{"id":48183,"date":"2026-10-16T09:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=48183"},"modified":"2026-10-16T09:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:46:07","slug":"equatorial-guinea-expands-affordable-electricity-access","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/equatorial-guinea-expands-affordable-electricity-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Equatorial Guinea expands affordable electricity access"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Equatorial Guinea says it is taking steps to expand access to reliable, affordable electricity, particularly in rural areas, while modernising its energy infrastructure.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe country&#8217;s Minister of Mines, Hydrocarbons and Energy, Antonio Oburu Ond\u00f3, says the government is working to connect more households and businesses to the electricity grid.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking on the sidelines of African Energy Week 2026 in South Africa&#8217;s Western Cape Province, he also outlined investment opportunities for African and international energy companies.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For Equatorial Guinea, the challenge is turning its energy resources into reliable and affordable electricity for its people.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Extending power to rural communities to upgrading ageing infrastructure, the government says it is taking steps to address gaps in electricity access while opening the sector to new investment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":43478,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-48183","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Equatorial Guinea taking steps to expand access to reliable electricity","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48185,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/48183\/revisions\/48185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=48183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}