East Africa 12/01/2021 Siemens Gamesa inks first wind power deal in Ethiopia German-Spanish company pens wind energy deal to help power 400,000 Ethiopian households. But does it go far enough for the country's fast-growing,...
East Africa 11/01/2021 Light in the shadow of the pandemic At the Rabai Power Ltd. (RPL) plant, supplying electricity to hundred-thousands of homes and business is always an exciting task. With high...
East Africa 09/12/2020 TRANSFORMING THE AFRICAN ENERGY SECTOR Rashid Ali Abdallah, Executive Director of the African Energy Commission (AFREC), sees the electricity sector as the key driver for economic...
West Africa 09/12/2020 GHANA’S POWER SECTOR RESILIENT IN THE FACE OF COVID-19 Joseph Cudjoe, Deputy Minister of Energy responsible for Finance and Infrastructure, tells us how he sees Ghana’s power sector developing in the...
East Africa 09/12/2020 SWEDFUND TARGETS RENEWABLES Things are moving in the right direction for renewables in Sub-Saharan Africa, says Gunilla Nilsson.
East Africa 09/12/2020 CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY REFLECTS NEW REALITIES Africa’s policymakers are becoming increasingly engaged in the implementation of measures to tackle global warming. Ian Lewis reports.
East Africa 09/12/2020 FINANCING THE ENERGY TRANSITION If renewable energy is to drive future growth, Africa will need to do more to attract finance and investment. James Gavin reports on progress.
East Africa 02/12/2020 Energy&HER: African Mini Grids - Clean Mini-Grids: Productive... Part of the Energy&HER series at aef 2020, African Mini-grids hosted a discussion on how critical is to build relationships with communities,...
East Africa 02/12/2020 Hosted Energy&HER: Power Africa - Gender-Based Violence and... Part of the Energy&HER series are aef 2020, this discussion examines the relationship between gender-based violence (GBV) and the energy sector.
East Africa 02/12/2020 Hosted Energy&HER: SolarRise - Business Case for Gender Smart... A panel discussion, part of the Energy&HER series at aef 2020, presenting data-driven evidence on how gender-balanced businesses perform...