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Six solar PV projects, with a combined capacity of 1 290 MW, have been named as preferred bidders following the seventh bid window (BW7) of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). Thank you for reading!

The AfDB has approved a $40 million equity investment in Project Zafiri. Thank you for reading!

Africa has begun experiencing frequent extreme weather events. Extreme weather is defined as the kind of heatwaves, droughts, storms and floods that have historically been rare occurrences for the place and time, and which pose a danger to large numbers of people and the economy. Marina Joubert researches how the public connects with science. She […]

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), through its IDEAS Fund, has exited stakes in three South African renewable energy assets, in a transaction valued at over R750 million (about $41.8 million). The assets include two solar photovoltaic (PV) projects and one wind project, all developed under South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). […]

JOHANNESBURG, July 16 (Reuters) – South African state-owned power utility Eskom aims to shift to mainly clean energy sources by 2040 from its current predominantly coal-based generation fleet, it said on Wednesday as it laid out its latest plans for the change. Thank you for reading!

Addis Ababa, — At the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), African countries made a strong case for overhauling the global financial system to reflect current development realities and risks. Thank you for reading!

One billion people across Africa still rely on polluting fuels such as wood, charcoal, and dung for cooking—practices that contribute to over 800,000 premature deaths each year and reinforce cycles of poverty, poor health, and gender inequality. But a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) signals that this reality can be reversed within […]

In a significant push to accelerate renewable energy access across Africa, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group, has executed a $495 million framework agreement with Mauritius-based CrossBoundary Energy (CBE). The deal supports the deployment of distributed renewable energy (DRE) projects in up to 20 African […]

We look at how the global impact investing market has experienced remarkable growth over the past decade, with emerging markets, particularly in Africa, becoming increasingly attractive destinations for investors seeking both financial returns and measurable social impact. Thank you for reading!