The African nation of Chad has one of the world’s lowest rates for electricity access, but new investment in renewables is expected to reverse the situation, beginning with a solar plant expected to be fully operational in early 2023. Just 8% of Chad’s population had electricity in 2019, with access…
Siemens Gamesa is making important moves in Africa. The subsidiary of German engineering conglomerate Siemens installed the first turbine in Djibouti’s new windfarm project in early August and is on course to build the first renewable energy plant in the country. But while Djibouti continues to modernise, investment and development…
Liberia’s clean-energy plans are getting a boost from the African Development Fund, which has approved a $34.7 million grant and loan package to improve renewable energy access and promote investment in the West African nation. Renewable Energy for Electrification in Liberia, the first project, has been awarded more than $33…
Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and philanthropist with a special heart for the African continent, died in the United States on Monday. He was 65 and suffered from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Allen’s death was announced by Vulcan, the Seattle-based umbrella company formed to manage a range of projects and global campaigns,…
President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo was the only African leader to participate Wednesday on a high-level panel during One Planet Summit, held on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Gnassingbé and philanthropist Bill Gates, along with President Hilda Heine of the Marshall Islands, participated in a…
“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.” “Every adversity carries with it the seed of equal or greater benefit.” Across Africa and the globe, these and countless similar proverbs are used to mean the same thing: Hidden in adversity is opportunity. First, Africa’s challenge in adversity When we talk of…
Dr. Richard Munang is currently the United Nations Environment Africa Regional Climate Change Programme Coordinator.
Hundreds of African government and business leaders are joining their Chinese counterparts in Morocco as the country hosts the China Africa Investment Forum. They were welcomed by Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Morocco’s trade minister, with a number of high-level leaders on hand for panel discussions. Monday’s CAIF sessions focused on China’s…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement with Islamic Development Bank to partner on USD$2 billion in project financing for renewable energy, health, food security and other key initiatives in Africa. Each partner will contribute $1 billion over the next three years to support economic transformation on the…