Integrated Energy in Action

The energy access landscape is shifting—today, it’s not just remote communities that are underserved, but also those near the grid. In sub-Saharan Africa for instance, more than 600 million people still lack electricity, and yet 63% live within an hour of a city!  Conventional grid approaches are not keeping pace, yet decentralized technologies alone are […]

Charging Ahead: Preparing the Grid for Electric Mobility

Despite electric vehicles (EVs) gaining traction in many industrialized nations, their presence in Africa remains nascent. African cities are some of the fastest motorizing cities in the world, with major implications for the vehicle stock being adopted. While EVs are emerging as a critical solution for countries to achieve their Nationally Determined Contributions as part […]

The Inaugural Africa Climate Summit

This month saw an important milestone – the first time that African Heads of State, through the auspices of the Africa Union convened themselves on the continent’s climate agenda. This has been a call for years, and so we hope it will be the first of many. The focus of this inaugural Africa Climate Summit […]