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Editor’s Note: Energy for Africa

Editor’s Note: Energy for Africa

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. The International Energy Agency (IEA) reported these...

A powerhouse for regional integration

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....

Wind and solar change the game  

Wind and solar change the game  

As DRC’s Inga 3 hydropower project falters, questions are being asked about the financial risk to both host and its main client, South Africa Seven years ago, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) proposed the Inga 3...

A very expensive white elephant

A very expensive white elephant

The Stiegler’s Gorge project is a 48-year-old folly that will not deliver the energy security that President John Magufuli seems convinced it will Every aspirant dictator seems to want at least one Soviet-style...

Book review

Book review

The Political Economy of Energy in Sub-Saharan Africa Edited by Andrew Emmanuel Okem and Lucky E Asuelime. Routledge, London and New York; 2018 In pre-industrial society, one used wood and fire for heat and light,...