According to a recent McKinsey report, global energy demand is projected to rise substantially, potentially increasing by up to 18% by 2050, largely driven by emerging economies, including Africa.
Tag: Africa Energy
URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO MITIGATE ENERGY BLACKOUT THREAT TO FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE IN AFRICA
The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) is calling for urgent policy action to allow temperature-controlled logistics operators in Africa to boost food supply chain resilience in preparation for future energy blackouts and load-shedding.
Africa’s renewable resources can transform domestic and global energy supply, says investment bank
The continent represents a largely untapped white space, restricted by energy poverty and a lack of infrastructure
Resolving infrastructure and energy disputes in sub-Saharan Africa
Africa has the world’s lowest use per capita of modern energy. As its population and incomes grow, demand for modern energy continues to expand.
Daily power cuts tripled in 2023: SA government must deploy subsidised smart tech solutions in evolutionary next step to maximise energy efficiency in 2024
According to the latest data sets from the Outlier, South Africans were forced to endure the highest degree of loadshedding on record last year. In 2022, citizens experienced 205/365 days of loadshedding – mostly between stages 1 and 4. While glaring, this pales in comparison to 2023, with daily blackouts across 335 days, comprising mostly stage 3 to 6 levels of loadshedding.
Acumen Launches New Hardest-to-Reach Initiative to Achieve Universal Energy Access
Today, Acumen launched Hardest-to-Reach, a $250 million initiative to activate clean energy markets in Africa’s underserved geographies.
The Energy Loom: Crafting Africa’s Green Transition with Precision
The global discourse’s broad-brush strokes must make room for the local reality’s fine detail.
Boosting Africa’s energy transition – initiatives, funding and investment
The growing focus on energy transition can benefit Africa in numerous ways, including that the continent is already in the process of harnessing its vast supply of renewable energy to generate power, and is also gearing up to increase trade in its large store of critical minerals, needed for the global energy transition.
Underwriting facility set to energise geothermal development in Kenya and Ethiopia
FSD Africa, the UK Government’s flagship financial sector programme in Africa, and Parhelion, a UK-based specialist energy and climate risk finance advisory company, have today announced plans […]
Zimbabwe’s Largest Tea Producer Implements Microgrid from DHYBRID and Blockpower
Project to be showcased at EM-Power in Munich, Germany, October 6-8, 2021 Tanganda Tea Company Limited, Zimbabwe’s largest tea producer and one of the largest […]