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Global Citizen reactive statement on G20 outcomes

ESG & Sustainability

Global Citizen reactive statement on G20 outcomes

Michael Sheldrick, Issued by OnPoint PR 1 day

Image credit: Virginie Baisez on Unsplash

Energy

#AEF2025: Unity will drive Africa’s energy revolution

Greg Nott 17 Jun 2025

Africa's future in food security relies on cooling infrastructure

Supply Chain

Africa's future in food security relies on cooling infrastructure

Samuel Jacobs 16 May 2025

Healthcare

Mopo brings 24-hour solar power to Sierra Leone healthcare facilities

10 Dec 2024

Powering Africa’s future with affordable and reliable solar energy

CSI & Philanthropy

Powering Africa’s future with affordable and reliable solar energy

Issued by MultiChoice 29 Oct 2024

Wetility, A2Pay empowers Kasi economy with energy independence, financial resilience

ESG

Wetility, A2Pay empowers Kasi economy with energy independence, financial resilience

23 Aug 2024

Source: G20.org/Diogo Zacarias/MF. Brasil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during the signing of a landmark climate partnership agreement during the G20 Finance Track ministerial meeting in Rio de Janeiro.

Financial Services

G20 ministers spotlight $400m Emerging Markets Transition Debt scheme

29 Jul 2024

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Kieran Whyte et al. 26 Jun 2023

Image source: Rodolfo Clix from

Legislation & Regulation

Electricity National State of Disaster regulations gazetted

28 Feb 2023

African countries to push for more fossil fuel projects at COP27

Coal, Oil & Gas

African countries to push for more fossil fuel projects at COP27

Wendell Roelf 5 Oct 2022

SA's economic growth affected by mismatch of electricity supply and demand

Energy

SA's economic growth affected by mismatch of electricity supply and demand

Roula Inglesi-Lotz 13 Apr 2022

We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning

Lucas Kruitwagen 2 Nov 2021

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

Energy

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

29 Sep 2021

Ghana produces excess electricity but its management is inefficient. Wikimedia Commons

Energy

Ghana's electricity supply mix has improved, but reliability and cost is still a challenge

Theophilus Acheampong & Bridget O Menyeh 11 Jun 2021

Coal, Oil & Gas

Powerships: A solution for Africa's energy short-term supply?

Andres Vega 9 Apr 2021

Solar energy is an invaluable resource in rural areas like this facility in Gambia. Gavi/2018/Guido Dingemans

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Solar technologies can speed up vaccine rollout in Africa. Here's how

Cyrus Sinai & Rob Fetter 23 Mar 2021

Positioning Mozambique as the premier tourism destination

Tourism

Positioning Mozambique as the premier tourism destination

Charné Hundermark 8 Feb 2021

Sowing the seeds of industrial farming in Mozambique

Agro-processing

Sowing the seeds of industrial farming in Mozambique

Grace Goodrich 3 Feb 2021

President Joe Biden

Coal, Oil & Gas

Keeping an eye on Biden's plans for Africa

22 Jan 2021

AfDB approves funding for mini-grid advancement in Africa

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

AfDB approves funding for mini-grid advancement in Africa

31 Dec 2020

Lagos only gets about 10% of its electricity needs, leaving its 20-million inhabitants to their own devices. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

Sustainability

What Nigeria's poor power supply really costs and how a hybrid system could work for business

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 23 Sep 2020

The hydropower potential at the Grand Inga site on the Congo River, the largest remaining untapped hydropower potential in the world.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Why wind and solar would offer the DRC and South Africa better energy deals than Inga 3

Grace C Wu & Ranjit Deshmukh 24 Jul 2020

De-risking investments to boost Africa's renewable energy transition

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

De-risking investments to boost Africa's renewable energy transition

16 Jul 2020

Why rural electrification won't fix deforestation in Zimbabwe

Environment & Natural Resources

Why rural electrification won't fix deforestation in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 3 Jul 2020

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

Food, Water & Energy Security

How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 15 Jan 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Energy

AfCFTA's impact on Africa's energy sector

14 Jan 2020

Trends

#BizTrends2020: The rise of renewables in Africa

Khumo Theko 7 Jan 2020

WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

Infrastructure & Utilities

WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

29 May 2019

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

Energy

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 17 May 2019

Nairobi ready to welcome One Planet Summit to Africa

Climate Change

Nairobi ready to welcome One Planet Summit to Africa

13 Mar 2019

Not enough being invested to meet energy goals

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Not enough being invested to meet energy goals

21 Nov 2018

Reppie thermal plant. Photo: Cambridge Industries

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Africa's bumpy road to sustainable energy

Eleni Mourdoukoutas 12 Nov 2018

Fred Kabanda, chief oil sector regulatory officer, African Natural Resources Centre, African Development Bank, Cote d’Ivoire

Energy

Building Africa's energy capacity

20 Aug 2018

Millions of urban Africans still don't have electricity: here's what can be done

Energy

Millions of urban Africans still don't have electricity: here's what can be done

Rebekah Shirley 11 May 2018

Food, Water & Energy Security

Millions of urban Africans still don't have electricity: here's what can be done

Rebekah Shirley 23 Apr 2018

Empowering the powerless: Let's end energy poverty

Food, Water & Energy Security

Empowering the powerless: Let's end energy poverty

Jatin Nathwani 31 Jan 2018

Changing the renewable landscape in West Africa

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Changing the renewable landscape in West Africa

8 Dec 2017

Uganda needs $2.5bn to build power infrastructure

Energy

Uganda needs $2.5bn to build power infrastructure

13 Sep 2017

Getting the energy balance right

Energy

Getting the energy balance right

30 Jun 2017

Startups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Sustainable Development

Startups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged

Fred McBagonluri 5 May 2017

Infrastructure & Utilities

LVDC Conference on Sustainable Electricity Access set for Nairobi

31 Mar 2017

ESG

UK and Zambia sign Energy Africa Partnership agreement

17 Feb 2017

Africa Energy Indaba 2017 brings together Africa's leading women in energy

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Africa Energy Indaba 2017 brings together Africa's leading women in energy

Issued by Siyenza Management 12 Jan 2017

Marketing

Making music and electricity with new Spark invention

15 Jul 2016

Africa can learn from SA's renewable energy programme

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Africa can learn from SA's renewable energy programme

Celine Paton 25 Apr 2016

Obama signs Africa electricity initiative into law

Energy

Obama signs Africa electricity initiative into law

9 Feb 2016

Africa prepares for data revolution

Data & Analytics

Africa prepares for data revolution

Carlos Lopes 31 Dec 2015

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Power crisis offers investment opportunity in sub-Saharan Africa

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 10 Jul 2015