The Unintended Consequences of Falling Solar Prices in Africa

An Urgent Call to Action for African…

East African Countries Will Have Electricity They Cannot Use, Unless They Focus on Their Transmission Infrastructure…

How Solar Lanterns are Transforming the African Continent

By: Andrew M. Herscowitz, Coordinator for…

Hey Discos! (that is, Electricity Distribution Companies)

If You Want to Make More Money, Consider Offering Your Customers More than Just Electricity

Scaling Micro-grid Deployment in Sub-Saharan Africa with Batteries

By: Sam Booth and Eric Lockhart…

Nigerian Micro-Finance Banks Start Selling Solar

By Eme Kponu, Power Africa Nigeria’s Beyond the Grid Team Leader

NREL Takes a Look at Micro-grid Tariff Considerations in Africa

In the coming decades, it is expected that roughly half of global investment in electrification — an estimated US $20 billion a year — must be targeted at micro-grids and isolated power systems to achieve worldwide…

Tender Alert — May 08, 2018

See Below for 5 tender Opportunities

A brief summary:

1. South Africa — Request for Information for the Identification of Energy Storage Technologies and Systems for Multipurpose Applications

Mozambique Gets New Energy Regulator

Mozambique is at a critical point in the development of its energy sector. Leaders today are…

Announcing Power Africa 2.0

Let’s publicly exhale and celebrate our just completed Partners Week in Washington, D.C. It was wonderful to see many of you and we can’t thank you enough for continuing your outstanding collaboration that is helping Power Africa make a huge difference. We’re now at 90 deals that…