Ethiopia Powers Up East Africa
Ethiopia targets 78% electricity access within five years, with the Abbay Dam leading its hydropower expansion. Electricity exports to Sudan, Kenya, Djibouti, and Tanzania aim…
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Africa’s energy transition and recent geopolitical, political and policy turbulences
Recent geopolitical, political, economic and financial developments, including changes and adjustments in climate policies and regulations, in the world’s two largest developed regions, Europe and…
WOCEWA Scholarship and Green Jobs Program for Women in STEM
Are you a young woman in West Africa thinking of going for a master’s program in an energy-related field? The ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy…
Watch this inspiring interview with Gqi Raoleka from Pele Green Energy, South Africa
Gqi Raoleka, MD, Pele Green Energy, talks to Thuso Kuali about the inspiration behind Pele Energy Group, at aef24 in Barcelona, Spain. Founded by five…
Launch your career at The World Bank Group!
Applications are open for the 2025 World Bank Group Young Professionals Program (YPP) The World Bank Group is looking for Young Professionals (YPs) from around…
Burundi’s largest electricity substation, a 160 megavolts facility in Rubirizi, financed by the African Development Bank Group and the European Union, will increase the country’s electricity-connected population by 7 percent when completed.
A delegation from the government of Burundi and the African Development Bank visited the site on 9 August 2024, as part of a tour of…
The female entrepreneur behind Ghana’s first electric bike – transforming transportation and cutting carbon emissions
Delivery drivers on their Wahu! bikes – courtesy of Valerie Labi-Wahu Mobility Valerie Labi is a Ghanaian-British entrepreneur who has designed an electric bike…
Learn more about how to be a part of the next generation of African leaders!
The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders is the flagship program of the U.S. Government’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). Since 2014, nearly 6,500…
Etana to provide wind, solar power for Tharisa Mine in South Africa
Cyprus-headquartered chrome and platinum miner Tharisa plc announced today that it has sealed a deal with energy trader Etana Energy to procure wheel…
Major growth of clean energy limited the rise in global emissions in 2023
From 2019 to 2023, growth in clean energy was twice as large as that of fossil fuels. Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose less s…