Tag: Energy

Energy underpins every aspect of economic development. The world acknowledged that by adopting a dedicated UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 7) that aims to ensure access to aff...

DHL whitepaper highlights unprecedented market conditions, forcing industry to adjust supply chains New research from DHL, the world’s leading logistics provider, shows that a l...

More than 500 global investors gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York today to mobilize the trillions of dollars needed to move the world onto the path of clean energy...

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) presented its New Deal on Energy for Africa, and launche...

Africa needs a new deal on energy, and now it has one. US President Roosevelt’s post-Depression New Deal of the 1930s focused on ‘Relief, Recovery and Reform’. For Afri...

Dramatically scaling up renewables in the global energy mix by 2030 would increase GDP, social welfare and employment worldwide Achieving a 36 per cent share of renewable energy i...

Despite a sharp decline in private investment in energy, transport, and water infrastructure in developing countries in the first six months of 2015, investment in renewable energy...

From the opening of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), African leaders have made strong stands for their continent’s need for energy expansion, and the mi...

First report of 1 Gigaton Coalition finds potential for further reductions Initial analysis of almost 6,000 projects targeting renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing...

Africa has launched an ambitious African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) as the continent’s a major contribution to Conference of Parties (COP21) taking place in Paris, Fran...

Members of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) gave their full support this week to helping Africa achieve its target of 300GW of power from renewable energy by 2030, su...

Latest World Energy Outlook also sees clear signs that the energy transition is underway, but warns strong direction is needed from Paris climate summit An extended period of lowe...

Brian Mureverwi, a tralac Intern, comments on the current energy crisis in southern Africa Power cuts (or load shedding) have become commonplace in several countries in southern A...

Energy specialists and policy makers will have a lot to talk about at the forthcoming Conference on climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA 5), according to the organizing c...

The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Africa Hub launched on Tuesday, October 13 in Abidjan its Annual Report for 2014-2015, which outlines the progress made to date in helping t...

SADC becoming a key player in the international trend towards development of renewable energy resources and energy efficiency. Renewables now account for 23.5% of generation An un...

A blue print to get rid of Africa’s energy poverty by 2025 The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) unveiled its landmark initiative to solve Africa’s huge energy deficit by ...

The African Development Bank has lauded the development of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Action Agendas, and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Action Plans by Ec...

Kofi Annan summarized Africa’s current challenges and opportunities during the 15th International Economic Forum on Africa: “Africa Beyond 2015”, organized by the OECD Develo...

East African Community (EAC) Partner States are in the process to formulate a comprehensive energy security policy with a view to  enable the generation of affordable and reli...