South Africa faces serious water, energy and food problems. Drought, overuse and ageing infrastructure strain water supplies. Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long term and causes high greenhouse gas emissions. Tens of millions of people can’t afford enough food because of rising prices. These crises are interconnected: water is needed to grow food…
The Sizewell A and B nuclear power stations, operated by Electricite de France SA (EDF), in Sizewell, UK, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.K. was the birthplace of commercial nuclear energy, but now generates just a fraction of its power from it…
Angola’s President João Lourenço. PHOTO/UGC. By ENERGY CORRESPONDENT [email protected] Angola has made a significant leap forward in its energy sector with the launch of the Soyo non-associated gas plant and the establishment of the new gas consortium (NGC). The development expected to drive economic growth, industrial diversification, and enhanced energy security nationwide was announced in…
United Nations — Although Africa holds more than 30 per cent of the world’s critical green minerals–including cobalt, lithium, manganese, and rare earth elements vital for building batteries, wind turbines and solar panels– this has not translated into prosperity for the continent. At the Africa Climate Summit 2025 held in Addis Ababa in September 2025,…
African Energy Chamber (AEC) Executive Chairman NJ Ayuk, at a past event. PHOTO/AEC. By ENERGY CORRESPONDENT [email protected] The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has welcomed the decision by the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) to dismiss a long-standing lawsuit aimed at halting the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a key infrastructure project set to…
Africa’s efforts to scale up clean energy are being held back by financing rules that do not align with the needs of mid-sized renewable projects, according to investors and developers. They say current lending systems are designed for large-scale infrastructure, leaving smaller ventures struggling to move forward. Speaking at the Africa Investment Forum on November…
Nj Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber At ADIPEC this year, I was skeptical about participating in COP 30. African nations are heading to Brazil for COP 30 in Belem. The United States, under President Donald Trump, has closed its office of climate diplomacy and will not be sending any representatives to the event. The…
Combining academia, industry and national policy, the Eskom-SANEDI Chair in Artificial Intelligence in Energy is set to solve South Africa’s energy challenges by harnessing the power of AI. The chair was established after the University of Pretoria (UP), Eskom, and the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) signed a formal memorandum of agreement (MOA)….
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg. The European Union (EU) has pledged €7 billion (R139 billion) to accelerate renewable energy rollout across the African continent. The announcement, which was made at the G20 Leaders’ Summit at the weekend, is in line with the continent’s clean-power transition. European…
The author, Zero Carbon Charge founder Joubert Roux For more than a century, oil has shaped global mobility – but with an enormous, often invisible cost. Our ancestors once relied on horses fed by hay grown a few steps from home; today we depend on fuel extracted in distant nations, transported across oceans, refined in…
