Andrew Herscowitz, CEO, Mission 300 Accelerator: WA-ECS 2024

SUMMARY OF THE SESSION UNDER THE SAME TITLE THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE POWERING AFRICA SUMMIT (PAS), IN WASHINGTON DC, ON MARCH 2022. In the summer of 2014, there was a massive electrical power outage in Egypt. The electricity deficit in Egypt led the country to set a new strategy for electricity—resolving the lack of […]

June 2025 | Africa Energy Forum Mission 300’s ambitious drive to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030 took on new urgency as development leaders warned they are in “a race against time” to deliver economic transformation alongside energy access. The session, moderated by GEAPP’s Chianda Njogu, revealed how the initiative is fundamentally reshaping […]

ACCRA, Ghana, Oct. 9, 2025, ENN: Ghana’s Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has been confirmed as patron of the West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit (WAECS), to be held in Accra from 2–3 December 2025. The Summit brings together regional government leaders, investors, and industry partners to showcase investment opportunities and regional energy integration developments […]

PARIS, October 9, 2025, ENN: Nearly 730 million people worldwide still lacked access to electricity in 2024, according to new data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), underscoring a slowdown in global electrification efforts since the pandemic. The figure represents a decline of only 11 million from 2023, well below the annual progress achieved before […]

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 […]

Harare, Oct. 8, 2025, ENN: Stephen Dihwa, executive director of the Southern African Power Pool Coordination Centre in Harare, oversees regional planning, operations, environmental management, and power trading across 12 SADC member states. With over 30 years in the sector, he has held senior roles at ZESA, EdM, and NamPower, and advised the African Development […]

Johannesburg, Oct. 8, 2025, ENN: Scaling up AI over the next decade will require up to $2 trillion in new revenue and could consume an additional 200 gigawatts of electricity by 2030, roughly the output of 200 large power plants, according to Bain & Company’s 6th Annual Global Technology Report. The consultancy warns that while […]

LONDON, Oct. 8, 2025, ENN: Renewable energy became the world’s largest source of electricity in the first half of this year, surpassing coal for the first time, according to new data from London-based energy think tank, Ember. The report highlighted how African countries are rapidly increasing solar panel imports as part of efforts to expand […]