Bloomberg Angola may buy as much as 5,000 megawatts from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo’s proposed $14 billion hydropower plant. In its current design, the Inga III dam would be the biggest hydropower plant in Africa, generating 11,050 megawatts. The two partners developing the project — one Chinese, one Spanish — submitted a joint proposal to the Congolese government last …

Bloomberg East Africa’s largest economy needs between $15 billion and $18 billion to achieve all-round electricity access by 2022, according to Power For All, a global coalition of 200 private and public organisations campaigning for universal reach. “With almost $15 billion in investment into a suite of projects — geothermal, off-grid, energy efficiency, transmission — Kenya could achieve universal access …

Bloomberg European stocks and US equity-index futures edged higher on Tuesday and most Asian shares rose amid a lull in trade-war headlines and simmering tension in Hong Kong. Treasuries fluctuated after a long weekend. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index headed for the first gain in three days as most major national benchmarks in the region advanced. Automakers climbed amid reports …