U.S. Assistant Secretary of State on African Affairs Johnnie Carson ‒ leader of the energy trade mission to Mozambique, Tanzania, Nigeria and Ghana later this month

The government of the United States is sending an energy trade mission to Mozambique, Tanzania, Nigeria and Ghana to look at potential investment projects with the aim of enhancing the countries' ability to generate electric power.

Worldwatch Institute says more than a billion people in the world still lack access to electricity.

More than a billion people in the world still lack access to electricity, while another one billion have unreliable access, hampering efforts to improve health and livelihoods, and to conserve the environment.

Ugandan finance minister Maria Kiwanuka.

The government of Uganda has been forced to slash ministry and other departmental budgets as it scrambles to avert a crisis in the face of private power generators threatening to plunge the country into darkness over hundreds of billions of shillings in unpaid arrears.

Aerial view of off-grid renewable energy project in Namibia.

The Desert Research Foundation of Namibia (DRFN) has called on the government of Namibia to incorporate renewable energy into the mainstream of the country’s energy supply.

Eskom chief commercial officer Dan Marokane.

Unlocking South Africa's junior mining sector ‒ which could include consolidation among producers ‒ is considered a key factor in helping South African national power utility Eskom Holdings to fill a 40Mt shortfall in domestic coal supply forecast for 2018.

Exclusive interview with Eileen Leopold, Chief Executive Officer, South African Electrotechnical Export Council

Diversified power management company Eaton Corporation unveiled its business plan for the sub-Saharan region at an event organised to mark the integration of three recently acquired local businesses: CHI Control, Meissner Control, Meissner Uninterruptible Power and Norsa Electronics. ... more

Antonio Ruffini, Editor, ESI Africa

Like many nebulously defined concepts smart grids, mean different things to different people. One view is the rather science fictional concept of a grid where everyone can off-take the power they need but should the price be right it would be nice to switch on their genset and pump a bit of power onto the grid.