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Power Africa – established more than a decade ago – aimed to help bring stable electricity to 600 million people across Africa, writes Nick Ferris, before being cut by the current president. But all hope is not lost.
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Community energy systems often have decentralised governance, where local people actively participate in operating and managing the energy system. This can include the establishment of community energy cooperatives, democratic planning committees, and local maintenance structures – all of which can enhance community ownership and agency.
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Renewable energy subsidies are critical to solving this challenge by reducing costs, encouraging private investment, and accelerating adoption. Here’s how four key African countries – South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, and Nigeria – are implementing subsidy programs.
- Promise Eze
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When Stanley Anigbogu heard his name announced as the 2025 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year in London earlier in March, he could hardly believe it. He had not expected to win, especially among a pool of brilliant nominees from across the globe.
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Mission 300 risks becoming yet another development finance initiative for Africa that reproduces the structures, dependencies and inequities of an international financial system that is completely dysfunctional.
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According to the energy progress report, electricity access grew faster than the global population in 2023 alone, lifting the access rate to 92 percent and reducing the number of people without power to 666 million, 19 million fewer than the previous year.
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An alliance of major emerging economies — BRICS — has reached a pivotal moment: fossil fuels now account for less than 50 per cent of its total power capacity, a first in the group’s 15-year history.
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The coming together of small solar technology, LED lighting and socially minded businesses has grown the market significantly over the past decade. In Kenya, off-grid solar now accounts for an estimated 75% of rural electricity access. The country has a target to reach universal access by 2030 and solar plays a big part in the government’s plans.
- Delight Sunny
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Innovation is being built in Africa, not just imported to it.
Africa’s tech ecosystem has come a long way. From record-breaking startup funding to innovation addressing some of the world’s toughest challenges, the continent is proving its place on the global tech stage.
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The private sector could be the key to unlocking Africa’s energy wealth through financing, deploying and managing energy solutions. However the private sector’s role is not optimized due to limited local technical expertise, fragmented and unstable policy and regulatory frameworks and finance challenges and market entrance barriers.
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