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Poorer cities the most exposed to climate change

An increase in extreme weather events and natural disasters like flooding, heatwaves and landslides will hit urban areas the hardest, making climate change adaptation a matter of paramount importance, the UN has warned.

Chinese dominance drives Asia’s emergence in offshore wind industry

Asia is rapidly overtaking Europe as the main driver of the offshore wind market, with China accounting for 80% of the 21.1 GW of new capacity added in 2021.

South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater boosting stake in Finland battery maker to 50% plus one share

IFC participates in a $150mn loan alongside others to Egypt’s ElSewedy Electric

Morocco reaches 1.9 GW of wind and solar

Morocco has the third-largest renewables capacity among Arabic-speaking countries with 1.9 GW of solar and wind.

Bad weather sees 500MW Sudan power plant go offline

A 500 megawatt thermal power plant in Sudan’s White Nile state is out of commission after a pylon collapsed during bad weather.

Angola's president pledges big infrastructure investments in re-election campaign

Angola: President Lourenco pledges big infrastructure investments in re-election campaign

Côte d’Ivoire adds 180 MW of gas-fired power generation capacity to meet rising local, regional demand

ECOWAS: African Development Fund approves $2mn technical grant to boost electricity reforms

Kenya and Eswatini to champion Commonwealth geothermal energy action

South Africa electricity utility Eskom offers striking workers 7% salary increase amid Stage 6 load-shedding

Moody’s lead analyst for South Africa has high hopes for economy

World Bank’s MIGA issues 19-year guarantee of $98.3mn to Virtuo Finance for solar park investment in Egypt

Chinese miner Huayou says Zimbabwe electricity shortage scuppers plan produce battery-grade lithium in

EEGF invests in clean energy financier Candi Solar of South Africa, India

AfrElec: British International Investment, Norfund, Scatec to invest $200mn in African hydro

British International Investment (BII) to invest $200mn into African hydropower with Norway's Norfund, Scatec

UK pledges to guarantee $2bn of debt extended by African Development Bank (AfDB) to governments

The United Kingdom will guarantee $2bn of the debt extended by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the continent’s governments, bank president Akinwumi Adesina has revealed.

South Africa ports utility Transnet in $572mn seven-year infrastructure revitalization spending plan

Turkish flat steel producer Tosyali’s new Algeria operations to cut carbon emissions

South Africa: Eskom continues stage 4 load-shedding, blames unlawful labour protests

South Africa: Eskom continues stage 4 load-shedding, blames unlawful labour protests

Ghana has cheapest household electricity costs in West Africa, utilities plan huge jump in tariffs

This comes as utility providers including the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) are pushing for a 148% increment in utility tariffs which would take a retrospective effect from 2019 to 2022.

Tunisia’s €500,000 floating photovoltaic plant starts operations