What’s Really Driving Africa’s Solar Expansion
Africa’s solar expansion is being driven by something less fashionable than climate ambition: power is…
Author: Africa Digest News
South Africa’s Renewables Are Growing but Coal Still Controls the Grid
South Africa’s power-sector emissions fell 19% in 2025 to about 148 million tonnes of CO₂,…
Why Is Nigeria Creating a Company Just to Manage Solar Assets?
Nigeria is creating a company to do something that sounds surprisingly basic: keep its solar…
Why Is It So Hard for Africa’s Small Solar Companies to Get Money?
Africa’s distributed solar market has a financing problem. Odyssey Energy Solutions has raised US$74 million—US$27…
Why Is Uganda Turning to Vitol to Sell Its Oil?
Uganda is getting ready to sell its first crude oil on international markets, but it…
Why Can’t Africa’s Official Data See Its Solar Boom?
Africa’s solar market may be growing faster than government statistics suggest. The problem is that…
Why Is 75% of Africa’s New Solar Coming From Distributed Power?
Africa’s solar boom is happening in a very different way from the traditional power-market model.…
Why Is Africa Installing 100,000 Solar Panels Every Day?
Africa’s solar market is entering a different phase. The continent added a record 4.5 GW…
Egypt Signs 25-Year Deal for 1 GW Wind Farm at the Gulf of Suez
Egypt is turning one of its strongest wind corridors into a major source of electricity.…
Solar Plus Storage Is Where Renewable Investment Is Moving
Global renewable-energy investment remained remarkably resilient in the first half of 2026, reaching about US$327.5…