Chinese solar exports hit record as African imports surge, led by Nigeria and Ethiopia
China exported a record volume of solar components in March 2026, with African demand among the sharpest risers, according to analysis of Chinese cust...
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Chinese refiner Hengli turns to West African crude, lifting demand for Nigerian and Angolan barrels
China's Hengli Petrochemical, sanctioned by the United States in April over alleged purchases of Iranian oil, has bought at least two million barrels...
DRC's ANSER provisionally awards $12.1m in rural solar PV contracts across three provinces
The Democratic Republic of Congo's National Rural Electrification and Energy Services Agency (ANSER) has provisionally awarded three contracts, worth...
Tiger Brands' Dual-Track Energy Transition Advances as Seven Solar Sites Go Live
Tiger Brands' confirmation that solar power is now operational at seven manufacturing sites across South Africa — the Free State, Gauteng, North West,...
Eskom Green and what it signals for Copperbelt mining's energy problem
South Africa's state power utility Eskom on Tuesday launched Eskom Green, a new renewable energy platform targeting miners and manufacturers as its pr...
Mini-Grids: The Infrastructure That Could Actually Solve African Energy Poverty
Approximately 590 million people in Africa had no access to electricity as of 2023. The national grid, in its traditional form, will not solve this pr...
Namibia's Solar Moment: How a Sparsely Populated Desert Nation Became Africa's Renewables Benchmark
Namibia is not the obvious candidate to top Africa's solar performance table. Its population is small, its economy modest by continental standards, an...
The Rooftop Revolution: How Commercial and Industrial Solar Is Quietly Electrifying Africa's Businesses
The story of African solar is often told through mega-projects: 500 MW bids, utility-scale farms, government tenders. But the transformation happening...
BESS Is Not a Buzzword Anymore: Battery Storage Is Reshaping African Energy Economics
Ask any independent power producer what killed a promising solar project in Africa five years ago, and the answer usually involves one of three things...