Green Energy - The Habari Network

Aerial view of an open-pit cobalt and copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, representing the country's critical role in global mineral supply chains

DR Congo Awakened: Powering the Global Economy

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is not a nation waiting to be discovered. It is one already doing the heavy lifting - for the world's...

Utility-scale solar and wind farm in Southern Africa supporting SADC's 53% renewable energy target by 2040

Opinion1 month ago

The Green Industrial Revolution in Southern Africa: A 52.8-Gigawatt Opportunity

By Lance Chisue The dust has barely settled on the 2026 SADC Sustainable Energy Week in Victoria Falls, and one thing is abundantly clear: Southern Africa...

Africa’s Development Dilemma: Prosperity at What Cost?

Opinion11 months ago

Africa’s Development Dilemma: Prosperity at What Cost?

By Danilo Desiderio In a March 19, 2025 Fox News interview, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi pointed to a shifting geopolitical landscape in Africa, noting that declining...

Meet Natalie King - founder and CEO of the first Black woman-owned, electric vehicle charging station manufacturer in the world

Business2 years ago

Meet Natalie King – founder and CEO of the first Black woman-owned, electric vehicle charging station manufacturer in the world

By Chris Wedding Meet the first Black woman-owned, electric vehicle (EV) charging station manufacturer in the world. Natalie King is the founder and Chief Executive Officer...

Rich in green minerals, African countries eye booming electric vehicle and clean energy market worth trillions of dollars

Business2 years ago

Rich in green minerals, African countries eye booming electric vehicle and clean energy market worth trillions of dollars

AfDB | The International Energy Agency projects that manufacturers of clean energy technologies will need forty times more lithium, twenty-five times more graphite, and about twenty...

Business12 years ago

Ethiopia Launches Climate Innovation Center

Climate Innovation Center (CIC), a clean technology revolution, has started operations in Ethiopia and is expected to deploy and develop climate friendly technologies. Spearheaded by Infodev,...

Business13 years ago

Jamaica: New company working to boost green energy by over 50%

Wigton wind farm in Manchester, Jamaica. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner A new Jamaican company is aiming to establish a 24-megawatt wind farm in central Jamaica within a few...

Business14 years ago

Jamaica seeks public-private partnership in green energy expansion

Wigton wind farm in Manchester, Jamaica. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner Jamaica is undertaking a wind mapping study to determine wind blowing patterns and the best sites for erecting...

Business14 years ago

Kenya: Green Roofs in Nairobi on the rise

The green roof garden at the East African Coca-Cola Company headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. PHOTO/AlertNet/Gitonga Njeru By Gitonga Njeru Architects in Kenya are designing buildings with...

Business14 years ago

Barbados approves $188.5 million green energy complex

Barbados’ cabinet has approved the US$188.5 million Mangrove Pond Green Energy complex at the Mangrove Pond landfill. The approval of the project, which will include solar...

Business14 years ago

Kenya to become regional leader in green energy: Set to build huge windfarm

Windfarm in Kenya A financing deal for Kenya’s largest wind power farm will be concluded in the first quarter of 2012, its sponsors said, setting East...

Business15 years ago

South Africa confident green energy bidding to succeed

South Africa recently launched a bidding process for renewable energy that will lead to the addition of 3,725 megawatts of green energy to the national grid...