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Clean Cooking in Africa 2026: The 900 Million Access Gap and the Slow Transition From Wood to Clean Fuels

Approximately 900 million Africans lack access to clean cooking fuels, relying on wood, charcoal, kerosene, or other...

African Carbon Markets and Climate Finance 2026: The Voluntary Market Credibility Crisis and the ACMI Opportunity

The African Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) launched with ambitions to scale African carbon credit issuance...

Just Energy Transition Partnerships in Africa 2026: South Africa's USD 8.5 Billion Commitment, Senegal's Framework, and the Replication Question

Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) committed international climate finance to support developing country...

South Africa

African Utility-Scale IPP Market 2026: ACWA Power, Scatec, Globeleq, and the Private Generation Acceleration

Independent power producers have become the primary vehicle for utility-scale generation expansion across Africa, with...

African E-Mobility 2026: Spiro's 80,000 Electric Motorcycles, Battery Swap Networks, and the Boda-Boda Transformation

Africa has approximately 25 to 30 million motorcycles serving as the backbone of urban and peri-urban transport, with...

Kenya

Kenya Power Ecosystem 2026: KenGen, KPLC, Olkaria Geothermal, and One of the Cleanest Grids in Africa

Kenya has one of the cleanest electricity grids in Africa, with over 80 percent of generation coming from renewable...

Kenya

African Development Bank to Invest USD 58 Million in Eritrea Clean Electricity Expansion

The African Development Bank Group has announced a USD 58 million investment to expand clean electricity access and...

Eritrea

Mini-Grid Developers Warn Mission 300 Target at Risk Without Faster Reforms

Key players in Africa's mini-grid sector have warned that the Mission 300 electrification initiative risks missing its...

Mauritania Signs USD 300 Million Hybrid Solar-Wind IPP Deal Under AfDB Desert to Power Initiative

The Government of Mauritania has signed a USD 300 million independent power producer agreement for a hybrid solar-wind...

Mauritania

Seventeen African Countries Launch National Energy Compacts at UN General Assembly

At the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025, seventeen additional African countries unveiled their...

Sun King Closes USD 156 Million Kenya Securitization, Largest Off-Grid Solar Financing in Africa to Date

Solar home systems operator Sun King has closed a USD 156 million securitization deal with Citi to fund expansion of...

Kenya

African Development Bank Launches Electricity Regulatory Index 2024 at Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town

The African Development Bank used its presence at the 27th African Energy Forum to launch its flagship Electricity...