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Malawi has joined a Regional Liquidity Support Facility (RLSF), an initiative that supports small- and mid-scale renewable energy IPPs (from 50 to 100MW) in sub-Saharan Africa by helping these projec...

The program currently backs 18 renewable energy projects in countries such as Tanzania, Burundi, Nigeria and Kenya. The U.K. has made a commitment to invest £5.8 billion in international climate fina...

It is no longer news that what men can do, women can do better. This applies to the growing Nigerian power sector where women are taking their place in promoting engineering and the renewable energy s...

The Green Climate Fund (GCF)  has pledged to provide €24.3 million (~$27.54 million) to the Yeleen Rural Electrification Project in the West African country of Burkina Faso. Read the full article h...

The number of countries with strong policy frameworks for sustainable energy more than tripled – from 17 to 59 – between 2010 and 2017, and many of the world’s largest energy-consuming countries...

Tanzania will sign a deal this week for the construction of a $3-billion hydroelectric power plant, the President said in remarks broadcast on state television on Tuesday. Read the full article here...

The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) will kick 2019 into gear with the launch in January of the prequalification for construction of the Phase 2 main works of the Polihali dam and Polihali trans...

A group of "eco-warriors" from Khayelitsha, in collaboration with SOLA Future Energy and the climate change NPO Project "90 by 2030" have helped a school in Salt River save around R8200 on its annual ...

A new study by Rocky Mountains Institute (RMI) shows how rural mini-grids can rapidly scale across sub-Saharan Africa by addressing key barriers and cost reduction pathways to reduce costs over 60 pe...

Madagascar has a new energy policy with the ambitious plan of providing universal access and energy security to its citizens by 2030. But this plan is not without its challenges. Read the full article...

Sweden’s development finance institution Swedfund has invested SEK 126m in the Evolution II Fund, which is focused on clean energy supply and resource efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa. Read the full...

Inspired Evolution has signed a deal to invest up to USD36 million in Alten RE Developments Africa B.V., the sub-Saharan Africa-focused subsidiary of Alten Energías Renovables. The investment by Insp...

Inspired Evolution has successfully secured a further USD35 million in commitments from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Swedfund International AB (Swedfund) in a second closing of its Evolutio...

In a clear signal that the renewable energy industry is maturing, clean energy and resource efficiency specialised fund manager, Inspired Evolution, has successfully exited a number of its renewable e...

James Eedes recently joined the Inspired Evolution deal team to head up its project finance portfolio under its new successor fund, Evolution II. James is an experienced renewable energy sector specia...