Water experts are sceptical about whether UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) will be fully met by 2015; unless the current pace is dramatic accelerated, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The United Nations (UN) General Assembly met last week...
Rwanda will become the first East African country with a utility-scale solar plant. The $24 million plant will be constructed outside the country’s capital, Kigali. Gigawatt Global and Energiya Global will construct the solar power plant and...
Recording artist Akon has launched “Akon Lighting Africa” in an effort to bring electricity to one million African households by the end of the year. More than two-thirds of the population of sub-Saharan Africa is without electricity. The Akon...
The Eastern Cape government will work with Eskom to provide disadvantaged people in rural areas with free non-grid electricity. According to Eastern Cape Provincial Local Government and Traditional Affairs MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane, solar and...
