GE Releases Position Paper on Accelerating South Africa’s Energy Transition with Gas Power and renewables

Whitepaper discusses South Africa’s urgent need for affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy, to spur industrialization while addressing its climate change ambitions; Highlights how flexible gas power will play a critical … Read More

Invest Africa and DLA Piper partner to support ESG best practice in African renewable energy projects

The global law firm, DLA Piper, has partnered with Invest Africa, the leading trade and investment platform for African markets, to support the development of ESG best practice in African … Read More

Renewables supplied only a third of Africa’s electricity demand growth

An analysis of global electricity revealed that wind and solar showed resilient growth in 2020 despite the pandemic, forcing a record fall in global coal power. The Global Electricity Review … Read More

Greenpeace and Western Anti Africa Energy Groups Take the Wrong Approach to East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) in Uganda and Tanzania

By NJ Ayuk, Executive President of the African Energy Chamber. If someone were to put me on the spot and ask me to name an environmentalist group, I’d probably blurt out the … Read More

What the U.S. Political Transition Might Mean for Africa Generally & Its Oil and Gas Sector in Particular

By Jude Kearney, Chairman of the US/Africa Committee of the Africa Energy Chamber  2021 could be the beginning of a much needed reset for US relations with Africa and its … Read More

CrossBoundary Energy Raises $40M to Scale Financed Solar for Businesses in Africa

CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) has announced the exit of its first fund at a 15% net IRR to investors. ARCH Emerging Markets Partners’ Africa Renewable Power Fund (ARCH ARPF) is providing … Read More

OPINION: Should countries fire sell their oil & gas assets?

By Dr. Victoria R. Nalule and Dr. Xiaoyi (Shawn) Mu of the CEPMLP, University of Dundee address the misconceptions surrounding the continued role of fossil fuels in the energy transition … Read More