Angola Secures $1.44 Billion to Power Rural Areas with Solar

The Angolan Ministry of Finance has secured €1.29 billion ($1.44 billion) from Standard Chartered to finance…

Improving Storage Technologies to Boost Renewable Capacity and Utilization in Nigeria

Nigeria, endowed with abundant renewable energy resources, has the potential to significantly increase its renewable energy…

Kenya and Senegal to Join the IEA

The Governing Board of the International Energy Agency has unanimously agreed that the Republic of Kenya…

Namibia Receives $485,000 Grant for Solar Electricity Project

A grant of $485,000 from the Urban and Municipal Development Fund (UMDF) of the African Development…

BII & Stanbic Bank Kenya Announce Commitment to Sun King

British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, and Stanbic Bank…

THE ROUTE TO NET-ZERO: OPPORTUNITIES FOR HYDROGEN

Introduction   Global awareness of the need for decarbonisation has shifted immense interest toward hydrogen as an…

£700 million Northern Ireland-Scotland Electricity Link Proposed

A transmission licence application has been made in Northern Ireland for a proposed new electricity interconnector,…

AfDB Grants Partial Credit Guarantee for Panda Bonds to Finance Green Projects

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s Board of Directors has approved a Partial Credit Guarantee of…

UGANDA: Unlocking Solar Capital (USC) 2023 to Hold in Kampala

Despite efforts in recent years to increase access to this essential service, at least 600 million…

ADF: New Funding Window to Support Climate Action in Africa

Supporting the 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund in December 2022 in Tangier, Morocco, the…