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A lack of adequate financing for tackling climate change in Africa has become dire and is "choking" the continent, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said this week. How can investors like BII bridge the gap? As the UK's development finance institution, British International Investment is the UK government's primary vehicle for climate finance. Our […]

Interview: H.E. Honourable Davis Chirchir, Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum, Kenya

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum, Davis Chirchir, tells David Thomas that the country is working on reducing the price of energy and reforming Kenya’s transmission networks to better serve East Africa’s biggest economy The Ruto administration have set an ambitious new agenda for what you want to achieve in energy. What are your […]

Green Hydrogen at Heart of Namibia’s Vision 2030

Harry Clynch spoke to James Mnyupe, Economic Advisor to the President of Namibia, about the key role of green hydrogen in the country’s development plan Around the world, industrialised economies are looking to undergo green transitions. Countries across Europe and North America particularly are seeking to reduce their dependence on carbon and fossil fuels by […]

Unleashing Africa’s Potential, in ‘Private’

The private sector will play a crucial role in channelling innovation towards universal access ambitions The rate of electrification in sub-Saharan Africa needs to triple in order to achieve universal access by 2030, and the private sector will be absolutely pivotal in helping to realise that aim. This is due to the simultaneous need to […]

Driving Africa’s Green Energy Transition

As well as steering Fortescue Metals Group’s plan to decarbonise by 2030, Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) is managing the company’s evolution into an international green energy, technology and resources company. FFI’s President, Bruh Ayele Terfie, describes how the company is building a global portfolio of renewable energy projects to meet the growing demand for green […]

The Role of Renewables: Setting an Example to the World

It’s time to harness the world’s leading array of renewable natural energy resources to meet growing demands Insufficient infrastructure, limited access to financing and regulatory barriers are just three obstacles that need to be addressed as part of Africa’s targeted energy transition. However, if these elements are overcome, the potential of the continent’s renewable resources […]

Importance and Value of Hydropower Projects: Africa Focus

As the demand for clean and sustainable energy sources continues to grow globally, Hydropower is gaining significant attention Hydro is the most widely used renewable energy source in the world. Hydropower contributes to ~17% of the global energy production, per the International Energy Agency with China being the largest producer followed by Canada, Brazil, and […]

Growing Plans

Martijn Proos,the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund, a Private Infrastructure Development Group Company Last year, it was announced that EAIF plans to raise as much as $500 million over the next three years to invest in infrastructure projects on the continent. How is that going? EAIF has raised more capital amidst a significant economic downturn – while […]

Kenya To Host The 25Th Africa Energy Forum: Gathering Global Perspectives On Energy Innovation

Nairobi, Kenya – Thursday, June 15, 2023: The prestigious Africa Energy Forum (aef) is set to take place from 20th to 23rd June this year at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya. The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and its State Agencies are collaborating with Energynet to host the event in the Country. […]

A United Continent Can Drive National Progress

As Nigeria seeks to solve its own specific energy challenges, the country calls upon Africa more broadly to strengthen the bonds that unite it As the largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria is blessed with large oil, gas, hydro and mineral resources. The key now is to extract the full potential from these resources to […]

Africa seeks policy shift to scale up investment

Africa needs more than targets and positive words to mobilise urgently needed investment in climate change impact measures and the energy transition. Are international policy forums providing the solutions? Reports Ian Lewis Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) pulled no punches at the Bank’s annual meeting in May. “Africa is being short-changed […]

Can Africa states turn green hydrogen ambitions into reality?

African countries are in a race against time to establish themselves as renewables-driven hubs to supply escalating global demand for green hydrogen, reports Ian Lewis Green hydrogen production is becoming established as one of those new industries with a seemingly assured future in which African countries and their copious renewable energy resources are well positioned […]

How NIWIMNRO is Transforming the Sector for Women

EnergyNet spoke to Felicia Dairo from the Nigerian Indigenous Women in Mining and Natural Resource Organisation (NIWIMNRO) prior to their upcoming launch that is taking place on the 15th July in Abuja, Nigeria about NIWIMNRO and what they hope to achieve in the future. What inspired the creation of NIWIMNRO? It all began with a […]

AMDA and UNDP Partner to Accelerate Minigrid Deployment Across Africa

Cape Town, 25 June 2025 — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in accelerating the deployment of sustainable minigrids across Africa. The MoU was signed on 19 June during the Africa Energy Forum (AEF) held in Cape Town, South Africa. The […]

Battery Storage

Globeleq’s Red Sands Battery Energy Storage Project Reaches Financial Close

CAPE TOWN, 1 July 2025: Globeleq, a leading independent power company in Africa and its project partner, African Rainbow Energy, have reached financial close on the 153 MW/612 MWh Red Sands battery energy storage project (BESS) in South Africa. The project is Africa’s largest standalone BESS facility to reach financial close. Signing of the project […]

TDB Group Signs Landmark Agreements With Leading Dre And Clean Cooking Companies To Deliver Clean Energy Access For 3 Million People Within A Year, As Part Of An Initial String Of Deals

The agreements signed on the sidelines of AEF are part of TDB Group’s Regional Energy Access Financing Platform, a first-of-its-kind platform supported by the World Bank’s ASCENT Program under Mission 300 Cape Town, 19 June 2025 – The Trade and Development Bank Group (TDB Group), and its concessional and grant window, the Trade and Development […]

Richard Nelson, Coordinator, Power Africa

Speaker presenting at AEF event

Tech & Power Generation

The Energy Debate: Fossil Fuels vs. Renewables in Africa

H.E Honourable Sédiko Douka, Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy & Digitalisation, ECOWAS

H.E Honourable Sédiko Douka, Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy & Digitalisation, ECOWAS

H.E. Honourable Charles Umehai, Deputy Minister for Energy, Republic of Liberia: WA-ECS 2024

H.E. Honourable Charles Umehai, Deputy Minister for Energy, Republic of Liberia: WA-ECS 2024

aef 2025: Accelerating Partnerships to Develop Africa’s Energy Markets

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Joseph Anis, President & CEO, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Gas Power, GE Vernova

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Gqi Raoleka, MD, Pele Green Energy

Ademola Ogunbanjo, Executive Vice President, Oando Clean Energy