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.
The rollout of decentralised renewable energy could be a game-changer in bringing power to a country whose citizens and businesses are poorly served by the grid.
Karpowership is supplying energy to African governments from its power ships and has plans to roll out LNG-to-power projects across the continent. MD Zeynep Harezi explains the company’s plans.
