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STORY HIGHLIGHTS A billion people still live without electricity, but certain countries are starting to adopt new approaches to expand electricity services – reaching millions of people in the past few years. The number of people gaining access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa has begun to outstrip population growth for the first time. In South […]

Kenya has launched Africa’s largest wind power farm in a bid to boost electricity generating capacity and to meet the country’s ambitious goal of 100% green energy by 2020. The farm, known as the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) will generate around 310 megawatts of power to the national grid and will increase the country’s

VentureBuilder, which is focused on scaling African-owned and managed off-grid solar enterprises, launched today in advance of the Unlocking Solar Capital Africa conference with support from the DOEN Foundation, Facebook, Shell Foundation, and USAID. Mandated with expanding energy access to underserved populations in Africa, VentureBuilder’s launch will enable it to pioneer a new investment model […]

US $150m has been approved by World Bank and the Clean Technology Funds (CTF) for the implementation of the Off-grid electrification project (ROGEP) which will facilitate access to electricity in 19 African countries. ROGEP is an off-grid solar electrification project that will be implemented in West and Central Africa. The beneficiary countries of the programme

Many years ago I participated in an “Aligned Thinking” seminar, designed by Jim Steffen. One of the exercises in the program made a big difference in my life, so I want to share it with you. Think about how you would answer this question: What do I really want from my work? To break this […]

The Russian Export Center, VEB.RF state development corporation, Sberbank and GemCorpCapital LLP investment company have signed a US$5 billion worth framework agreement for creating a mechanism of Russian-African trade financing, according to the document, seen by Sputnik. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit. “The deal value reaches $5 billion, which