GE Africa and the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have announced the 22 winners in the second round of their Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge. Selected from nearly...
Minister of Energy Tina Joemat-Pettersson has signed an historic agreement with her counterpart Kapandji Kalala, Minister of Hydraulic Resources and Electricity of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This inter-governmental agreement paves the...
The 2014 World Water Week, focusing on energy and water, closed on Friday with participants jointly emphasising the importance of a water goal, as well as intimate integration of energy and water in the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The week also...
More than 500 families are benefiting from hot water and reduced electricity costs at the Joe Slovo Housing Project in Langa, Cape Town thanks to the installation of solar water heaters at the development. The individual housing subsidy quantum,...
With Africa registering the lowest electricity generation in the world and hydropower severely underexplored, calls are mounting for leaders of government and industry alike to step up efforts. This emerged on the third day of the 2014 World Water...
The North West Department of Local Government and Human Settlements plans to fund R141 620 000 worth of infrastructure developmental projects as well as create job opportunities in this financial year. Social infrastructure development will be...
Since 1991 the city of Stockholm, Sweden has been host to an annual conference called the World Water Week organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). This is a gathering of governments, institutions and individuals working on...
Two out of three sub-Saharan Africans (600 million people) lack access to electricity. In June 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama announced Power Africa — an initiative to double the number of people with access to power in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since...
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a R1.4 billion finance contract to support the development of the !Ka Xu 100 MW concentrated solar power plant in the Northern Cape. Once fully...
