Pan-African renewable energy company WeLight has announced plans to invest $650 million (approximately N975 billion) in ...

South Africa’s electricity system is changing. After years of blackouts until 2024, the state-owned energy company Eskom is being unbundled into smaller companies, and the sector is increasingly open ...

The Federal Government on Thursday announced the completion of 23 solar mini-grid projects providing electricity to about ...

In several rural communities across Nigeria, workers have recently begun installing rows of solar panels beside clusters of homes and small businesses. The installations are not connected to the ...

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA), in collaboration with State Governments, has performed the groundbreaking of 42 renewable energy projects in Kebbi and Adamawa States as part of ongoing efforts ...

The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), with support from Germany and the European Union, on Tuesday launched its National Guidelines for Interconnecting Solar Mini-Grids to ...

The site of the solar mini-grid project at Kipsing location in Oldonyiro ward, in Isiolo County, on May 15, 2026. [Ali Abdi, Standard] Villagers from 14 underserved counties have reason to smile ...

In South Africa, 47% of the national population is energy poor, meaning that they spend more than 10%-15% of their income on power and still do not have nearly enough for their basic needs. The ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Global Perspectives is a CNN editorial and live event series exploring the dynamic economies at the frontlines of global transformation. The first Global Perspectives live event, taking ...

An international research team has found Cameroon exhibited a slow but obvious move towards equitable electrification between 2015 and 2024, with an increased focus on distributed renewable energy ...

When an early warning system designed to alert operators across Europe about disturbances on the grid was rolled out a decade ago, the predominant color showing on the on-screen maps was green. Safe ...