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In an interview with Energy News Network (ENN) ahead of the Africa Energy Forum (aef) 2026, Nomfundo Maseti, Full Time Regulator Member: Piped Gas Regulation at the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), shares her perspective on South Africa’s evolving gas landscape. As the country prepares for a sharp decline in pipeline gas imports […]

136MW of solar reached the Zambian grid in 14 months, financed through local capital markets without a sovereign guarantee. Owen Silavwe, Managing Director of Copperbelt Energy, tells ENN whether Itimpi II is a repeatable blueprint for how Zambia builds, how far solar can cut the country's reliance on hydropower, and where battery storage fits next.

Deneys has returned as an independent South African law firm, reviving a name part of the country's legal landscape for over a century, now with 200 legal staff across three offices and a pipeline weighted towards energy and infrastructure. Jackie Midlane, Head of Banking & Finance, Projects, tells ENN what independence unlocks for clients building across the continent.

Siemens Energy's Power Academy trains around 500 learners a year in South Africa, the kind of local capability that turns energy investment into lasting economic value. Ahead of AEF 2026, Hussein Shoukry, Managing Director for the Middle-East and Africa, tells ENN why grid expansion and localisation will decide whether Africa's industrial ambition becomes delivery.#

DBSA committed US$100m to the US$325m financing behind Ghana's Kumasi Pipeline, a 105km extension now serving the mining and industrial economy that earns the country much of its foreign income. As AEF 2026 Country Host, Chief Investment Officer Greg Fyfe tells ENN what catalytic financing means in practice, from project selection to community grievance mechanisms.

Global power demand has entered an investment super-cycle, and Africa's industrial expansion is rising with it. Writing for ENN ahead of AEF 2026, Joseph Anis, President and CEO for Europe, Middle-East and Africa at GE Verona's Gas Power business, argues that the right energy mix only delivers if the grid grows with it and local capability is built alongside.

Red Rocket is expanding real-time bird detection across more of its wind farms after a successful first year at Brandvalley and Rietkloof. Sustainability and HSEQ Director Magdalena Michalowska-Logan on what the data showed, and why targeted turbine shutdowns could become standard practice at higher-risk sites.