Power cuts to plunge South Africa into darkness
Johannesburg – Africa’s most industrialised economy South Africa is again facing sweeping power cuts, caused by failures at ageing... Read more
19 Sep, 2022
Niger seeks renewables route to electrification
Niamey – Niger, with World Bank support, on Tuesday launched a major electrification programme, employing renewable energy, with the goal... Read more
14 Sep, 2022
Australia-based firm to start gas exploration in Zimbabwe
Muzarabani – Australia-based oil and gas company Invictus Energy said Friday it would next month begin exploring for gas... Read more
20 Aug, 2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
