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Seriti Green's Peter Venn on why South Africa's largest wind project is being built in the heart of coal country. Speaking to ENN at AEF, he explains how Ummbila Emoyeni reskills coal workers for wind, draws its workforce from the local towns, and stands as a project of hope for Mpumalanga.

Africa's industrial future will be decided less by what lies under the ground than by what is built above it. At the Africa Energy Forum, John Giordano, US Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, made the case that industrialisation is a connectivity story, and that investment follows once a country shows it is stable and governed by the rule of law.

Closing Africa's infrastructure investment deficit will take more than financing new projects. Speaking to ENN at AEF, Ziyaad Sarang of Investec and Revego Fund Managers makes the case for the secondary market, where owning operating renewable assets lets developers recycle their capital into the next wave, and explains why institutional investors are backing African renewables in a way they weren't a decade ago.

Absa's Shirley Webber on why Africa's energy ambitions have to reach beyond access to industrial capacity. Speaking to ENN at AEF, she argues that powering the whole value chain, and going beyond funding into advisory and structured solutions, is what an industrialised African future demands.

LONGi has chosen Africa to launch LONGi One, its regional strategy built around back-contact solar technology and a portfolio tailored to the continent's conditions. Speaking at AEF, the company set out why "built for Africa" means the right solution for each market rather than a standard product shipped in.

Wayne Keast of Inspired Evolution on what it will take to prove Africa's off-grid energy sector can stand on its own. Speaking to ENN at AEF, he sets out how Zafiri's blended structure crowds in commercial capital, and why the real gap is equity, not a shortage of funding.

South Africa's transmission grid is gaining a new source of expertise as it prepares for higher shares of renewable power. On the sidelines of the Africa Energy Forum, Eskom, the NTCSA, France's RTE international and AFD signed a two-year technical cooperation programme to strengthen the grid's resilience, flexibility and capacity.

A Zambian company is taking a stake in one of the country's largest hydropower projects. Lunzua Power Company has agreed to acquire 27 per cent of Western Power Company, funding the final development of the 180MW Ngonye Falls scheme on the Zambezi and helping keep ownership of the project in Zambian hands.