April 30
Africa: Clean Energy, Digital Technologies Are Coming At a Human Cost, UN Report Warns
A newly released United Nations report has raised urgent concerns that the world's push toward clean energy and digital technologies is driving a hidden crisis in some of the… Read more »
March 11
Tanzania: Tanzanian School Launches Energy Club to Promote Clean Cooking
A cloud of steam rises from a giant aluminium pot as Maria Joseph, a middle-aged cook in a toque blanche and faded apron, plants her feet firmly on the tiled kitchen floor. With… Read more »
January 19
Tanzania: How Extreme Weather Is Testing Tanzania's $2 Billion Electric Railway Dream
Around the world, railways are considered as pillars of climate action. Electric trains produce fewer emissions than road or air transport. Yet the experience of Tanzania's… Read more »
December 05, 2025
Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, School Children Are Turning Waste Into Renewable Energy-Powered Lanterns
When going home after school, Monica Ben not only takes with her a pen and exercise books but also a lantern to light the dark room and completes her daily homework in Mashonaland… Read more »
December 01, 2025
Africa: Africa's Critical Minerals Poised to Power Global Green Energy Transition
Although Africa holds more than 30 per cent of the world's critical green minerals--including cobalt, lithium, manganese, and rare earth elements vital for building batteries, wind… Read more »
November 14, 2025
Africa: 'Just Transition Must Make Climate Work for People Living Its Consequences'
We have seen stalled climate action, widening inequality, and people left behind. At COP27, the establishment of the Just Transition Work Programme was a crucial step toward… Read more »
August 25, 2025
Africa: Feminist Electrification - the Power Africa Needs
Chad is one of the most extreme examples of energy poverty, with just 10% of the population connected to electricity, a rural electrification rate below 2%, and a global per capita… Read more »
July 28, 2025
Africa: Mining On the Rise As Clean Energy Demands Shifts Global Commodity Exports
Two-thirds of the developing world, or ninety-five out of 143 economies, are dependent on commodities for export value, making up 60 percent of their merchandise exports. For the… Read more »
July 24, 2025
Africa: Clean Energy Sources Are Beginning to Overtake Fossil Fuels, but Is It Too Late?
As a result of the worsening climate crisis, extreme weather patterns have disrupted nearly all aspects of human life around the world. With the impacts of fossil fuel reliance… Read more »
July 22, 2025
Africa: Global South Calls for Strategic Energy Transition Amidst SDG Target Slowdowns
At the UN 2025 High Level Political Forum last week, global energy leaders warned that without urgent action in expanding access to clean energy, hundreds of millions will remain… Read more »
July 18, 2025
Burkina Faso: From Drylands to Dignity - How Solar Energy and Climate-Smart Farming Are Empowering Communities in Burkina Faso
In the heart of Burkina Faso's drylands, in the village of Zoungou, a quiet transformation is underway. Alhaji Birba Issa, a smallholder onion farmer, bends over neat rows of lush… Read more »
July 11, 2025
Africa: The Race Towards Clean Energy - a World Still Gripped By Coal
Global investments in energy exceeded USD 3 trillion in 2024, with at least USD 2 trillion being invested in clean energy technology and infrastructure. Infrastructure. Despite… Read more »
June 30, 2025
Nigeria: The Young Nigerian Innovator Lighting Up Communities With Recycled Solar Innovation
When Stanley Anigbogu heard his name announced as the 2025 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year in London earlier in March, he could hardly believe it. He had not expected to win,… Read more »
June 25, 2025
Zimbabwe: A New Solar Power Plant Powers Progress in Zimbabwe's Renewable Energy Sector
When load shedding was introduced over the past two years, Jose Tenete Domingos Lumboa had to deal with learning disruptions worsened by the backup generators in the eastern part… Read more »
November 15, 2011
Africa: World's Biggest Hydropower Scheme Will Leave Africans in the Dark
South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to build a major hydroelectric power project, which is said to bring electricity to more than half of the… Read more »
