AIF Issue 56 | Good Governance Africa

Editor’s Note: Energy for Africa

by Susan Russell | Dec 9, 2020 | AIF Issue 56 | 0 |

The figures are staggering. Six hundred million Africans have no access to electricity, making up 75% of the world’s 789 million people who live without electricity.

A far from bright future

by Ini Ekott | Dec 9, 2020 | AIF Issue 56 | 2 |

Africa’s collective electricity supply is bedevilled by weak legal frameworks and regional rivalry

The struggle to keep pace

by Nick Branson | Dec 9, 2020 | AIF Issue 56 | 1 |

Africa’s collective electricity supply is bedevilled by weak legal frameworks and regional rivalry

Shaky ground for PPPs in Africa’s energy sector

by Fisayo Alo and Eniayo Ibirogba | Dec 9, 2020 | AIF Issue 56 | 0 |

Africa’s involvement in PPPs has been limited by an inability to guarantee investor funds, and...

Profit and power

by Ronak Gopaldas | Dec 9, 2020 | AIF Issue 56 | 0 |

Despite the benefits, gambling on a Russian-led nuclear future for Africa will end up the equivalent of a game of Russian roulette

A heavy price to pay

by Amindeh Blaise Atabong | Dec 9, 2020 | AIF Issue 56 | 0 |

Being forced to use generators to supplement erratic power supplies is a heavy burden for African business.

Rocky ride for Nigeria’s power sector

by Dianna Games | Dec 9, 2020 | AIF Issue 56 | 0 |

Nigeria’s power supply is bedevilled by infrastructural decay, corruption, inefficiency and a lack of capacity.

A powerhouse for regional integration

by Anthony Turton | Dec 9, 2020 | AIF Issue 56 | 0 |

The dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile might just offer hidden opportunities

The high cost of slaving over a hot stove

by Barnabas Thondhlana | Dec 9, 2020 | AIF Issue 56 | 0 |

Africa’s rural poor are particularly reliant on biomass for cooking and heating, exposing them to high levels of pollutants.

China’s billion dollar dirty coal projects

by Andrew Mambondiyani | Dec 9, 2020 | AIF Issue 56 | 1 |

China is investing heavily in coal-fi red plants in Africa, even as it prioritises renewables at home

Wind and solar change the game

by Grace Wu and Ranjit Deshmukh | Dec 9, 2020 | AIF Issue 56 | 0 |

As the third phase of DRC’s Inga 3 hydropower project falters, questions have been raised about the financial risk to both host and its main client, South Africa