South Sudan’s major power provider closes

Bloomberg

South Sudan’s main electricity provider will stop supplying power to the national grid after the government failed to allocate the foreign exchange it needs for operations.
The Ezra Construction and Development Group supplies 33 megawatts to the Juba Electric Distribution, for which it is paid in foreign exchange. The government is contractually obliged to allocate Jedco hard currency as it collects payments in South Sudan pounds. “Since the plant was commissioned, the Ezra Group has been allocated less than 15% of the total amount,” it said.