At dawn in Enugu State, a crate of tomatoes begins a race against the heat. For the woman who grew them, the harvest should mean income: school fees, wages and seed for the next planting season. But without reliable cold storage, she faces a difficult choice. Sell quickly, often at the price offered, or wait…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the U.S.-brokered “energy ceasefire,” but warned Monday that Moscow must do the same. If Russia doesn’t agree to the energy ceasefire President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, Ukraine will respond, Zelenskyy said in a live-streamed address Monday morning. “If the Americans need it, we are ready to sign these guarantees…
London, Oct 7 — The United Kingdom is backing more than £2 million ($2.7 million) in investment across 10 clean-energy projects in eight African countries, seeking to reduce dependence on diesel generators in hospitals, telecommunications, agriculture and small businesses. The projects, announced by the Zero Emission Generators initiative, or ZE-Gen, will operate in Kenya, Uganda,…
Despite demand, the potential of the renewable energy sectors in these countries is being held back by unstable demand, limited localisation enforcement, deficits in decent job creation and persistent gender biases, according to new reports. Far too few countries on our continent have seized the opportunity to leverage the growth in renewable energy demand to…
Nairobi — Ten clean energy projects across eight African countries are set to receive more than £2 million to expand renewable energy solutions in healthcare, telecommunications, agriculture, fishing and small businesses. The projects, supported by the UK Government’s Ayrton Fund through the Transforming Energy Access platform, are aimed at replacing fossil-fuel generators with cleaner and…
Middle East oil exports, excluding those from Iran, surpassed their pre-war levels last week, despite attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler. For the first time since the U.S. and Israel launched their offensive against Iran at the end of February, the weekly average of…
Heirs Energies Ltd, a company controlled by Tony Elumelu, has acquired 6 million ordinary shares in Seplat Energy Plc. The transaction is valued at £53.2 million. Seplat Energy disclosed the new share purchase in a regulatory filing on Thursday, signed by Edith Onwuchekwa, the company’s Director, Legal/Company Secretary. Mr. Elumelu, who also serves as a…
Ethiopia and Djibouti have described Dangote Group’s $660 million Damarjog-Dewele Oil Terminal and Pipeline Project as a strategic investment expected to strengthen energy security, improve regional trade and deepen economic integration in the Horn of Africa. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh have commended Dangote Group‘s $660 million Damarjog-Dewele Oil…
Ayman Essam, Chief Officer: External Affairs, Vodacom Group. Africa’s most overlooked energy resource may be energy efficiency. As the continent races to expand generation capacity and works to connect millions more people to reliable electricity, we also need to extract more value from every unit of energy we already produce. Vodacom’s recent decarbonisation report highlights…
The Middle East stands once again at the edge of a dangerous precipice. What began as a targeted military strike on an airport runway has rapidly evolved into a wider regional confrontation, threatening global energy markets and exposing the vulnerability of economies far beyond the Gulf. On July 14, Saudi Arabian forces reportedly struck the…
