Tag: Energy

Members of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) gave their full support this week to helping Africa achieve its target of 300GW of power from renewable energy by 2030, su...

Latest World Energy Outlook also sees clear signs that the energy transition is underway, but warns strong direction is needed from Paris climate summit An extended period of lowe...

Brian Mureverwi, a tralac Intern, comments on the current energy crisis in southern Africa Power cuts (or load shedding) have become commonplace in several countries in southern A...

Energy specialists and policy makers will have a lot to talk about at the forthcoming Conference on climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA 5), according to the organizing c...

The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Africa Hub launched on Tuesday, October 13 in Abidjan its Annual Report for 2014-2015, which outlines the progress made to date in helping t...

SADC becoming a key player in the international trend towards development of renewable energy resources and energy efficiency. Renewables now account for 23.5% of generation An un...

A blue print to get rid of Africa’s energy poverty by 2025 The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) unveiled its landmark initiative to solve Africa’s huge energy deficit by ...

The African Development Bank has lauded the development of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Action Agendas, and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Action Plans by Ec...

Kofi Annan summarized Africa’s current challenges and opportunities during the 15th International Economic Forum on Africa: “Africa Beyond 2015”, organized by the OECD Develo...

East African Community (EAC) Partner States are in the process to formulate a comprehensive energy security policy with a view to  enable the generation of affordable and reli...

The 34th Meeting of the Ministers responsible for Energy in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was held on the 24th of July 2015, at the Sandton Convention Centre, i...

Sees near-term potential to raise additional $120 billion a year by 2020 Innovative financial mechanisms in four key areas have the potential to boost crucial investment in sustai...

African governments, investors, and international financial institutions must significantly scale up investment in energy to unlock Africa’s potential as a global low-carbon supe...

African countries are one step closer to realizing the goals of universal energy access through following a coordinated approach to energy sector development at the country level a...

The world is on the right track to make sustainable energy a reality for everyone by 2030, but that can only happen if countries dramatically accelerate their efforts and have acce...

East African governments have increased their annual budgets for the 2015/2016 fiscal year, with more spending directed to security and key sectors expected to drive growth. But t...

Energy is one of the most essential requirements for Africa’s development. In the 21st century, it is a matter of concern that over 620 million Africans still live without the be...

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 15 April 2015 called on business leaders to expand investment in low-carbon growth and opportunities to advance sustainabl...

The two biggest trading blocs are taking divergent economic paths At its Transatlantic Conference, the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union (AmCham EU) on 19 March 2...

Fifty participants from the public and private sector participated in the workshop SADC Regional Action Plan for Leapfrogging to Efficient Lighting, Appliances and Equipment. The w...