso. According to the ministry, the project, developed by EDF, Meridiam and the SIFCA group with financing support from Proparco and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, represents investment of more than CFA 150 billion. The plant uses oil palm residues supplied by PALMCI and local producers, among others; the ceremony marks its official inauguration, distinct from testing and earlier stages in the start-up of its units.
Sources: Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Mines, Petroleum and Energy · Ivorian Press Agency · Fraternité Matin · BiFinances
Côte d’Ivoire Senate committee adopts a bill targeting around CFA 50 billion a year for electricity
The Senate reports that its Economic and Financial Affairs Committee adopted a bill on 6 November ratifying a June 2025 ordinance that reallocates part of the fuel tax to the electricity sector. The measure aims to mobilise around CFA 50 billion annually to extend the network and improve the quality of electricity supply, without changing pump prices, according to the report. The reported step is committee adoption of a ratification bill; it does not constitute final approval by Parliament as a whole or an announcement of new borrowing or revenue already received.
Sources: Senate of Côte d’Ivoire
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