Energy

Time to take that big gamble on off-grid solar now?

After decades of promising trials and steady growth, expectations of a breakthrough are high

🚁 Heli view: How much does it cost to connect 380 million Africans?

How climate action lifts African job markets

A new report details for the first time where the green economy will employ millions of people on the continent

🚁 Heli view: Solar will dominate green jobs in Africa

What drives African renewables to new heights (and what doesn’t)

The continent’s solar and wind farms keep getting bigger – and so do the challenges – but not for the reasons you may think

🚁 Heli view: Hydrogen, hardware and the greening of investment drive African renewables

Africa’s sleeping green giant is waking up

Long a climate minnow, Nigeria is at last catching up with its peers on the continent... and never short of bluster, it hopes to dwarf them

🚁 Heli view: Nigeria’s green economy takes off – at last

Oops! African grids receive only 0.5% of total energy investment

The continent is fast creating lots of clean power – but without modern grids the impact is limited

🚁 Heli view: Why green energy lacks the necessary plumbing

80% of African homes needed in 2050 haven't yet been built. How to ensure they are green?

Construction will become a major part of Africa's climate economy. This will impact renewable energy, mining, mobility, infrastructure and carbon markets

Q&A: Climate leaders with answers