Africa’s involvement in PPPs has been limited by an inability to guarantee investor funds, and gaps in capacity Africa is home to about 1.3 billion people. It is the second-largest and second most populous continent in...
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A heavy price to pay
Being forced to use generators to supplement erratic power supplies is a heavy burden for African business Menye Ndzana, a welder-cum-musician popularly known as Le Grand Barack, suddenly rose to national prominence in...
Rocky ride for Nigeria’s power sector
West Africa's powerhouse - bedevilled by infrastructural decay, corruption, inefficiency and lack of capacity Nigeria, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest economy in GDP terms, is one of the most underpowered countries...
A powerhouse for regional integration
The dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile might offer hidden opportunities The Nile is the longest river in the world, but also the source of water for two great civilisations....
The high cost of slaving over a hot stove
Africa’s rural poor are reliant on biomass for cooking and heating, exposing them to high levels of pollutants As COVID-19 wreaks havoc across continents, an unfashionable killer silently and stealthily chokes the life...
China’s billion dollar dirty coal projects
China is investing heavily in coal-fired plants in Africa, even as it prioritises renewable energy at home As China pushes clean energy policies at home, it is exporting high-polluting coal fired thermal power...
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