When property developer Anver Essop bought land in Cape Town's gang-ridden Cape Flats area, people laughed at him for ...

Planning an energy project, residential, telecom, industrial or utility scale? Africa's solar story is outshining the rest of ...

Ghana has begun building the 200 MW Norbert Anku solar park, its largest renewable investment to date, with plans to expand the project to 1 GW by 2032.

This massive burst triggered a severe (R3-level) radio blackout, severely impacting high-frequency radio communications over ...

According to ESI Africa’s latest analysis, solar panel imports into Africa surged to 15 GW by mid-2025, marking a 60% ...

As lingering droughts hit southern Africa's hydropower dams, Zimbabwe faces growing electricity shortages - but connecting ...

Chinese solar manufacturer JA Solar has partnered with South African PV maker ARTsolar to expand local PV module production, strengthening South Africa’s renewable energy supply chain and industrial ...

Days before the COP30 climate summit kicked off this week in Belém, Brazil, a gathering of “nonstate actors” at the 6th ...

Off-grid solar system costs start from around R150,000Prices have dropped up to 17% compared to last yearLarger homes require ...

The potential of solar power in Africa is beginning to be realised, with 2023 seeing record levels of deployment. JP Casey explores some of the latest trends shaping the continent’s solar sector, ...

The International Solar Alliance plans to establish Asia Solar Facility to attract long-term investments for solar projects ...

By John Cannon When two Mongabay reporters visited the village of Lukwangulo in the Democratic Republic of Congo, they encountered a reality that’s common in many parts of rural Africa: Families spend ...