Opinion

May was a big month for solar power announcements in Africa. Algeria endorsed a huge 4GW, five-year solar plan that will install 10 times...

Charis Enns, University of Manchester; Alex Awiti, The Aga Khan University , and Brock Bersaglio, University of Birmingham   Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta fumed at construction...

By Ntombifuthi Ntuli* The added wind energy allocation in the 2019 IRP will reduce the cost of energy, improve the country’s competitiveness and help to...

Hartmut Winkler, University of Johannesburg The decline in economic activity precipitated by the spread of COVID-19 and ensuing lockdown in South Africa is also affecting...

As Coronavirus takes hold of a majority of the world, the rising number of cases in Africa has seen the government and army officials...

South Africa plans to  open up electricity generation to other players a move that has been welcome by key industry leaders but one that...

Mike Muller, University of the Witwatersrand It has been a hot, dry October in much of the interior of South Africa. And the rains have...

Iain Jackson, University of Liverpool The Volta River project in Ghana was a symbolic embodiment of progress, modernisation, and development. It offered the opportunity for...

By Carlos Lopes Earlier this year, Tropical Cyclone Idai tore throughsouthern Africa, killing hundreds, injuring thousands, and displacing even more. In Mozambique, as much as half...

By Andrew Herscowitz,  Coordinator, Power Africa Mega-solar projects – large-scale installations capable of producing upwards of hundreds of megawatts (MW) of power – are generating much-needed...