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Lancement de transport des motos électriques au Bénin
05-26-2022 | 12:38:00Le passage aux moteurs électriques représente une étape importante pour les pays désireux de réduire leur émission de gaz à effet de serre et d’assurer aux professionnels du secteur des transports, aux ménages et aux entreprises une mobilité électrique inclusive.
Le Sénégal inaugure une centrale solaire de 23 MW
05-26-2022 | 12:07:00Au Sénégal, le gouvernement a trouvé en l’Allemagne un nouveau partenaire pour accélérer l’implantation de projets d’énergies renouvelables.
Deux nouveaux barrages hydroélectriques de 331 MW à construire par le moyen d’un PPP
05-26-2022 | 10:58:00Le gouvernement congolais a signé une convention avec un consortium de deux sociétés privées pour la construction des barrages hydroélectriques Morala et Nyanga dans le sud du pays, d’une capacité totale de production de 331 mégawatts.
UK and AfDB Sign Room to Run, a $2 Billion Climate Guarantee for Africa
05-26-2022 | 10:17:51Vicky Ford, UK Minister for Africa, and Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President, initialed the "Room to Run" guarantee agreement, which will allow the AfDB to release up to $2 billion in financing to support climate-related projects in Africa.
La Grande Bretagne et la BAD signent Room to Run, une garantie de 2 milliards $ pour le climat en Afrique
05-26-2022 | 10:11:00Vicky Ford, ministre britannique pour l'Afrique, et Akinwumi Adesina, président de la BAD, ont paraphé l’accord de garantie « Room to Run », censé permettre à la BAD de débloquer jusqu'à 2 milliards $ de financement pour soutenir des projets liés au climat en Afrique.
Energy leaders call for scaling up investment to accelerate Africa’s clean energy transition
05-26-2022 | 09:47:00Energy leaders gathered in Rome during the RES4Africa Foundation 10th Anniversary High-Level Policy Event to take stock of a decade of action and set priorities for accelerating Africa’s clean energy transition.
ECP promotes African energy investment on Africa Day 2022
05-25-2022 | 10:44:18This year’s Africa Day is being celebrated under the theme, ‘Strengthening Resilience in Nutrition and Food Security on the African Continent,’ centered around the need to strengthen agro-food systems and health and social protection systems for the acceleration of human, social and economic capital development.
Huawei and SolarEdge sign global patent license agreement
05-24-2022 | 12:36:05The agreement includes a cross license that covers patents relating to both companies' products, and grants certain other rights.
Solenova, an Eni-Sonangol joint venture, lays the first stone of Angola's first photovoltaic project
05-24-2022 | 12:15:36Solenova, a joint venture equally owned by Eni and Sonangol for the development of renewable energy projects, has laid the first stone of what will be Angola’s first photovoltaic power plant in Caraculo, in the province of Namibe.
African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa has been rebranded as Enlit Africa
05-23-2022 | 17:07:34After two years in limbo, the African events industry is making a comeback in June 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa, with the latest edition of Africa’s most respected power and energy event-African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa, which is now known as Enlit Africa.
Mercy Corps and Energy Peace Partners to promote renewable energy in refugee communities
05-23-2022 | 13:17:02Mercy Corps is launching a new partnership with Energy Peace Partners (EPP) to advance clean, sustainable and affordable energy services in humanitarian settings where the two organizations work, starting in Ethiopia.
Dr. Daniel Alexander Schroth appointed as director of the renewable energy and energy efficiency department
05-22-2022 | 20:21:26The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Daniel Alexander Schroth as Director of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department.
African Energy Week (AEW) releases first video for its energy investment drive
05-20-2022 | 12:17:01Africa’s premier event for the oil and gas industry, African Energy Week (AEW) 2022, has officially launched the first video for its energy investment tour ahead of the event’s 2022 edition
GET.invest Burundi donne le coup d'envoi de ses premières activités
05-19-2022 | 11:39:00GET.invest Burund vise à répondre aux besoins du pays en matière d'accès abordable, fiable et propre aux services énergétiques aux côtés de ses partenaires régionaux.
IFC and Mphanda Nkuwa Implementation Office sign agreement to support hydropower project in Mozambique
05-18-2022 | 12:42:48IFC and the Ministry of Mineral Resource and Energy (MIREME), announced a collaboration to develop a 1,500-megawatt hydropower project and associated transmission facilities to increase access to clean energy in Mozambique and other Southern African countries,
COLUMNS.
[Column] Africa’s green manufacturing crossroads: Choices for a low-carbon industrial future
Africa is at a crossroads. As one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change and climate variability, it has a strong incentive to join global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and bolster its adaptive capacity ...read full column here
[Column] Phyllis Wakiaga: Drastic action needed to mitigate climate change risks
Climate change is widespread, rapid and intensifying. These are the findings of this year’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report released earlier this year ...read full column here
[Column] Nick Hurd: Governments must prioritize off-grid solar in Africa’s economic recovery
Inequality in energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa that was rife prior to the pandemic must not be exacerbated ...read full column here
INTERVIEWS.
[Interview] Sidney Zeeman, Sales and Business Development Manager, Independent Energy BV
Independent Energy BV is a company that designs, manufactures and install on- and off-grid solar and backup solutions worldwide from small house-size systems to large complete “plug and play” installations ...read full column here