The continent's data center deficit is the most consequential infrastructure gap in the global digital economy. The investors who recognize this first will shape how Africa's...
Responsible for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, Africa bears a disproportionate share of climate change's most devastating consequences. The world must stop treating...
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...
By Dishant Shah The continent’s youth bulge is not a development story. It is a structural macro-investment thesis – and the window to act is narrowing....
By Gregory Simpkins Africa has long been a target of outside interests looking to capitalize on what the continent has to offer. The 19th-century European exploration...
By Victory Azimih For centuries, Africa has endured the label “the dark continent” – a phrase that speaks not to any absence of value, but to...
By Des H Rikhotso Ugandan students have engineered portable solar-powered tents that collapse into backpacks, offering homeless populations and displaced communities a dignified solution to one...
By John Kourkoutas Wealthy nations that built their prosperity on fossil fuels now demand developing countries skip the same path. The timing raises uncomfortable questions. A...
By Gregory Simpkins Africa is home to 11 of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, with countries like Niger, Senegal and Libya leading the charge....
By Martin Mpukani After years marred by debt distress, energy shortages, and climate shocks, Zambia is emerging as one of Africa’s most compelling turnaround stories. The...
By Davida Ademuyiwa While headlines often spotlight coups, crises, or commodity booms, one West African nation has been quietly crafting a different narrative – one rooted...
By Godfred Zina In early November 2025, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier concluded a landmark three-day state visit to Ghana, underscoring a strategic bilateral relationship that is...
By Des H Rikhotso Nairobi is quietly powering a continental transformation. As global markets pivot toward sustainable transport, Kenya is emerging not just as a participant...
By Apollo Buregyeya When the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) began generating electricity in 2023, it marked more than an engineering triumph – it signaled a...
By NJ Ayuk As global debates intensify over the future of fossil fuels, some voices urge Angola to abandon its oil and gas sector in favor...
By Dishant Shah If Earth were a vast, interconnected machine, Africa would not be a cog in the wheel. It would be the engine block –...
By Godfred Zina The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and Belgium share a fraught, centuries-old relationship shaped by colonial exploitation, imbalanced power dynamics, and...
By Ajay Wasserman While global investors funnel billions into Asia and Latin America, one continent remains conspicuously overlooked – despite housing 17 percent of the world’s...
Burkina Faso has achieved a groundbreaking milestone with the launch of its first electric car, developed entirely by the Burkinabe car manufacturer ITAOUA. This innovative vehicle,...
By Mary Alorh The global fight against poverty and energy challenges heavily depends on progress within Africa. Currently, approximately 600 million people in Africa lack access...
By DeLisle Worrell It has been established that the costs of generating electric power from onshore wind turbines and solar photovoltaic systems is very low compared...
By NJ Ayuk Wealthy nations have long leveraged their natural gas resources to foster economic resilience. By ensuring reliable energy supplies for their populations and industries,...
By Raphaël Deberdt and Jessica DiCarlo The mineral-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is often portrayed as a victim of exploitation by China, the...
Jamaica-based Wigton Windfarm Limited is accelerating its plans to diversify beyond wind turbines as its sole power source for the national grid. The company intends to...
Bloomberg | Sub-Saharan Africa offers a US$193 billion opportunity to invest in renewable energy and transmission by 2031, with returns a multiple of those in Europe...
Bloomberg | Mozambique is seeking to become one of Africa’s biggest hydropower producers and launch a green hydrogen industry. The government plans to add 14,000 megawatts...
By Giza Mdoe The Exchange Africa | Green hydrogen, which is derived from a clean process of electrolyzation, has the potential to transform the energy landscape...
Reuters | Djibouti launched a 60 megawatt MW windfarm on Friday, increasing the Horn of Africa country’s power production by almost 50 percent and reducing its...
The Seventh Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF) hosted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) which...
The technology has enabled small businesses in remote areas in Kenya to access affordable power, and has been adopted to solve a new problem: keeping COVID-19...
By Delisle Worrell Over several years the Barbados Energy Ministry has benefited from world-leading expertise in the development of a strategy for the switch to renewable...
By Philip Killeen Never before has the opportunity to go green in the energy sector been as appealing and accessible as in the Caribbean. This four-part...
Renewable energy sources could supply nearly a quarter of Africa’s power needs by 2030, more than four times the current levels, according to a report published...
The Orange Group opened its third small and medium enterprises (SME) incubator in the West African country, Niger. Orange Niger and its local partners have setup...
Showing progress towards greater cross-border cooperation to develop renewable energy projects, energy ministers from 19 countries are pushing ahead with the creation of the Africa Clean...
Following an agreement with Delta State, one of Nigeria’s largest oil producing regions, SkyPower, a Canadian power firm focused on solar energy projects, will be investing...
Kenya’s transition to a green economy could generate an estimated 45 billion US dollars by 2030 for the East African country. A greener economy could also...
When South Africa successfully gave businesses incentive to manufacture solar panels, other African countries were watching. Solar panel manufactures have since popped up in Mozambique, Ghana,...
Since US President Barack Obama announced “Power Africa” last summer, things seemed to have moved painfully slowly. But that doesn’t mean they’re not moving. “A lot...
Pay-as-you-go solar power and solar-powered computers for students are a few of the off-grid power systems taking off in parts of Africa where resident have no...
Wigton wind farm in Manchester, Jamaica. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner A report commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has found that the Caribbean and Latin America’s renewable...
Wigton wind farm in Manchester, Jamaica. PHOTO/Jamaica Gleaner (Caribbean Journal) – Jamaica is committed to diversifying its energy generation, and is aiming to generate 30 percent...
