PARIS, France, February 17, 2025/ — Africa’s energy sector is seeing growing interest from Islamic financial institutions, as demonstrated by the recent $400 million Murabaha financing secured by Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). This transaction not only underscores the growing role…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, February 1, 2025/ — African countries have taken bold commitments to implement clean cooking energy solutions to offset the devastating effects of open fire cooking which kills roughly 600,000 women and children annually across the continent.…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, January 31, 2025/ — Denmark, the United Kingdom, Spain and France have unveiled new or additional contributions to the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, demonstrating strong support for the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org)-managed fund as it…
LAGOS, Nigeria, February 1, 2025/ — Oando PLC (www.OandoPLC.com), Africa’s leading integrated energy company listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Grpup (NGX) and Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), announced a strong financial performance for the Full Year (FY) 2024 with a…
DAKAR, Senegal, January 31, 2025/ — By Reshmi Theckethil, Lead Portfolio, Climate Action, Disaster Risk Reduction, Energy, and Resilience | Sahel Resilience Project Manager, UNDP Sub-Regional Hub for West and Central Africa (www.UNDP.org). Imagine a Sahel region where every household, school,…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, January 29, 2025/ — Thirty African Heads of State and government today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to power economic growth, improve quality of life, and…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, January 28, 2025/ — Key African energy ministers, national oil companies (NOCs) and regulators have been recognized for their contributions to advancing hydrocarbon exploration, LNG megaprojects and policy reforms in the African Energy Chamber’s (www.EnergyChamber.org) Top 40 Movers…
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 12 January 2025 – The 15th Session of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly convenes today, January 12, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, marking the first international energy meeting of the year. Under the theme ‘Accelerating the Renewable Energy Transition…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, December 4, 2024/ — In a strategic move for the industry, Namibia’s cabinet has approved the National Upstream Local Content Policy. The progressive policy is set to play a crucial role in reducing the nation’s dependency on…
Morocco has pledged to award one million hectares of land to facilitate the construction of its green hydrogen projects. Furthermore, the government plans to allocate this vast land to develop real estate projects as part of its “Morocco Offer” initiative. Prime…
