Business Workers’ strike targets power stations in Nigeria Lagos – Nigerian electricity workers on Wednesday began an indefinite strike over pay, throwing parts of Africa’s most populous... Read more 18 Aug, 2022
Countries Why ‘political will’ isn’t the magic bullet that can fix South Africa’s energy crisis Richard Meissner, University of South Africa South Africans gave a warm welcome to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent announcement about... Read more 6 Aug, 2022
Countries South Africa needs stronger security in place to stop the sabotage of its power supply Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann, University of Canberra and Dries Putter, Stellenbosch University South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently outlined plans... Read more 4 Aug, 2022
World First grain shipment since Russian invasion leaves Ukraine Kyiv – The first shipment of Ukrainian grain since the Russian invasion in February left the port of Odessa... Read more 1 Aug, 2022
Business Ramaphosa acts to ease South Africa’s energy crisis: impact will be felt in renewables Wikus Kruger, University of Cape Town South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced an action plan to address the... Read more 31 Jul, 2022
Business DRC launches controversial auction for oil and gas blocks Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday launched a controversial auction of 30 oil and gas blocks,... Read more 29 Jul, 2022
Business Ivory Coast announces new oil, gas discovery Abidjan – Ivory Coast reported a fresh discovery of offshore oil and natural gas by Italian firm Eni on... Read more 28 Jul, 2022
Countries In energy-starved South Africa, whites-only town basks in solar power Orania – Most of South Africa is wallowing in endless power cuts, but a remote whites-only farming town in... Read more 28 Jul, 2022
Algeria Algeria announces three oil, gas finds in desert Algiers – Algerian state oil firm Sonatrach announced on Monday new oil and gas discoveries in the North African... Read more 26 Jul, 2022
Business SA bets on private investors, solar to fix power crisis Johannesburg – South Africa will open up to private investments to establish a competitive electricity market, President Cyril Ramaphosa... Read more 26 Jul, 2022