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Botswana obtained financing for its first large-scale solar plant. The Tati project will sell power regionally starting next year. South African banks assisted with the arrangements.
SemaforBotswana secured $100 million to build its first large-scale solar plant, Semafor reported on June 22. The 100-megawatt Tati Solar Project will begin commercial operations next year and sell power to the Southern Africa Power Pool, which enables cross-border sales by utilities and independent producers.
Financial arrangements were completed with assistance from South Africa’s FirstRand Ltd and Rand Merchant Bank.
Some 600 million people across Africa lack electricity, according to the International Energy Agency, while about half of southern Africa’s population has no access. An executive said investors are taking a view that there is sufficient demand for the scale of capital infrastructure involved in the project.
The War ZoneL3Harris completed a 10-month conversion of a Qatari 747-8i into a VC-25B bridge aircraft. The jet was unveiled at Joint Base Andrews on June 19, 2026, to serve until Boeing delivers the two delayed VC-25Bs.
bloombergquint.comSamsung Electronics Co. reported HBM4 chip sales exceeding $1 billion. The company began global mass production in February and projects revenue above $1.2 billion by the end of June. The chips target next-generation AI accelerators.
nbcnews.comLewis Hawkes, 36, appeared in court Monday facing terrorism-aggravated charges after five men were injured in Friday attacks across Edinburgh. Police assigned counter-terrorism officers to the investigation.