Africa

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has intensified efforts to modernise regional transport systems by advancing liberalised air transport, climate-resilient infrastructure and digital innovation, as ministers and policymakers meeting in…

Former Ghanaian Education Minister and Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has credited his upbringing in cocoa-farming communities with shaping the entrepreneurial mindset and work ethic that…

The world premiere of Out of Mined, a feature-length documentary examining the environmental and social legacy of mining along South Africa’s West Coast, has brought renewed attention to the growing…

Angolan conglomerate Opaia Group has unveiled plans to expand its operations into Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), signalling a broader strategy to position itself as one…

Africa’s electricity demand is projected to nearly double to 2,291 TWh by 2050, requiring an estimated $30 billion in transmission and grid infrastructure investment to unlock and integrate new generation…

Sub-Saharan Africa now accounts for 86% of the world’s electricity access deficit, a sharp increase from 49% in 2010, underscoring the scale of the continent’s energy challenge despite decades of…

ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire  Renewable energy developer Daystar Power has completed and commissioned nearly 7 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity across four Nestlé manufacturing facilities in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal,…

On January 31 2025, the Isiolo Environmental and land court ruled that the Northern Rangelands Carbon Project (NRCP), a Kenyan carbon project partially illegal. The judgment affirmed that two of its biggest conservancies- land managed by a group…

KOKO Networks is a climate-technology company that supplied clean cooking fuel to low-income households. Founded in 2014; launched commercially in 2019, the company operated in regional and up-country areas including, Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and Nakuru in Kenya. The company ceased operations…

Namibia’s Etunda Green Scheme is expected to produce approximately 3,728 tonnes of maize during the current harvesting season, according to project management, underscoring the growing role of irrigated agriculture in strengthening food…