More than 560 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity. About 384 million live in countries classified ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Africa’s electricity system is changing. After years of blackouts until 2024, the state-owned energy company Eskom is being ...

Mini-grids are helping drive down the number of people without access to electricity. Image: Odyssey Energy Solutions. Mini-grids are growing in number as their economics versus traditional diesel ...

Off-grid solar and mini-grids offer one of the most cost-effective means of delivering electricity access, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Image: Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria. It is ...

African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $5.65 million grant to fund Peace Renewable Energy Certificate (P-REC) mini-grid projects across ...

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has signed into use the Abia Mini-Grid Regulation framework, a document aimed at opening and unleashing private sector-driven investment in the Abia State ...

A coalition of development finance actors convened in Lagos last week to formally unveil a new debt fund designed to funnel ...

Temilade Sesan receives funding from the International Network for Governmental Science Advice, the International Science Council and the UK Global Challenges Research Fund. This article draws from ...

ENGIE (www.ENGIE.com)inaugurated today its first PowerCorner in the Zambian village of Chitandika in presence of Matthew Nkhuwa, the Zambian Minister of Energy, ENGIE’s leadership team as well as ...

Cameroon’s renewable energy policy direction shifted dramatically during the past decade, with increased focus on solar, off-grid and mini-grid deployments, new research has found. An international ...

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) says it has disbursed the sum of N3.2 billion for the rapid deployment of solar ...