African Electricity Markets in 2022: Top 5 Focus Areas

  As Africa looks to recover and improve energy access following the slowdown due to the…

Improving Mini-Grids’ Sustainability Via Demand Stimulation

  Mini-grid systems are increasingly improving energy access in rural communities across Africa. However, despite their…

Lighting Up Africa: A Step in the Right Direction

Africa’s energy access challenge is no new tale. The continent has the lowest electricity generation capacity…

Classifying Natural Gas as Green Energy

The European Commission (EC) proposes labelling energy sources, including natural gas and nuclear energy, as ‘green’.…

Highlights of NERC’s Q2 2021 Report

The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, in December 2021, released a report on the performance of the…

Towards an Energy-Efficient Christmas

As we all know, it is the most wonderful time of the year. But, unfortunately, in…

Promoting Accountability and Transparency

The Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) is broadly divided into three sectors: Generation, Transmission and Distribution.…

Cost-Reflective Tariff Vs Service-Based Tariff

Electricity tariff schemes reflect the degree of a country’s power sector development, cost of service delivery,…

Productive Energy Use as a Lever to Improve Mini-Grid Sustainability

Off-grid solar systems have become the preferred electrification choice for rural communities. This is because solar-powered…

Should Consumers be Penalised for Energy Wastage?

Should electricity customers be penalised over energy wastage when they pay for the power consumed? The…