Arab states are pushing for UN action in resolving the decade-long dispute over Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as Addis Ababa begins filling the dam for the second year running.
On 1 July, both of Nigeria's chambers of parliament passed a crucial bill reforming the oil and gas sector. What exactly is at stake, and will change finally be achieved?
Cyril Ramaphosa has pleased investors with new energy reforms and a long-awaited bid to part-privatise troubled South African Airways, but some critics say that selling off the airline is a mistake.
European investors have unveiled two major solar energy projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the space of a week as they target one of Africa’s least electrified markets.
President João Lourenço of Angola has declared a break from the past, but Covid-19, allegations of corruption against officials and mounting debts are taking their toll.
After years of delay, multinational oil development in Uganda looks set to go ahead, but will local suppliers be able to reap a fair share of the business?
As foreign oil majors suspend operations in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province can the government reassert control
and keep crucial investments on track?
Wanjira Mathai is Vice President & Regional Director for Africa at the World Resources Institute. She is the Chairperson of the Green Belt Movement and the daughter of Wangari Maathai, the world-renowned 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Kenyan environmentalist.
