Lucy Nyoike, Senior Associate, Partnerships, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP)

EnergyNet is delighted to announce that the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet has joined the ‘Youth Energy Summit (YES!)’ as its first Foundational Partner. The ‘Youth Energy Summit (YES!)’ is a convening hub to align entrepreneurs, students and early career professionals with the corporate and development communities.  With a goal of reaching 100 […]

How do renewables stack up against traditional forms of energy in Africa? As Jackson Foley reports, it’s a shifting picture – but don’t count out coal just yet. “Africa is not a country” is the title of a new book seeking to correct foreigners’ views of the continent. Its author wants her international readers to see Africa just as its own peoples see it: huge, varied and facing many different circumstances. Anyone who works in the African energy sector knows this already. There are vast differences between the markets in Egypt and Equatorial Guinea or between Senegal and South Africa. There is no ‘one size fits all solution’ to the continent’s yawning electricity gaps.

Guiding the next generation to generate their own visions for a more sustainable world The Youth Energy Summit (YES!) is returning for its second edition at this summer’s Africa Energy Forum in Nairobi, Kenya, as it looks to build on the platform established last year to boost skills, connections and the business readiness of future […]

In July 2023, Meridiam announced its acquisition of Rift Valley Energy (RVE), in a move set to grow its renewable energy portfolio and support rural electrification in southern Tanzania. With both companies speaking at the 5th Tanzania Energy Cooperation Summit (TECS24), EnergyNet caught up with Michael Gratwicke, CEO of RVE, and Matthieu Odoux, Senior Associate at Meridiam. […]

With green hydrogen seen as a renewable resource that’s increasingly vital for a sustainable future, Africa is becoming a frontrunner in its production.  In advance of TECS24, Rumaitha Al Busaidi, Business Development Manager at Hydrom, talked to EnergyNet about Oman’s positioning as a green energy hub, and the learnings to be shared with other African […]

The Honorable Judith Pryor, First Vice President & Vice Chair, Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) will join the U.S. Government-led partnership, summit sponsor and PAS24 co-host, Power Africa, as well as ministers, government organizations, regulators and DFIs between 5-6 March at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. Government stakeholders, institutional investors, private financiers, […]

Newmarket is a Philadelphia-based alternative asset manager investing in innovative real asset solutions at scale and specializing in the risk transfer market.  EnergyNet spoke with Shaz Langha, Vice President and speaker at PAS 25, about the company’s work in Africa, blended finance solutions, and the challenge of scaling development finance from ‘billions to trillions’. Tell […]

WASHINGTON, October 9, 2025, ENN: African nations should position themselves as key partners for the United States in securing supplies of critical minerals essential to modern industries, according to a new report from the Washington DC-based Brookings Institution. The report, Leveraging US–Africa Critical Mineral Opportunities: Strategies for Success, argues that Africa’s mineral wealth and improving […]