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Can Off-Grid Energy Power Africa’s Industrial Future?

Mission 300 aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030. But can off-grid innovation deliver more than energy access?

Hosted by Energy News Network (ENN) in partnership with The Electricity Hub, this episode of Let’s Talk Energy, recorded at the Africa Energy Forum 2026, features Dr. Wale Aboyade, Global Vice President of Public Policy & Government Relations at Sun King, discussing why distributed energy is becoming a driver of productivity, enterprise and industrial growth—and what it will take to deliver Mission 300 at scale.

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Turning Ambition into Action: How RFCC and ATP are Collaborating to Support Mission 300 Delivery

Mission 300 aims to connect 300 million people by 2030, but turning national plans into delivery takes specialist expertise, fast. This piece sets out how RF Catalytic Capital and Allied Talent Partners are building an expert roster facility to get niche technical talent to governments at the moment they need it.

GE Vernova: Africa can leapfrog the grid challenges seen elsewhere.

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Transmission becomes an asset class

Africa's new generation is outrunning the lines that carry it, and governments are short of balance sheet to build more. At AEF, Africa50's Moshood Abolade and Nabil Saïmi and Kenya's Kefa Seda set out a privately financed, programmatic model for the grid, proven in Chile, Brazil, India and Peru.

Africa’s pension funds look to power its energy future

The capital to build Africa's energy system is partly already on the continent, held in its pension and sovereign funds. At AEF, the Public Investment Corporation's Zama Khanyile and the Eskom pension fund's Phathutshedzo Madogo set out why that money struggles to reach early-stage projects, and what would change it.

Nigeria FLNG project secures 15 years of supply ahead of a fourth-quarter decision

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