How Ethiopia’s electric vehicle revolution paves sustainable future
By Henok Tadele HAILE – In the heart of East Africa, a green revolution is quietly unfolding. Ethiopia,…
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UN team discuss on enhancing food security in Madagascar
A joint team from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the World Food Program (WFP) has concluded…
South African Special Economic Zones secure energy supply
South African Special Economic Zones (SEZ) are turning to natural gas and renewable energy to secure energy supply…
IMF advices Morocco to use its abundant renewable energy potential
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Morocco country report advised the Maghreb country to utilize its abundant…
Renewable energy investment key to drive Africa’s industrialisation, trade
BY YANET FANTAYE WOGAYEHU – Africa should harness investment and tapping vast green energy resources to drive sustainable…
Foundation launches $2 million green energy prize competition
The Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation today launched the Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy, a $2 million…
Alliance to help Malawi achieve universal energy access
Today, the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) launches the ‘Scaling Renewables in Malawi to Underpin…
Africa’s energy transition calls for pragmatic measures
The current geopolitical shock arising from the crisis in Ukraine has compounded the severe impacts already being felt…
AfDB set to promote decentralized renewable energy in Africa
African Development Bank (AfDB) joins the $800 million program will help spur commercial and local currency investments to…
Africa Day 2021: For Nature and for African People
In early March 2021 the seventh African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD7) took place in the Brazzaville,…
IFC to advance distributed renewable energy in Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, and The Rockefeller Foundation…
Overcoming bankability to make renewable energy feasible in Ethiopia
BonelliErede an international law firm, along with the RES4Africa Foundation, an organisation dedicated to promoting renewable energy in…
UN agency launches Africa green recovery report
The Economic Commission for Africa on Monday launched the Building Forward for an African Green Recovery report which…
Ethiopia starts cutting bushes to fill water Nile dam
To commence the filling of water into the Great Ethiopian Reconnaissance Dam (GERD) in the coming July, the…
Bringing transparency, efficiency to renewable energy in Kenya
The Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) is a State Corporation headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
Siemens Gamesa introduces renewable energy in Djibouti
Energy access rates and reliability in Africa are the lowest in the world and electricity costs are among…
World Bank to provide $550 million to Ethiopia
The World Bank Group has approved $550 million grant and loan to Ethiopia. The funding approved last week…
Ethiopia collects $114 million from selling electricity
Ethiopia Electric Utility (EEU) collects 3.2 billion birr (about $114 million) bill from its customers during the first…
Africa renewable energy projects secure $25 million equity investment
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved an equity investment of up…
Djibouti to host renewable energy conference
The Minister of Energy in charge of Natural Resources of the Republic of Djibouti is set to organize…
Uganda gets protection to renewable energy projects
Uganda becomes the first African country to sign an agreement with the Regional Liquidity Support Facility (RLSF), which…