African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has called for bold action to light up Africa within the next ten years. “Ten years is the timeframe. We need to take Africa out of the darkness. Period,” Adesina told a panel discussion in New...
The East African Power Industry Forum (EAPIC) taking place in Nairobi, Kenya this week highlights not only of the value power offers as an enabler to grow and transform economies, but also of the burgeoning investment and business growth...
The decentralisation of power generation and distribution, and hybrid models that put some power sector control into the hands of private entities could be long-term power solutions for Africa. These power solutions were proposed at the annual...
A new World Bank report draws from experiences in five African countries to explain why independent power projects (IPPs) are crucial to help deliver electricity to the 600 million people without it in sub-Saharan Africa. Africa’s power sector...
Municipalities across South Africa had received an income of R309 billion from all sources of income during the 2014/15 financial year. According to the Financial Census of Municipalities results released by Statistics South Africa today, for the...
Africa has the lowest per capita energy use of any continent. Over 600 million Africans live without electricity. In 11 African countries, more than 90% of the population live without any power supply. In achieving this, all energy options are...
According to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the share of global electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) could increase from 2% today to as much as 13% by 2030. Released at InterSolar Europe, Letting...
Access to reliable electricity is essential to human development and to a country’s sustainable economic progress. Unfortunately, billions of people around the world still do not have access to reliable electricity, with a great number of them...
The City of Ekurhuleni scooped the top award for the best managed municipal landfill sites in Gauteng at the Waste Khoro 2016 conference held in Durban last week. The city has five operational landfill sites at Rooikraal, Weltevreden, Rietfontein,...
