To continue on the economic growth trajectory many African countries find themselves on, they need reliable, sustainable sources of energy. However, the continent finds itself trailing behind other emerging markets...
26 Nov 2018
The finance required to close electricity gaps remain dramatically short of what is needed to meet global energy goals by 2030...
21 Nov 2018
Renewable energy alone is not the solution to Africa's energy woes...
21 Nov 2018
An online portal has been launched that will consolidate, validate and disseminate energy data and insights across Africa's energy value chain, covering generation, transmission, distribution, regulation and policy.
13 Nov 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa produces approximately 62-million tonnes of waste per year, including plastic waste, according to the World Bank...
Eleni Mourdoukoutas 12 Nov 2018
Wind turbines are, it appears, everywhere. Even if you can't see some on the horizon on your way into work every day, it is hard to miss the continual news coverage...
Jeroen Minderman 8 Nov 2018
South Africa's much mooted seventh refinery is on the way...
Nicci Botha 7 Nov 2018
In the adventure classic Back to the Future, Emmett "Doc" Brown uses energy generated from rubbish to power his DeLorean time machine...
Anh Phan 2 Oct 2018
The top 10 nominees in the African Innovation Foundation's (AIF) Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2018 have been announced...
14 Sep 2018
For decades, people in rural Africa have been using sooty kerosene lamps to dimly light their homes...
Jörg Peters 6 Sep 2018
Research by the World Bank indicates an estimated $100bn in infrastructure investment is needed to close the electrification gap in Africa...
Karel Cornelissen 23 Aug 2018
The future of African power utilities and the challenges they face has highlighted four possible scenarios of what the continent's energy sector will look like by the year 2030...
31 Jul 2018
Hogan Lovells has launched its new report, Africa and Renewables: Wholesale change or short term surge?...
25 Jun 2018
Electricity lifts people out of poverty and improves their health and standards of living. Yet 1.3 billion of the world's people don't have access to it. And more than half of them are in sub-Saharan Africa...
Mercè Labordena 11 Jun 2018
